---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the taking of feral hogs without a hunting license."
description: "Relating to the taking of feral hogs without a hunting license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "Texas SB 317 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "Parks & Wildlife--Hunting & Fishing (I0560)", "Parks & Wildlife--Licenses (I0565)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyrier", "Hughes", "Toth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4dde3eb-1b1d-40a3-9596-e7a758b23944"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 317.xml"
source_hash: "3a7e5adb7cc7ab876ac6cf3e77964e222654791f7ae26cce8406f07bc78da710"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 317 (86) — Relating to the taking of feral hogs without a hunting license.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00317I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Cyrier — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-27** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-07** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** House passage reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4dde3eb-1b1d-40a3-9596-e7a758b23944`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).