Bill Text: TX HB604 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to a microchip scan of animals in the custody of an animal shelter or releasing agency, including an animal rescue organization.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-5)

Status: (Passed) 2021-05-26 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB604 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB604-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Noble, et al. H.B. No. 604
(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini, Bettencourt, Paxton)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2021;
April 21, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
Government; May 11, 2021, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 11, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a microchip scan of animals in the custody of an animal
shelter or releasing agency, including an animal rescue
organization.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 823, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 823.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 823.004. MICROCHIP SCAN REQUIRED. As soon as
practicable after an animal is placed in the custody of an animal
shelter or a releasing agency as defined by Section 828.001,
including an animal rescue organization, the shelter, agency, or
organization shall scan the animal to determine whether a microchip
is implanted in the animal.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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