---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to county and municipal housing authority pet policies."
description: "Relating to county and municipal housing authority pet policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 349"
citation: "Texas SB 349 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Housing--General (I0405)", "Safety (I0740)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Flores", "Hull", "Plesa", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60a05643-22f5-430d-b9d5-ad79c24215c1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 349.xml"
source_hash: "07ab67961cf50acdcf3f0d85b45549900bcf4637638baab0f49e1d3193c7e1dc"
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 349 (88) — Relating to county and municipal housing authority pet policies.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB00349I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00349E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00349H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00349S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00349F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Plesa — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-03-30** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-12** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-25** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-10** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60a05643-22f5-430d-b9d5-ad79c24215c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).