---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the taking of aoudad sheep by using a helicopter."
description: "Relating to the taking of aoudad sheep by using a helicopter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1245"
citation: "Texas SB 1245 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE COMMISSION (V1564)", "PECOS RIVER (G0481)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "Parks & Wildlife--Hunting & Fishing (I0560)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Kerwin", "Metcalf", "Morales, Eddie", "Vasut"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12815e86-0b8d-4931-81ff-abdac062951c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1245.xml"
source_hash: "86c038f83b905dbecfba04efe2045fd120a331205572724c10bf520115da3225"
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 1245 (89R) — Relating to the taking of aoudad sheep by using a helicopter.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01245I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01245E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01245H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01245S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01245F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **143–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Kerwin — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
- Vasut — primary (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-31** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-31** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-09** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-10** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Postponed
- **2025-05-07** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-12** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-12** Read
- **2025-05-12** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-14** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12815e86-0b8d-4931-81ff-abdac062951c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).