(UPDATED VERSION OF THE JUNE TEXAS VETERINARIAN MAGAZINE ARTICLE)

Veterinary Medicine Notches Major Successes at Texas Legislature
The 2025 Texas Legislative Session Enacted Several Exciting New Funding Measures While Veterinarians Fought Off Major Threats
By Trent Hightower, JD, Director of Government Relations/General Counsel

The 89^th Session of the Texas Legislature came to a close on June 2. It turned out to be an incredibly successful session for veterinary medicine in Texas. While the governor has until June 22 to sign or veto any bills the legislature sent to him, TVMA can boast numerous big wins in the state’s biennial budget and successful efforts to kill or amend bad legislation.

Veterinarian and LVTs will have the opportunity to pick up 8 CE credits by attending this one-day seminar plus public health workers will be on site to administer titers testing and rabies vaccinations for an additional fee.

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Ava the poodle went to the veterinarian for a routine spay surgery in December 2019 and died eight days later after it was discovered that her intestines were sewn up into the wound closure.

For the fourth consecutive legislative session, the Sunset Commission review of the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (TBVME) has emerged as a key issue for veterinarians. 

The TVMA Executive Committee will be voting in June for the AVMA President-Elect. TVMA posed seven questions to each candidate, and their responses are below. If you have comments regarding the candidates that you would like the Executive Committee to take into consideration prior to voting, please email info@tvma.org.