Legislative Updates & Actions
Action Alerts
About our Action Alerts: The Texas Legislature meets every other year unless a special session is called by the governor. Action alerts listed below during a non-legislative year are concerning legislation pending in U.S. Congress.
5.18.13 Alert: CRITICAL ACTION NEEDED MONDAY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND EXOTIC WILD ANIMALS
Quick Summary: SB 1395 proponents are using a deceitful tactic to pass their bad bill. It's up to you to stop them. TAKE ACTION! Click here to help.
5.16.13 Alert: THE DANGEROUS WILD ANIMAL ACT HAS WORKED WELL FOR 12 YEARS TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS AND IT SHOULD NOT BE WEAKENED BECAUSE OF SELF INTEREST GROUPS WANTING TO EVADE IT!
Quick Summary: Your help is urgently needed to kill SB 1395 and keep Texas safe from dangerous wild animals. TAKE ACTION! Click here to help.
5.02.13 Alert: THREE ANIMAL WELFARE BILLS NEED YOUR HELP TO PASS INTO LAW
Quick Summary: Three animal welfare issues need your help now: Shark Finning, Pets in Protective Orders, Jurisdiction for Appeals in Cases of Dogs Deemed "Dangerous". Plus! Update on the bill to ban gas chambers. TAKE ACTION! Click here to help.
4.29.13 Alert: LEARN THE LATEST ON THE GASSING BILL AND THE ATTACK ON THE DANGEROUS WILD ANIMAL ACT
Quick Summary: There's news, so read-up for a run-down with the mid-session update! TAKE ACTION! Click here to help.
4.25.13 Alert: ANTI-GASSING BILLS HEADED TO HOUSE FLOOR FOR VOTE - CALLS URGENTLY NEEDED!
Quick Summary: Last chance to help us ban gas chambers in Texas - If you do one thing per year to help animals in Texas - this is it! TAKE ACTION! Click here to help.
4.12.13 Alert: Update on SB 1395 / HB 629 - attacks on the Dangerous Wild Animal Act
Quick Summary: We will keep you posted as things develop, but again, one last thanks for all you did to help us get this far. TAKE ACTION! Click here to help.
4.02.13 Alert: KEEP TEXAS SAFE -FOR PEOPLE AND ANIMALS -- WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO KILL SB 1395 IN THE SENATE
Quick Summary: THE BILL TO "GUT" THE DANGEROUS WILD ANIMAL ACT (THE "ACT") PASSED THE SENATE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE A SMALL CHANCE TO KILL THIS BILL IN THE SENATE. TAKE ACTION! Click here to help.
3.20.13 Alert: WE LOVE OUR SENATORS! SENATE COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY FOR OUR BILL TO BAN GAS CHAMBERS
Quick Summary: What this means: We're one step closer to ending gas chamber euthanasia of dogs and cats in Texas. TAKE ACTION! Click here to help.
3.15.13 Alert: ANTI-GASSING BILLS HEADED TO COMMITTEE HEARINGS - CONSTITUENT CALLS NEEDED!
Quick Summary: Calls Needed to End Gas Chamber Euthanasia TAKE ACTION! Click here to help.
3.06.13 Alert: LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR HUMANE LOBBY DAY!
Quick Summary: The Texas Humane Legislation Network, the ASPCA, The Humane Society of the United States, and other animal advocates will converge in Austin on Thursday, March 14, uniting to be a mainstream voice for animals in Texas. TAKE ACTION! Click here to help.
3.02.13 Alert: CALLS NEEDED TO BLOCK HORSE SLAUGHTER IN OKLAHOMA
Quick Summary: Legislation to allow horse slaughter in Oklahoma has moved very quickly through its legislature, so please act as soon as possible! TAKE ACTION! Click here to help.
9.26.12 Alert: Help Identify and Report Puppy and Kitten Mills in Texas
Quick Summary: The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) needs the public's help to bring "outlaw" breeders into compliance. TAKE ACTION! Click here to help.
