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HB3816 • 2025

Relating to prosecution of the criminal offense of cruelty to livestock animals.

Relating to prosecution of the criminal offense of cruelty to livestock animals.

Agriculture
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Metcalf
Last action
2025-05-22
Official status
05/22/2025 S Left pending in committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to prosecution of the criminal offense of cruelty to livestock animals.

Relating to prosecution of the criminal offense of cruelty to livestock animals.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to prosecution of the criminal offense of cruelty to livestock animals.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  2. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  3. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  4. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  5. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Justice

  6. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  7. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  8. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1055

  9. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  11. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  12. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  13. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  14. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. 1-Schatzline

  15. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Point of order withdrawn (amendment). Rule 11, Section 2

  16. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment withdrawn. 1-Schatzline

  17. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  18. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#917

  19. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  20. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Transferred to Calendars Committee

  21. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  22. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  23. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  24. 2025-04-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  25. 2025-04-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  26. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  27. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  28. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

  29. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  30. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  31. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  33. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  34. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  35. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  36. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures

  37. 2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to prosecution of the criminal offense of cruelty to livestock animals.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 3816 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R21704 PRL-D

By: Metcalf

H.B. No. 3816

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to prosecution of the criminal offense of cruelty to

livestock animals.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 42.09(b)(7), Penal Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(7) "Torture" includes
:

(A)
any act that causes unjustifiable pain or

suffering
; and

(B)

the act of administering a controlled

substance listed in Penalty Group 1 under Section 481.102, Health

and Safety Code, unless the administration is in compliance with a

valid prescription or order of a health care practitioner in the

course of professional practice
.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.

An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For

purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the

effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred

before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.