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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas House Bill 1795 increases criminal penalties for dog fighting and cockfighting offenses
Last action · May 1, 2025: Committee report sent to CalendarsSponsors: Rafael Anchía and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas HB 1795 raises specific offenses related to dog fighting and cockfighting to a , effective September 1, 2025. The legislation alters criminal classifications under the Penal Code for prohibited conduct involving animal fighting.
Changes criminal sentencing categories and potential incarceration times for individuals convicted of participating in or facilitating dog fighting and cockfighting.
Who It Would Have Affected
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Individuals prosecuted for dog fighting or cockfighting
Offenders face modified criminal classifications and potential state jail felony penalties for specific conduct related to dog fighting and cockfighting.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
16 actions- May 1, 2025HouseCommittee report sent to Calendars
- Apr 30, 2025HouseCommittee report distributed
- Apr 30, 2025HouseComte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- Apr 24, 2025HouseCommitteeReported favorably as substituted
- Apr 24, 2025HouseCommittee substitute considered in committee
- Apr 24, 2025HouseConsidered in formal meeting
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- Apr 24, 2025HouseRecalled from subcommittee
- Apr 15, 2025HouseLeft pending in subcommittee
- Apr 15, 2025HouseTestimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- Apr 15, 2025HouseCommittee substitute considered in s/c
- Apr 15, 2025HouseConsidered by s/c in public hearing
- Apr 15, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- Mar 25, 2025HouseReferred directly to subcommittee by chair
- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Criminal Jurisprudence
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 9, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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