---
title: PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT - Texas Legislation
subject: PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
total_bills: 13
unique_authors: 12
critical_bills: 1
high_cost_bills: 1
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/parks-wildlife-department"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 13
- **Unique Authors:** 12
- **Critical Compliance:** 1 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 1 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 8

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 7 bills
- **Senate:** 6 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 1 bills
- **Moderate:** 8 bills
- **Low:** 4 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Charles Perry** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Bryan Hughes** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Carol Alvarado** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Cody Vasut** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Drew Darby** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Erin Zwiener** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Greg Bonnen** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Lois Kolkhorst** (R, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Parks & Wildlife](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/parks-wildlife) (10 shared bills)
- [Parks & Wildlife--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/parks-wildlife-general) (7 shared bills)
- [Parks & Wildlife--Hunting & Fishing](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/parks-wildlife-hunting-fishing) (5 shared bills)
- [Animals](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/animals) (5 shared bills)
- [PARKS & WILDLIFE COMMISSION](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/parks-wildlife-commission) (4 shared bills)
- [State Finances](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-finances) (3 shared bills)
- [TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/transportation-texas-department-of) (2 shared bills)
- [HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health-human-services-commission) (2 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Parks and Wildlife Department](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-parks-and-wildlife-department) - 10 bills
- [State Office of Administrative Hearings](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/state-office-of-administrative-hearings) - 1 bills
- [Health and Human Services Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/health-and-human-services-commission) - 1 bills
- [Department of State Health Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-state-health-services) - 1 bills
- [County Tax Assessor-Collectors](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/county-tax-assessor-collectors) - 1 bills
- [Texas Animal Health Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-animal-health-commission) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB1](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to youth camp emergency plans and... | Critical | High |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB1](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to youth camp emergency plan... | Drew Darby (R) | Critical |
| [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 |
| [HB3088](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3088-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of the Park... | Angelia Orr (R) | Moderate |
| [HB3556](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3556-89th-regular) | Relating to the construction of struc... | Cody Vasut (R) | Moderate |
| [HB4230](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4230-89th-regular) | Relating to the establishment of a hi... | William Metcalf (R) | Moderate |
| [HB500](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb500-89th-regular) | Relating to making supplemental appro... | Greg Bonnen (R) | Low |
| [SB1066](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1066-89th-regular) | Relating to the requirement for perfo... | Charles Perry (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1215](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1215-89th-regular) | Relating to the placement of a cultiv... | Lois Kolkhorst (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1248](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1248-89th-regular) | Relating to the disclosure of certain... | Charles Perry (R) | Low |
| [SB1267](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1267-89th-regular) | Relating to certificates of number an... | Carol Alvarado (D) | Moderate |
| [SB2801](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2801-89th-regular) | Relating to a permit issued by the Pa... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Moderate |
| [SB384](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb384-89th-regular) | Relating to making a donation to the ... | Peter Flores (R) | Low |

## Source Links

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

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