---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF CERTAIN BATTERY-CHARGED FENCES BY MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES."
description: "CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF CERTAIN BATTERY-CHARGED FENCES BY MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1406"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1406 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans", "Flippo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-13T18:52:45+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-13T12:45:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fd6829d-ee1f-47b0-825b-e493089e860d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8b6620675e5840675e809f79b6b91edbffd68aca4f91a221578204343b7b4041"
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 1406 (2023) — CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF CERTAIN BATTERY-CHARGED FENCES BY MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 267** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=267.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1406-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1406** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1406.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

- Evans — primary (person)
- Flippo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13T18:52:45+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T22:33:04+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20T14:29:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-20T14:30:01+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-20T18:42:11+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-22T19:36:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T18:17:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T20:26:01+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-23T20:26:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T19:26:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08T20:04:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T20:04:39+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:01:27+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:01:29+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-08T21:36:53+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-13T12:45:03+00:00** Notification that HB1406 is now Act 267 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fd6829d-ee1f-47b0-825b-e493089e860d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).