| 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 | HB285 | Pass | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB1275 | Pass | Relating to the issuance of permits for bovine producer dairy farms in certain areas of this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| TX | HB1592 | Pass | Relating to an alert system for dangerous plant and wildlife pests and diseases administered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1948 | Pass | Relating to the regulation of fire prevention standards for certain agricultural facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB2155 | Pass | Relating to the regulation of veterinary professionals and facilities by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the temporary administration of the board by the Department of Licensing and Regulation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
See remarks for effective date |
| 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 | HB3556 | Pass | Relating to the construction of structures exceeding a certain height in certain counties containing national wildlife refuges and in adjacent counties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1247 | Pass | Relating to consolidating certain nonresident hunting licenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| 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 | SB1245 | Pass | Relating to the taking of aoudad sheep by using a helicopter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB2969 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of trespass in a facility housing an animal and to restitution for property damage resulting from that trespass.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-26
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | SB1285 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the protection of bats.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-25
Committee report distributed |
| TX | HB1399 | Pass | Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-24
See remarks for effective date |
| TX | SB1568 | Pass | Relating to the issuance of animal friendly specialty license plates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-24
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB3816 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to prosecution of the criminal offense of cruelty to livestock animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-22
To Senate Criminal Justice Committee |
| TX | SB305 | Pass | Relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2013 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the authority of certain property owners' associations to prohibit or restrict the keeping of chickens.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-19
To Senate Local Government Committee |
| TX | SB1652 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the source of dogs and cats sold by pet stores; providing a civil penalty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
To Senate Business & Commerce Committee |
| TX | HB3829 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to a study to review the animal friendly account.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Placed on General State Calendar |
| 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 | HB4775 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to an application for a warrant to seize a cruelly treated animal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | SB155 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to an attack by a dangerous dog; increasing a criminal penalty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
To Senate Criminal Justice Committee |
| TX | HB1720 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of trespass in a facility housing an animal and to restitution for property damage resulting from that trespass.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | HB4768 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
Placed on General State Calendar |
| 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 | HJR99 | Pass | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Filed with the Secretary of State |
| TX | HB2806 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to an attack by a dangerous dog; increasing a criminal penalty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB3458 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the source of dogs and cats sold by pet stores; providing a civil penalty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB135 | Pass | Relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes for game animals and exotic animals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Effective immediately |
| TX | HB5356 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the authority of a municipality to regulate activities involving a horse-drawn carriage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB3469 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the exemption of certain activities from regulation as a structural pest control service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
To Senate Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee |
| TX | HB3832 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the issuance of animal friendly specialty license plates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
Laid on the table subject to call |
| TX | HB1781 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the Texas Livestock and Rodeo Education and Continuation Grant Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-07
To Senate Finance Committee |
| TX | HB2041 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Laid on the table subject to call |
| 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 | HB5398 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the taking of certain aoudad sheep by using a helicopter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Laid on the table subject to call |
| TX | HB294 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the regulation by a property owners' association of food production on single-family residential lots.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-05
To Senate Local Government Committee |
| TX | HB349 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to civil liability for removing certain individuals or animals from a motor vehicle.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-05
To Senate State Affairs Committee |
| TX | SB1442 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to a study by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners on establishing a veterinarian-client-patient relationship by telephone or electronic means.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-05
Received from the Senate |
| TX | HB4819 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to a refundable adoption fee for the sterilization of dogs and cats; authorizing a fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-05
To House Public Health Committee |
| TX | SB503 | Pass | Relating to the establishment of an electronic registry of livestock marks and brands.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-03
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| 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 | HB1795 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain conduct constituting the offense of dog fighting or the offense of cockfighting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-01
Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | SB2843 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to a study of the effectiveness of rules and policies implemented by the Parks and Wildlife Department to manage and contain chronic wasting disease and of cervid resistance to chronic wasting disease.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-01
To House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee |
| TX | HB1675 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the interment of certain cremated animal remains with human remains in perpetual care cemeteries and the eligibility of those cemeteries for an exemption from ad valorem taxation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
Received from the House |
| TX | HB3364 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the establishment of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship and to the practice of veterinary medicine by telephone or electronic means.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-28
Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | HB2669 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the establishment of a reporting and education program for the dangers of balloons to livestock.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24
Received from the House |
| TX | HB4777 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to liability for the loss, injury, or death of a domestic animal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24
To House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee |
| 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 |
