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Arkansas / State / 95th General Assembly, 2025 Regular Session

Act 691 of 2025 (HB 1835) Replaced the veterans treatment court's own record-sealing section with one rule for every specialty court

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Repealed Ark. Code Ann. § 16-101-106 and enacted § 16-90-1602, under which a specialty court judge may dismiss and seal a case on successful completion and the prosecutor's recommendation; set a specialty court program user fee of up to $250; and tied § 16-101-101 to national standards rather than those of January 1, 2021. Eligibility in § 16-101-103 is unchanged. Approved April 16, 2025; effective August 5, 2025.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done,
  2. In committee Done, House Judiciary
  3. Passed one chamber Done, House
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate
  5. Signed by the governor Done, Act 691
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Carol DalbySponsor, Republican, House, District 100
  • Tyler DeesSponsor, Republican, Senate, District 35

What it touches

  • Ark. Code Ann. § 16-101-101
  • Ark. Code Ann. § 16-101-106
  • Ark. Code Ann. § 16-90-1602

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Official record

Read Act 691 of 2025 (HB 1835) on the jurisdiction's own record