AR SB221

Creates the "Al Hunt Act" to systematize and modernize Arkansas Code by replacing outdated terminology "mental retardation" and "mentally retarded" with "intellectual and developmental disabilities" throughout state law.

Does not alter the scope, applicability, or legal effect of any existing statute; serves as a nonsubstantive language modernization to treat individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities with respect and dignity.

Honors Al Hunt, a Little Rock resident born in 2003 with Down syndrome, who advocates for removal of deprecating and outdated language in Arkansas Code.

Amends over 40 Arkansas Code sections across multiple titles including criminal justice, health services, developmental disabilities services, insurance, and committee jurisdiction to replace obsolete terminology with person-first and person-respectful language.