| TX | HB2842 | Pass | Relating to the control by lethal means of white-tailed deer in certain areas.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-22
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB609 | Pass | Relating to the cleaning of a structure used to grow oysters for cultivated oyster mariculture.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB3088 | Pass | Relating to the authority of the Parks and Wildlife Department to procure goods and services related to items for resale by the department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB3487 | Pass | Relating to a deduction from the amount of taxable sales used to calculate the amount of sales and use taxes that the owners of restaurants that participate in an oyster shell recycling program are required to remit to the comptroller of public accou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 1, 2025 |
| TX | HB4230 | Pass | Relating to the establishment of a hike and bike trail to be known as the Bicentennial Trail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB2801 | Pass | Relating to a permit issued by the Parks and Wildlife Department for certain hunting dog field trials; authorizing a fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| TX | SB1248 | Pass | Relating to the disclosure of certain harvest report information submitted to the Parks and Wildlife Department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB2112 | Pass | Relating to the punishment for certain criminal offenses related to cultivated oyster mariculture; increasing a criminal penalty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1285 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the protection of bats.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-25
Committee report distributed |
| TX | HB2018 | Pass | Relating to the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-24
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB1905 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to notice to the Texas A&M Forest Service of a prescribed burn to be conducted by the Parks and Wildlife Department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-16
To Senate Natural Resources Committee |
| TX | SB1066 | Pass | Relating to the requirement for performance and payment bonds from certain contractors of the Parks and Wildlife Department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1215 | Pass | Relating to the placement of a cultivated oyster in a natural oyster bed, a private oyster bed, or coastal waters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB2031 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the removal of a fence surrounding a breeder deer release site.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
To House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee |
| TX | HB1085 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the offering of a lifetime recreation and outdoor pursuits course to satisfy the physical education curriculum requirements for public high school students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | SB1520 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the establishment of a hike and bike trail to be known as the Bicentennial Trail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| TX | HB5259 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to a wildlife corridor action plan developed by the Parks and Wildlife Department and certain other duties of the department relating to wildlife corridors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | SB3072 | N/A
Sine Die | Relating to the term of an easement granted by the Parks and Wildlife Commission to an electric cooperative for certain state land.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
To Senate Business & Commerce Committee |
| TX | HB2935 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the creation of the Julia C. Hester House State Park.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
To House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee |
| TX | HB4538 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the transfer by the Parks and Wildlife Department to the General Land Office of a portion of the revenue derived from vessel registration fees to cover the cost of removing derelict vessels from waterways.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
To House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee |
| TX | SB2846 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the control of disease in wildlife; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
To House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee |
| TX | HB4588 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the regulation of aquatic vegetation management by the Parks and Wildlife Department; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-05
To Senate Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee |
| TX | SB2844 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the regulation of deer breeding; creating criminal offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02
To House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee |
| TX | HB4038 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate the installation of a communication facility structure near the habitat of endangered species.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-01
To House Land & Resource Management Committee |
| TX | HB552 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to a study by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to determine standards for the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of certain agricultural land used to raise or keep bees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
Received from the House |
| TX | HB3724 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the placement of a cultivated oyster in a natural oyster bed, a private oyster bed, or coastal waters.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-29
Laid on the table subject to call |
| TX | HB3278 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the study of and incentives for the use of solar and wind energy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-23
To House State Affairs Committee |
| TX | HB4543 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the removal of a fence surrounding a breeder deer release site.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-23
To House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee |
| TX | HB4867 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the management of wildlife and exotic animals from aircraft; creating a criminal offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-23
Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | SB819 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to renewable energy generation facilities; authorizing fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
To House State Affairs Committee |
| TX | SB2892 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to a wildlife corridor action plan developed by the Parks and Wildlife Department and certain other duties of the department relating to wildlife corridors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To Senate Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee |
| TX | SB2845 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the voluntary removal of either a breeder deer's identification tag or button tag on liberation of the breeder deer onto a release site.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To Senate Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee |
| TX | HB5574 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the membership of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To House Natural Resources Committee |
| TX | SB2970 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To Senate Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee |
| TX | HB4545 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to access to land managed by the Parks and Wildlife Department from adjacent privately owned land; authorizing a fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee |
| TX | HB4858 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the reservation of land for recreational facilities in certain water districts.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee |
| TX | HB4938 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the abolishment of the Parks and Wildlife Department and the Parks and Wildlife Commission and the transfer of their functions to the General Land Office, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Public Safety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee |
| TX | HB4932 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the regulation of chronic wasting disease and the establishment of a pilot program to breed deer resistant to chronic wasting disease.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee |
| TX | HB4939 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the ownership of deer in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee |
| TX | SB2466 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to a publication by the Parks and Wildlife Department on the dangers of reflective windows for birds and the distribution of the publication to municipalities and the construction industry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To Senate Natural Resources Committee |
| TX | SB2649 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the creation of a statewide Chronic Wasting Disease plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To Senate Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee |
| TX | SB2654 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the ownership of deer in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To Senate Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee |
| TX | SB2651 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the regulation of chronic wasting disease and the establishment of a pilot program to breed deer resistant to chronic wasting disease.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To Senate Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee |
| TX | HB4959 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the eligibility of certain land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes on the basis of its productivity value and the consequences for those purposes of a change of use or sale of the land.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To House Property Tax Appraisals Subcommittee |
| TX | HB3930 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the eligibility of land for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as qualified open-space land on the basis of its use for raising or keeping exotic animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-27
To House Property Tax Appraisals Subcommittee |
| TX | HB1171 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to a study on state land use to facilitate health and wellness for veterans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-24
To House Defense & Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee |
| TX | SB2147 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the ownership of breeder deer in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-24
To Senate Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee |
| TX | HB676 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the use of an unmanned aircraft to locate and retrieve wounded or killed wildlife.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee |
| TX | HB2482 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to a prohibition on chronic wasting disease containment zones and surveillance zones established by the Parks and Wildlife Commission or the Parks and Wildlife Department.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee |
| TX | HB1379 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the authority of a game warden or other peace officer commissioned by the Parks and Wildlife Department to enter private property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-11
To House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee |
