Bill Text: TX HB1436 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an animal cruelty public awareness campaign by the Texas Animal Health Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-21 - Filed [HB1436 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1436-Introduced.html
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| By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 1436 | |
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| relating to an animal cruelty public awareness campaign by the | ||
| Texas Animal Health Commission. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 161, Agriculture Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 161.0604 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 161.0604. ANIMAL CRUELTY PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. | ||
| (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Animal" includes: | ||
| (A) livestock, exotic livestock, domestic fowl, | ||
| and exotic fowl; and | ||
| (B) a domesticated living creature, including | ||
| any stray or feral cat or dog, and a wild living creature previously | ||
| captured. | ||
| (2) "Animal cruelty" means an offense under Section | ||
| 42.09 or 42.092, Penal Code. | ||
| (b) The commission shall establish an animal cruelty public | ||
| awareness campaign to prevent animal cruelty by raising awareness | ||
| among the general public of issues relating to animal cruelty. | ||
| (c) As part of the campaign, the commission shall establish | ||
| and maintain an Internet website dedicated to the animal cruelty | ||
| public awareness campaign. The website must include information | ||
| on: | ||
| (1) where to take an abandoned or found animal; | ||
| (2) who to contact if an animal is in need of medical | ||
| attention; and | ||
| (3) animal cruelty laws. | ||
| (d) The commission may solicit and accept gifts and grants | ||
| for purposes of conducting the animal cruelty public awareness | ||
| campaign under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
