Campos ‘Statewide’ Dog Registry Bill Covers Only Cities Over 100,000

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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.