Bill Text: TX HB562 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of licensed dog and cat breeders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB562 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB562-Introduced.html
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| By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 562 | |
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| relating to the regulation of licensed dog and cat breeders. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 802, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 802.155 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 802.155. BILL OF SALE. (a) A licensed breeder shall | ||
| provide to a purchaser a bill of sale for each animal sold or | ||
| exchanged in return for consideration. The bill of sale must | ||
| include: | ||
| (1) the name and license number of the licensed | ||
| breeder; | ||
| (2) the name of the purchaser; | ||
| (3) a description of the animal sold or exchanged; | ||
| (4) the date of the sale or exchange; | ||
| (5) the amount paid to the licensed breeder; and | ||
| (6) a statement adopted by commission rule advising | ||
| that dog and cat breeders are regulated by the department and | ||
| including the department's name, mailing address, telephone | ||
| number, and Internet website address. | ||
| (b) A licensed breeder shall maintain a copy of each bill of | ||
| sale. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
