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Living in Texas still hoping our backyard chicken bill will pass this upcoming legislation. This will be the 4th try. For all the Texas members reading this....please contact your state senator and house representative to get them to introduce the bill again. I believe they might be able to...

This is for Texans. The calls are to let them know there are many people interested in seeing this bill passed. This is just trying to get the committee to hear from the public and any others and then it will be sent to calendars so it can be heard on the senate floor. We only have one month...

May 1, 2023 All Texas chicken lovers.....even if you already have chickens please help us who can't have them yet without this bill. Please call the Senate Committee on Local Government at 512-463-2527 and ask them to put it on their schedule for the next meeting. HB92 has already passed the...

March 2023 New News!!! SB 326, relating to the keeping and raising of chickens, has been scheduled for a hearing in the Local Government Committee for Monday (3/27/23). If you would be interested in testifying during public testimony the hearing is scheduled for 11 a.m. in E1.028 of the...

Update from yesterday....Senator Hall will be re introducing the bill as well. His office sent the draft if anyone would like to read it. See attached. Now we will have both the house and the senate with companion bills so hopefully having them in both chambers will get it moving quicker.

Guess what everybody? It is time for a new Texas legislative session and I have great news. Texas House Member - Philip Cortez has filed HB 276 today 11/14/22. The bill reads: Relating to the regulation by a municipality or property owners' association of food production on single-family...

Wow...how time flies. There is fresh meat in Austin now and they are already presenting their bills. Please join me in writing all the senators to see if we can find someone willing to present the backyard chicken bill again. Van Taylor was our guy last time but he is moving on to Washington.

Good point but if it can be done - no harm. No different than all the rich people taking advantage of tax loop holes while I'm here clipping coupons. Good luck....if there ever was a time to need therapy it would be now with all the mess going on in the news. I say go for it and enjoy those...

Right. My point being a doctor will write an order for most anything if you ask him so why not ask and then you get to keep all your feathered friends. Worth a try :) For those of us who are not lucky enough to have chickens yet I hope everybody checks back and we keep this going. As soon as...

I would try for therapy pet. I work with someone who's daughter just started college ( University of Houston) and she had a doctors note so she could have a dog in her dorm room as a therapy pet. This kid needs therapy like I need a hole in my head so as long as you can get a doctor to write it...

So sorry...no chickens for anybody who was hoping to get some. The chicken bill did not pass in the regular session and was not included in the special session. We will have to try again in January 2019

Fantastic. I sent a thank you card as well with a printed scenery envelope to draw attention. Once I used neon orange paper and wrote with a black sharpie. When I wrote the governor I sent one to the PO Box and another to the street address. I figured different people might receive that...

Awesome. Hope we can find a lot more great Texans like you

Sorry, I didn't get a chance to post before now. First, we have to face reality that this isn't going to happen during this special session. It just ran out of time and they are still arguing over more important things that the governor wants passed and it doesn't look like they are going to...

Has anyone else made some calls to Austin? It is late in the 4th quarter and we are fixing to lose the game. They need to know we want this.

I just sent emails to Lt.Governor Dan Patrick and the Agriculture Committee members asking them to please help Senator Van Taylor's SB 98 get referred to a committee and passed this year. I will also call each senator's capital office as well. Dan Patrick email: [email protected]...

Bump.... Don't want this to get loss in the HOA conversation Monday July 31st we must start calling and emailing to get SB 98 referred to a committee

It is waiting to be referred to a committee and it will be a lot harder this time around according to a lady in the lieutenant governor's office I pleaded with her to please help get this referred to a committee. She actually remembered it being on the Senate floor during the regular session...

If anyone wants to read SB 98....here is the link http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/Text.aspx?LegSess=851&Bill=SB98 If we get lucky and it makes it all the way, we can fill our coop on December 1, 2017 My only worry is the distance between the coop and a residence. When you live in a...

UPDATE - NEW INFORMATION AS OF 7/25/17 SB 1620 is now known as SB 98 Senator Van Taylor has filed the bill for the special session. That was the first step. The bill was filed on 7/21/17 It now has to go to the committee and see what other item it can be attached to. Fingers crossed it makes...