---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW CONFIDENTIAL JUVENILE RECORDS TO BE RELEASED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS."
description: "TO ALLOW CONFIDENTIAL JUVENILE RECORDS TO BE RELEASED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1245"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1245 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "D. Wallace"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-25T18:54:56+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-01T19:04:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c04c35ea-1994-46a1-bd9f-b8d71fc6751f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6dbad2046ab78b2a677f7a842a3acf3dea83bca3f0379dd361c9c0d4a9f957c2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
---

# Arkansas HB 1245 (2021) — TO ALLOW CONFIDENTIAL JUVENILE RECORDS TO BE RELEASED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 1245** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1245.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Fite — primary (person)
- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-25T18:54:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-25T21:36:41+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T21:17:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04T19:52:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T23:19:03+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-04T23:19:20+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T23:26:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24T20:52:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T20:52:15+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-02-24T22:49:50+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-24T22:49:52+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-25T14:51:41+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-01T19:04:49+00:00** Notification that HB1245 is now Act 187 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c04c35ea-1994-46a1-bd9f-b8d71fc6751f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).