---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM AT A TRAIN; AND TO INCREASE THE FINE THAT MAY BE IMPOSED FOR THE DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM AT A TRAIN OR FOR THROWING OTHER OBJECTS AT A TRAIN."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM AT A TRAIN; AND TO INCREASE THE FINE THAT MAY BE IMPOSED FOR THE DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM AT A TRAIN OR FOR THROWING OTHER OBJECTS AT A TRAIN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Arkansas SB 16 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Boyd", "Rose"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-20T17:29:05+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-12T19:35:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae009228-595a-42c8-991a-90557f0c3dad"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4a7b82686bec9545700876503875df8f5e6367edd66e5e303e763b0d8f099afa"
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 SB 16 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM AT A TRAIN; AND TO INCREASE THE FINE THAT MAY BE IMPOSED FOR THE DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM AT A TRAIN OR FOR THROWING OTHER OBJECTS AT A TRAIN.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 27** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=27.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 16** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB16.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-20T17:29:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-13T19:05:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27T20:38:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28T19:42:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-28T19:45:34+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-01-28T20:17:01+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-01-28T23:18:39+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T16:43:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T20:08:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05T20:08:36+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-05T22:03:42+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-02-05T22:03:49+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-05T22:06:29+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-05T22:06:33+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-12T19:35:45+00:00** Notification that SB16 is now Act 27 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae009228-595a-42c8-991a-90557f0c3dad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).