Texas SB1285 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code to protect bats by prohibiting confinement, hunting, and trade of bats, with exceptions for certain.

Texas SB1285 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code to enhance the protection of bats. It prohibits individuals from confining, hunting, selling, offering for sale, purchasing, or possessing bats or their parts, dead or alive. Exceptions are made for animal control officers, peace officers, licensed pest control professionals, and health officials who capture injured or diseased bats. Additionally, individuals transporting bats for laboratory testing or rehabilitation are exempt if the bats have not been previously exposed to humans.

Texas SB1285 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code to protect bats by prohibiting confinement, hunting, and trade of bats, with exceptions for certain.

Texas SB1285 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code to enhance the protection of bats. It prohibits individuals from confining, hunting, selling, offering for sale, purchasing, or possessing bats or their parts, dead or alive. Exceptions are made for animal control officers, peace officers, licensed pest control professionals, and health officials who capture injured or diseased bats. Additionally, individuals transporting bats for laboratory testing or rehabilitation are exempt if the bats have not been previously exposed to humans.