Arkansas Code Title 16. Practice, Procedure, and Courts § 16-93-612. Parole eligibility--Date of offense

(1) If the felony is murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102, kidnapping, if a Class Y felony, § 5-11-102(b)(1), aggravated robbery, § 5-12-103, rape, § 5-14-103, or causing a catastrophe, § 5-38-202(a), and the offense occurred after July 28, 1995, but before January 1, 2025, § 16-93-618 governs that person's parole eligibility;

(2) If the felony is manufacturing methamphetamine, § 5-64-423(a) or the former § 5-64-401, or possession of drug paraphernalia with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine, the former § 5-64-403(c)(5), and the offense occurred after April 9, 1999, but before January 1, 2025, § 16-93-618 governs that person's parole eligibility;

(3) If the felony is battery in the second degree, § 5-13-202, aggravated assault, § 5-13-204, terroristic threatening, § 5-13-301, domestic battering in the second degree, § 5-26-304, or residential burglary, § 5-39-201(a), and the offense occurred on or after April 1, 2015, but before January 1, 2025, § 16-93-620 governs that person's parole eligibility;

(4) If the felony was committed by a person who was a minor at the time of the offense, he or she was committed to the former Department of Correction, or to the Division of Correction, and the offense occurred before, on, or after March 20, 2017, § 16-93-621 governs the date on which that person becomes eligible for consideration for release;

(5) If the felony was committed prior to January 1, 2025, § 16-93-701 et seq. governs procedures for consideration for parole or transfer to the Division of Community Correction; and

(6) If the felony was committed on or after January 1, 2025, § 16-93-1901 et. seq. governs procedures for consideration for transfer to post-release supervision.