---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a permit issued by the Parks and Wildlife Department for certain hunting dog field trials; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to a permit issued by the Parks and Wildlife Department for certain hunting dog field trials; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2801"
citation: "Texas SB 2801 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE COMMISSION (V1564)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (V0045)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "Parks & Wildlife--General (I0585)", "Parks & Wildlife--Hunting & Fishing (I0560)", "Parks & Wildlife--Licenses (I0565)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Shofner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c972af06-f646-4681-bc3f-40a2df784c3b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02800_SB02899/SB 2801.xml"
source_hash: "49af16e5319a888485462f39940d0a365bd311804b798f309abfcaa7523ae3bb"
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 2801 (89R) — Relating to a permit issued by the Parks and Wildlife Department for certain hunting dog field trials; authorizing a fee.

## 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/SB02801I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02801E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02801H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02801S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02801F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Shofner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-01** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-01** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-02** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/c972af06-f646-4681-bc3f-40a2df784c3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).