HB1472

House Bill 1472 amends the Arkansas Juvenile Code of 1989 regarding the management and retention of juvenile delinquency records. The bill modifies which records must be reported to the Arkansas Crime Information Center, specifically requiring the submission of records for offenses where juvenile fingerprinting is mandatory. It changes the retention policy for specific violent felony adjudications, mandating that such records be kept for ten years following the last adjudication or adult conviction. It clarifies that after this ten-year period, these records may be expunged, with 'expunge' being defined as destruction. Furthermore, the bill maintains the court's authority to expunge other records at any time and requires mandatory expungement for all other juvenile cases upon the individual's twenty-first birthday.