HB 1287 Summary

• Repeals eight obsolete Arkansas Code sections including provisions regarding court record reading procedures, fuel/supplies for courts, court reporter funds, and an expired 1999 judgeship authorization for the First Judicial District.

• Transfers constable-related provisions from Title 16, Chapter 19 to Title 14, Chapter 15 with updated language changing references from "justice of the peace" to "district court" and updating pronouns to be gender-inclusive.

• Amends multiple code sections to clarify references and make stylistic improvements, including provisions on jury service deferment for legislators, bail denial conditions for trafficking/kidnapping offenses, no contact orders, parole eligibility, and DWI specialty courts.

• Updates language in civil action provisions for vulnerable victims of sexual abuse by replacing "disabled" with "disability" or "person with a disability" to use more respectful terminology.

• Includes a construction provision stating the bill makes only technical, not substantive, changes and that any conflicts with other 94th General Assembly acts shall be resolved in favor of the later-enacted legislation.