Bill Text: TX HB2669 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2669

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a reporting and education program for the dangers of balloons to livestock.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-11 - Filed [HB2669 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB2669-Introduced.html

	89R10956 MP-D

	By: Guerra	H.B. No. 2669



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the establishment of a reporting and education program
	for the dangers of balloons to livestock.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 88, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 88.823 to read as follows:
	Sec. 88.823. THREAT OF BALLOONS TO LIVESTOCK. (a) The
	extension service shall establish a system for ranchers to report
	instances of:
	(1) balloons on the ranchers' property; and
	(2) livestock that have died from eating a balloon.
	(b) The extension service shall develop and implement an
	outreach program to inform:
	(1) ranchers of the reporting system established under
	Subsection (a); and
	(2) people about the dangers of releasing balloons to
	the environment.
	(c) The extension service shall prepare an annual report
	based on the results of the reports made under Subsection (a) and
	submit the report to the legislature not later than January 1. The
	report may contain recommendations for actions for deterring the
	release of balloons.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.