HB 390
Isaac Bill Requires Stunning Livestock Before Slaughter Starting 2027
Filed
Verdict: No flags
Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade
Caption
relating to humane methods for slaughtering livestock and poultry.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Summary
No throat-cutting without stunning first, no hoisting a conscious animal. Backyard household poultry exempt.
The bill requires anyone who slaughters livestock or poultry for people to eat to first make the animal unable to feel pain, using a single blow, a gunshot, electricity, chemicals or another fast method. It reaches slaughterhouses and anyone else killing animals for food, but it exempts poultry not meant for sale and poultry killed by a person for their own household. Starting September 1, 2027, slaughter by cutting the throat without stunning first, or by shackling or hoisting a conscious animal, no longer counts as a humane method.
Receipt
The receipt
90R-HB390 · 2026-11-09
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ITEM
relating to humane methods for slaughtering livestock and poultry.
WHAT IT DOES
No throat-cutting without stunning first, no hoisting a conscious animal. Backyard household poultry exempt.
The bill requires anyone who slaughters livestock or poultry for people to eat to first make the animal unable to feel pain, using a single blow, a gunshot, electricity, chemicals or another fast method. It reaches slaughterhouses and anyone else killing animals for food, but it exempts poultry not meant for sale and poultry killed by a person for their own household. Starting September 1, 2027, slaughter by cutting the throat without stunning first, or by shackling or hoisting a conscious animal, no longer counts as a humane method.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
HISTORY
- Filed
FILED UNDER
No verified beat found.
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Donors
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 · Oct 29, 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.
American Fireworks$26,000.00
American Fireworks
$26,000.00
- Cash
- $0.00
- Paid by others
- $26,000.00
- Total
- $26,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 4, 2025 to Jul 3, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Sources
Derived itemized flow · Jul 4, 2025 to Jul 3, 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: 101062888, 101069223.
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$20,083.33
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
$20,083.33
- Cash
- $20,000.00
- Paid by others
- $83.33
- Total
- $20,083.33
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamSources
Derived itemized flow · Jun 25, 2025 to Oct 15, 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: 101011492, 101062888, 101070788.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
American Fireworks
$26,000.00
- Cash
- $0.00
- Paid by others
- $26,000.00
- Total
- $26,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 4, 2025 to Jul 3, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Sources
Derived itemized flow · Jul 4, 2025 to Jul 3, 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: 101062888, 101069223.
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
$20,083.33
- Cash
- $20,000.00
- Paid by others
- $83.33
- Total
- $20,083.33
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamSources
Derived itemized flow · Jun 25, 2025 to Oct 15, 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: 101011492, 101062888, 101070788.
Votes
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
Fiscal
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
How this was graded
Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.
Sources
Texas House · Filed Nov 9, 2026
11/09/2026 H Filed
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Subjects
Animals
Text
The text as introduced · 277 words
90R1935 AB-D By: Isaac H.B. No. 390 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to humane methods for slaughtering livestock and poultry. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 433, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 433.0215 to read as follows: Sec. 433.0215. HUMANE METHODS OF SLAUGHTER REQUIRED. (a) In this section, "humane method" means a rapid and effective method by which an animal is rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical, or other means before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut. The term does not include a method in which an animal: (1) suffers loss of consciousness through anemia of the brain caused by severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument; or (2) is shackled, hoisted, or suspended while conscious. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person shall use a humane method to slaughter livestock or poultry for human consumption. (c) This section does not apply to: (1) poultry not intended for sale or commerce; or (2) poultry slaughtered solely for personal consumption by the individual performing the slaughter or members of the individual's household. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to the slaughter of an animal that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. The slaughter of an animal that occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the slaughter occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.