Texas Equine Incentive Bill 1881 PASSES

Just wanted to pass along an exciting update regarding the equine incentive bill (1881). SpiritualHorseman.com has been following it’s progress for a while. If you’d like the whole story, you can catch up with the following posts: Kentucky-Like Equine Incentive Program in Texas Urgent: Equine Incentive Program Information Opportunity Doesn’t Knock. . . It Grows [...]

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Opportunity Doesn’t Knock . . . It grows.

Texas Legislative Session 2009 was buzzing in Austin today. Rep. Edmund Kuempel collapsed in the elevator yesterday evening and is currently in a medically induced coma. Please pray for him and his family as they endure these dark days. He was the author of HB 4416 relating to the establishment of the Texas Gaming Commission [...]

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Urgent: Equine Incentive Program Information

Update: The TQHA decided to testify in favor of HB 1881! Thanks to everybody that called. Everyone, I apologize for boring you if you aren’t involved in the horse business. However, many of you are. So, here is a copy of an email I have received that addresses HB 1881 authored by Rep. Sid Miller. [...]

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Kentucky-Like Equine Incentive Program In Texas?

House Bill 1881 has passed the Texas House of Representatives and is headed to the Senate. Kentucky successfully instituted an incentive program for quarter horse breeders in 2007. You can read all about it here. Almost certainly inspired by the success in Kentucky, Texas State Representative Sid Miller authored HB 1881. – Here is the [...]

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