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Proposed backyard chicken bill runs afowl in Texas senate
A bill proposed by Texas legislators could have made it a little easier for residents to raise chickens in their backyard.
But Senate Bill 1620, authored by Van Taylor (R-Plano), died following Sine Die Monday after the bill didn’t go for a vote in the Texas House of Representatives.
SB 1620 could have allowed Texans to raise six or fewer chickens in their backyard. The bill was approved in the Senate April 5 and was voted out of the House Committee on Urban Affairs May 20.
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