AR SB257

Amends Arkansas Code § 16-93-615(b)(1) to reorganize and expand the list of felony offenses ineligible for discretionary parole transfers, including detailed specifications of homicide offenses (capital murder, first and second degree murder, manslaughter, negligent homicide), Class Y felonies (kidnapping, aggravated robbery, terroristic acts, causing catastrophe, arson, aggravated residential burglary, unlawful firearm discharge), sex offenses, battery, and drug-firearm offenses.

Adds new subdivision (7) to § 16-93-615(b) requiring parolees to serve the remainder of their original sentence without possibility of parole if their parole is revoked for committing specified felonies while on parole.

Parole revocation triggers life sentences for three categories of subsequent felonies: felonies involving violence as defined under § 5-4-501(d)(2), sex offenses requiring registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, and any felony listed under § 16-93-615(b)(1).