HB 4775

animal seizure warrants from a neighboring county’s court

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to an application for a warrant to seize a cruelly treated animal.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Officers can ask courts next door, not just the local one.

The bill lets a peace officer or animal control officer who believes an animal is being cruelly treated ask for a seizure warrant from a justice court, magistrate, or municipal court in a neighboring county or city, not just the one where the animal is. It touches officers, local courts, and animal owners facing seizure. On the ground, officers can go to an adjacent jurisdiction's court when the local one is unavailable, starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence committee 9-1 on Apr 28, 2025. Placed on the General State Calendar on May 15, 2025. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4775 · 2025-03-13

SOLD BY

Rep. Lulu FloresDHouse 51

Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez RamosDHouse 102

Rep. John H. Bucy IIIDHouse 136

+ 1 more author, 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to an application for a warrant to seize a cruelly treated animal.

WHAT IT DOES

Officers can ask courts next door, not just the local one.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 29, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Mar 13, 2025Filed
Apr 3, 2025Read first time
Apr 3, 2025Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Apr 23, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 23, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 23, 2025Committee substitute considered in committee
Apr 23, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Apr 24, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 28, 2025Considered in formal meeting
Apr 28, 2025Committee substitute considered in committee
Apr 28, 2025Reported favorably as substituted
May 12, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 12, 2025Committee report distributed
May 12, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 13, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 15, 2025Placed on General State Calendar

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Lulu Flores

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC$23KMichael Brickman$15,000Johann Moonesinghe$10,000

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Aug 5, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC$22,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC

$22,500.00

Cash: $22,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $22,500.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985004, 101007867, 101059825.

Michael Brickman$15,000.00

Johann Moonesinghe$10,000.00

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC

$22,500.00

Cash: $22,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $22,500.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985004, 101007867, 101059825.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses10

For: 9
Against: 0
On: 1

Names

For

City of Fort Worth1 registration
Conference of Urban Counties1 registration
Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP Lodge 391 registration
Self3 registrations
Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC1 registration
Self; Justice of the Peacse Pct 1 Williamson County1 registration
Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas1 registration

On

Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association1 registration

Sources

10 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 29, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Mar 13, 2025

05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors

Gene WuDHouse 137

House committee · Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence · Committee vote 9 aye, 1 nay · Out of committee

Subjects

Animals

Courts--Justice

PARSON'S LAW (PO9P6)

MAGISTRATES

Text

The text as introduced · 182 words

89R15590 MCF-D

By: Flores
H.B. No. 4775

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an application for a warrant to seize a cruelly treated

animal.

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

SECTION 1. Section 821.022(a), Health and Safety Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) If a peace officer or an officer who has responsibility

for animal control in a county or municipality has reason to believe

that an animal has been or is being cruelly treated, the officer may

apply to the following for a warrant to seize the animal:

(1) a justice court or magistrate in :

(A) the county in which the animal is located; or

(B) a county adjacent to the county in which the

animal is located; or

(2) [ to ] a municipal court in :

(A) the municipality in which the animal is

located ; or

(B) a municipality adjacent to the municipality

in which the animal is located [ for a warrant to seize the animal ].

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.