SB 120 Summary

• Amends Arkansas Code § 16-10-404 to reorganize and clarify the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission's authority to release information about violations of attorney conduct rules, ethics violations, and criminal law violations to appropriate agencies and prosecutors.

• Changes terminology in § 16-10-1103 from "foreign jurisdiction" to "other jurisdiction" regarding court interpreter certification reciprocity.

• Restructures § 16-17-802 to grammatically correct the procedures for combining multiple misdemeanor convictions on appeal and clarifies that only one filing fee is charged.

• Repeals § 16-87-203(d) creating the obsolete Public Defender Fund and moves § 16-90-123 regarding sealing convictions for human trafficking victims to a new section § 16-90-1412 within the Comprehensive Criminal Record Sealing Act of 2013.

• Makes grammatical corrections and clarifications to multiple code sections including provisions on court clerk seals, insanity defense examinations, public defender conduct, and parole board reporting requirements.