Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
1 State of Arkansas
2 94th General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2023 SENATE BILL 486
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5 By: Senator G. Leding
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7 For An Act To Be Entitled
8 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PAROLE ELIGIBILITY
9 OF A PERSON WHO IS CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE COMMITTED
10 WHEN HE OR SHE WAS A MINOR; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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14 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PAROLE
15 ELIGIBILITY OF A PERSON WHO IS CONVICTED
16 OF AN OFFENSE COMMITTED WHEN HE OR SHE
17 WAS A MINOR.
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20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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22 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 16-93-621(a)(2)(A), concerning parole
23 eligibility for a person who was a minor at the time of committing an offense
24 that was committed before, on, or after March 20, 2017, is amended to read as
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26 (2)(A) A Unless by law the minor is eligible for earlier parole
27 eligibility, a minor who was convicted and sentenced to the department or the
28 division for an offense committed before he or she was eighteen (18) years of
29 age, in which the death of another person occurred, and that was committed
30 before, on, or after March 20, 2017, is eligible for release on parole no
31 later than after twenty-five (25) years of incarceration if he or she was
32 convicted of murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102, or no later than after
33 thirty (30) years of incarceration if he or she was convicted of capital
34 murder, § 5-10-101, including:
35 (i) any Any applicable sentencing enhancements,
36 unless by law the minor is eligible for earlier parole eligibility; and
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1 (ii) An instance in which multiple sentences are to
2 be served consecutively or concurrently.
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4 SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 16-93-621(a)(4), concerning parole
5 eligibility for a person who was a minor at the time of committing an offense
6 that was committed before, on, or after March 20, 2017, is amended to read as
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8 (4) The calculation of the time periods under this subsection
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10 (A) applicable Applicable sentence enhancements to which
11 the minor was sentenced that accompany the sentence for the underlying
12 offense; and
13 (B) Concurrent or consecutive sentences for an offense
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Statutes affected:
SB 486: 16-93-621(a)