Bill Text: TX SB2649 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a statewide Chronic Wasting Disease plan.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-03 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [SB2649 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB2649-Introduced.html
| By: Hall | S.B. No. 2649 | |
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| relating to the creation of a statewide Chronic Wasting Disease | ||
| plan. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 11, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter Q to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER Q. CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IN DEER. | ||
| Sec. 11.501. ASSESSMENT BY THE TEXAS A&M COLLEGE OF | ||
| VETERINARY MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. (a) The Texas A&M | ||
| College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences shall | ||
| evaluate the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife's overall | ||
| Chronic Wasting Disease management since 2015 in general and the | ||
| department's implementation of the Texas Department of Parks and | ||
| Wildlife's August 2020 Chronic Wasting Disease Management Plan. | ||
| (b) The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and | ||
| Biomedical Sciences shall compare the Texas Department of Parks and | ||
| Wildlife's overall Chronic Wasting Disease management since 2015 in | ||
| general and the department's implementation of the Texas Department | ||
| of Parks and Wildlife's August 2020 Chronic Wasting Disease | ||
| Management Plan to: | ||
| (1) Other states' plans and policies related to Chronic | ||
| Wasting Disease in deer; | ||
| (2) Any national standards related to Chronic Wasting | ||
| Disease in deer; and | ||
| (3) Any generally accepted practices related to Chronic | ||
| Wasting Disease in deer. | ||
| (c) The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and | ||
| Biomedical Sciences shall create a Statewide Chronic Wasting | ||
| Disease Plan that describes plans and policies used by other | ||
| states, national standards, and any other generally accepted | ||
| practices related to Chronic Wasting Disease in deer. | ||
| (d) The executive director of the Texas Department of Parks | ||
| and Wildlife shall implement the practices described by the Texas | ||
| A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences' | ||
| Statewide plan related to Chronic Wasting Disease in the state's | ||
| deer population. | ||
| (e) The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and | ||
| Biomedical Sciences shall monitor the Texas Department of Parks and | ||
| Wildlife's implementation of the Statewide Chronic Wasting Disease | ||
| Plan. The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical | ||
| Sciences shall create a report detailing the Texas Department of | ||
| Parks and Wildlife's implementation of the Statewide Chronic | ||
| Wasting Disease Plan. The Texas A&M College of Veterinary | ||
| Medicine and Biomedical Sciences shall send the report to each | ||
| member of the legislature, the lieutenant governor, and the Texas | ||
| Sunset Commission before the beginning of each legislative session. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 161, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter I to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER I. CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IN DEER. | ||
| Sec. 161.160. ASSESSMENT BY THE TEXAS A&M COLLEGE OF | ||
| VETERINARY MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. (a) The Texas A&M | ||
| College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences shall | ||
| evaluate the Texas Animal Health Commission's overall Chronic | ||
| Wasting Disease management since 2015 in general and the | ||
| department's implementation of the Texas Department of Parks and | ||
| Wildlife's August 2020 Chronic Wasting Disease Management Plan. | ||
| (b) The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and | ||
| Biomedical Sciences shall compare the Texas Animal Health | ||
| Commission's overall Chronic Wasting Disease management since 2015 | ||
| in general and the Texas Animal Commission's implementation of the | ||
| Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife's August 2020 Chronic | ||
| Wasting Disease Management Plan to: | ||
| (1) Other states' plans and policies related to | ||
| Chronic Wasting Disease in deer; | ||
| (2) Any national standards related to Chronic Wasting | ||
| Disease in deer; and | ||
| (3) Any generally accepted practices related to | ||
| Chronic | ||
| Wasting Disease in deer. | ||
| (c) The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and | ||
| Biomedical Sciences shall create a Statewide Chronic Wasting | ||
| Disease Plan that describes plans and policies used by other | ||
| states, national standards, and any other generally accepted | ||
| practices related to Chronic Wasting Disease in deer. | ||
| (d) The executive director of the Texas Animal Health | ||
| Commission shall implement the practices described by the Texas A&M | ||
| College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences' Statewide | ||
| related to Chronic Wasting Disease in the state's deer population. | ||
| (e) The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and | ||
| Biomedical Sciences shall monitor the Texas Animal Health | ||
| Commission's implementation of the Statewide Chronic Wasting | ||
| Disease Plan. The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and | ||
| Biomedical Sciences shall create a report detailing the Texas | ||
| Animal Health Commission's implementation of the Statewide Chronic | ||
| Wasting Disease Plan. The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine | ||
| and Biomedical Sciences shall send the report to each member of the | ||
| legislature, the lieutenant governor, and the Texas Sunset | ||
| Commission before the beginning of each legislative session. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
