---
title: Animals - Texas Legislation
subject: Animals
total_bills: 17
unique_authors: 11
critical_bills: 2
high_cost_bills: 0
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/animals"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Animals

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 17
- **Unique Authors:** 11
- **Critical Compliance:** 2 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 11

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 9 bills
- **Senate:** 8 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 2 bills
- **Moderate:** 8 bills
- **Low:** 7 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Charles Perry** (R, Senate) - 6 bills
- **Cody Harris** (R, House) - 2 bills
- **Cesar Blanco** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Claudia Ordaz Perez** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Cody Vasut** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Erin Zwiener** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Judith Zaffirini** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Mary Gonzalez** (D, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Agriculture](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/agriculture) (6 shared bills)
- [Parks & Wildlife](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/parks-wildlife) (6 shared bills)
- [Parks & Wildlife--Hunting & Fishing](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/parks-wildlife-hunting-fishing) (5 shared bills)
- [PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/parks-wildlife-department) (5 shared bills)
- [PARKS & WILDLIFE COMMISSION](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/parks-wildlife-commission) (4 shared bills)
- [Parks & Wildlife--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/parks-wildlife-general) (3 shared bills)
- [PERMITS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/permits) (3 shared bills)
- [Taxation](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/taxation) (3 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Parks and Wildlife Department](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-parks-and-wildlife-department) - 6 bills
- [Texas Animal Health Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-animal-health-commission) - 3 bills
- [Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-comptroller-of-public-accounts) - 2 bills
- [County Appraisal Districts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/county-appraisal-districts) - 2 bills
- [State Office of Administrative Hearings](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/state-office-of-administrative-hearings) - 2 bills
- [Texas Secretary of State](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-secretary-of-state) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB285](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb285-89th-regular) | Relating to the prosecution of the offense... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB2155](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2155-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of veterinary p... | Critical | Medium |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB1275](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1275-89th-regular) | Relating to the issuance of permits f... | Mary Gonzalez (D) | Low |
| [HB135](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb135-89th-regular) | Relating to exemptions from sales and... | Angie Button (R) | Low |
| [HB1399](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1399-89th-regular) | Relating to an exemption from ad valo... | Cody Harris (R) | Moderate |
| [HB1592](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1592-89th-regular) | Relating to an alert system for dange... | Mihaela Plesa (D) | Low |
| [HB2842](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2842-89th-regular) | Relating to the control by lethal mea... | Erin Zwiener (D) | Moderate |
| [HB285](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb285-89th-regular) | Relating to the prosecution of the of... | Claudia Ordaz Perez (D) | Critical |
| [HB3556](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3556-89th-regular) | Relating to the construction of struc... | Cody Vasut (R) | Moderate |
| [HJR99](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hjr99-89th-regular) | Proposing a constitutional amendment ... | Cody Harris (R) | Low |
| [SB1245](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1245-89th-regular) | Relating to the taking of aoudad shee... | Cesar Blanco (D) | Moderate |
| [SB1247](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1247-89th-regular) | Relating to consolidating certain non... | Charles Perry (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1248](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1248-89th-regular) | Relating to the disclosure of certain... | Charles Perry (R) | Low |
| [SB1568](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1568-89th-regular) | Relating to the issuance of animal fr... | Judith Zaffirini (D) | Low |
| [SB1948](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1948-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of fire pr... | Charles Perry (R) | Low |
| [SB2155](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2155-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of veterin... | Charles Perry (R) | Critical |
| [SB2801](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2801-89th-regular) | Relating to a permit issued by the Pa... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Moderate |
| [SB305](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb305-89th-regular) | Relating to the criminal offense of p... | Charles Perry (R) | Moderate |
| [SB503](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb503-89th-regular) | Relating to the establishment of an e... | Charles Perry (R) | Moderate |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/animals)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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