Amend SB 2846 (senate committee report) in SECTION 1 of the bill as follows:
(1) Strike added Section 12.801, Parks and Wildlife Code (page 1, lines 25 through 27), and substitute the following:
Sec. 12.801. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Chronic wasting disease suspect, trace, or positive herd" means a CWD-suspect herd, a CWD-trace herd, or a CWD-positive herd as those terms are defined by 4 T.A.C. Section 40.1, as that section existed on May 1, 2025.
(2) "Deer breeder facility" means a breeder facility regulated under Subchapter L, Chapter 43, or rules adopted under that subchapter.
(3) "Wildlife" means an indigenous animal species that normally lives in a state of nature and is not ordinarily domesticated. The term does not include exotic livestock as defined by Section 161.001(a), Agriculture Code.
(2) In added Section 12.803(a), Parks and Wildlife Code (page 2, line 8), strike "The" and substitute "Except as provided by Subsection (e), the".
(3) Immediately following added Section 12.803(d), Parks and Wildlife Code (page 2, between lines 27 and 28), insert the following:
(e) For a chronic wasting disease suspect, trace, or positive herd located in a deer breeder facility or on a registered release site, the department may only establish a quarantine for the affected premises to prohibit or regulate the movement of wildlife out of or into the affected premises.
(4) In added Section 12.804(a), Parks and Wildlife Code (page 2, line 28), strike "The" and substitute "Except as provided by Section 12.803(e), the".
(5) In added Section 12.805(a), Parks and Wildlife Code (page 2, line 40), between "by" and "Section", insert "Subsection (c) and".
(6) In added Section 12.805(b), Parks and Wildlife Code (page 2, line 44), strike "The" and substitute "Except as provided by Subsection (c), the".
(7) Immediately following added Section 12.805(b), Parks and Wildlife Code (page 2, between lines 54 and 55), insert the following:
(c) If a suspected positive case of chronic wasting disease located in a deer breeder facility or at a registered release site is confirmed positive by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories, the department shall provide notice of any subsequent quarantine of the premises to:
(1) the owner of the facility or registered release site; and
(2) each owner of property adjacent to the facility or registered release site.
(8) Strike added Section 12.809(b), Parks and Wildlife Code (page 3, lines 43 through 47) and substitute the following:
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, in which event the offense is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
(9) Strike added Section 12.809(c), Parks and Wildlife Code (page 3, lines 48 through 54), and reletter subsequent subsections accordingly.