---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to liability arising from farm animals."
description: "Relating to liability arising from farm animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 365"
citation: "Texas HB 365 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "Animals (I0035)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "HORSES (S0193)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burns", "King, Tracy O.", "Murr", "Rogers", "Slawson", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad45d746-ba52-4303-af9f-e23571ab1a7a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 365.xml"
source_hash: "437a2819736bbb7e6767f5568c2de5140d1d2de352b6ee73a3bd6b5864df46b9"
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 HB 365 (87) — Relating to liability arising from farm animals.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00365I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00365E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00365H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00365S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00365F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burns — primary (person)
- King, Tracy O. — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Slawson — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-09** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-03-31** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Record vote
- **2021-04-01** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad45d746-ba52-4303-af9f-e23571ab1a7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).