Bill Text: TX HB1851 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to notice by certain sellers that plants containing cycasin may be toxic to canids.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-07 - Referred to Agriculture & Livestock [HB1851 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1851-Introduced.html

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88R7987 KBB-F
By: Plesa H.B. No. 1851

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice by certain sellers that plants containing
cycasin may be toxic to canids.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as Rudy's Law.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 71.057, Agriculture Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 71.057. NURSERY DEALERS AND AGENTS; ANNUAL
REGISTRATION; REQUIRED WARNING TO CONSUMERS.
SECTION 3. Section 71.057, Agriculture Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) A nursery dealer or nursery agent must include a written
statement upon the sale of any species of plant containing cycasin
warning the end user of the plant that the ingestion of the plant by
canids can be harmful or fatal.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.