HB1352

House Bill 1352 amends Arkansas law regarding the petition process for sealing criminal records related to felony driving or boating while intoxicated (DWI/BWI). The bill establishes a specific waiting period for individuals seeking to seal such felony convictions. Specifically, it prohibits a person from filing a petition to seal a record for these offenses until the applicable lookback periods defined in Arkansas Code § 5-65-111 have elapsed. By integrating these lookback periods into the record-sealing process, the bill aligns the eligibility timeline for expungement with existing statutory requirements for sentencing and administrative penalties related to prior offenses. The legislation aims to clarify the procedural timeline for when these particular felony records become eligible for sealing by the court.