Texas: Candidate positions on BSL

Elections are coming up. Do you know how your candidates feel about breed-specific legislation?

In Texas, current state law prohibits breed-specific dangerous dog legislation. The next legislative session will likely see an attempt to change the law to allow BSL.

Do you know how your legislative candidate (representative or senator) would vote on a breed-specific law?

You can view the candidate responses here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AhApKv_NwWN9dE1DN3QxSHNYWGNMdEJ5c0N5V0x0ZEE&hl=en&single=true&gid=0&output=html

If your candidate(s) did not respond to the survey, you can contact them directly (contact information is provided at the spreadsheet link above). If you get a response, please send it on to stopbsl.com@gmail.com so we can update the spreadsheet!

FAQs

What district do I live in? Find your district here: http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/

Why didn’t my candidate(s) respond to the survey? It could be for a variety of reasons, including the following:

1. The candidate is too busy, does not think this is an important issue, or does not know enough about the issue to respond.
2. The candidate does not respond to people who do not live in his/her district.
3. The candidate’s contact information was not good.

When can I vote? Early voting begins in October. Election Day is November 2.

Why did you only survey state senators and representatives? Because TX state law prohibits BSL, the only place where BSL can be proposed is in the state legislature, where senators and representatives decide what laws to pass.

What other efforts are being made in Texas to prevent BSL? StopBSL and Love-A-Bull have teamed up to gather signatures for a petition against BSL. The petition will be sent to Texas senators and representatives in January. Read more and help us gather signatures here: http://love-a-bull.org/resources/bsl/petition/

Stay tuned to StopBSL for additional opportunities to join fellow Texans against BSL.

I don’t live in Texas. What about my state’s candidates? StopBSL is Texas-based, and at present, doesn’t have the manpower to run surveys in all states holding elections. State laws and legislative processes also vary. However, StopBSL will gladly post results from any other candidate surveys about BSL. If you know of any other surveys, please send the results to stopbsl.com@gmail.com. Thank you!