89R8670 MPF-D
By: Campos H.B. No. 2325
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a statewide dangerous dog
registry.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.952 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.952. STATEWIDE DANGEROUS DOG REGISTRY. (a) In
this section, "animal control authority" has the meaning assigned
by Section 822.041, Health and Safety Code.
(b) This section applies only to an animal control authority
located in a municipality with a population of more than 100,000.
(c) The department, in collaboration with animal control
authorities, shall establish and maintain on the department's
Internet website a publicly accessible and searchable statewide
registry for dogs an animal control authority determines are
dangerous under Section 822.0421, Health and Safety Code.
(d) The statewide registry must include for each dangerous
dog listed in the registry the following information provided by an
animal control authority:
(1) proof of the dangerous dog's rabies vaccination;
(2) proof the dangerous dog is kept in a secure
enclosure;
(3) proof the dangerous dog's owner obtained the
liability insurance or financial responsibility required by
Section 822.042, Health and Safety Code;
(4) information on whether the dangerous dog has a
permanent identification marker or tag, including a tattoo or
microchip;
(5) information on whether the dangerous dog is spayed
or neutered;
(6) the name of the dangerous dog;
(7) a photograph of the dangerous dog;
(8) the county in which the dangerous dog is located;
and
(9) the name of the current owner of the dangerous dog
and the address at which the dangerous dog is housed.
(e) On written approval of the municipality in which an
animal control authority operates, the animal control authority may
omit some or all of the information required under Subsection (d).
(f) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement
this section.
SECTION 2. Section 822.0421, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) On an animal control authority's determination that a
dog is a dangerous dog or on the conclusion of an appeal upholding
that determination, an animal control authority to which Section
411.952, Government Code, applies shall provide to the Department
of Public Safety the information required by that section for
inclusion in the department's statewide dangerous dog registry,
unless the municipality in which the animal control authority
operates provides written approval for the animal control authority
to omit some or all of the information.
SECTION 3. Section 822.043, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) On receiving notice an owner sold or moved a dangerous
dog to another address, an animal control authority to which
Section 411.952, Government Code, applies shall provide the address
information to the Department of Public Safety for inclusion in the
department's statewide dangerous dog registry under that section
unless the municipality in which the animal control authority
operates provides written approval for the animal control authority
to omit some or all of the required information.
SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Department of Public Safety shall establish the
statewide dangerous dog registry as required by Section 411.952,
Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.