---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROHIBITING THE USE OF A HOAX BOMB."
description: "PROHIBITING THE USE OF A HOAX BOMB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1506"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1506 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shepherd", "T. Garner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-22T18:29:47+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-15T18:02:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d319c7a8-c0f2-4d94-9f2b-9aa6a64e87ee"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a7e99f68ccebc750596fb38f4de80903d8ddb0eed4f5a22a18f0db05fe05a87a"
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 1506 (2021) — PROHIBITING THE USE OF A HOAX BOMB.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1506** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1506.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shepherd — primary (person)
- T. Garner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T18:29:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T22:06:18+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T21:19:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08T20:20:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-08T23:39:43+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-08T23:39:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T19:46:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11T21:42:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T21:42:30+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:29:51+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:29:53+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-12T15:45:44+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-15T18:02:12+00:00** Notification that HB1506 is now Act 351 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d319c7a8-c0f2-4d94-9f2b-9aa6a64e87ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).