TX SB2651

Requires all chronic wasting disease (CWD) diagnoses in deer to be made or confirmed through testing conducted by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories within their standard diagnostic timeframe

Limits the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's authority to restrict deer movement at breeder facilities or release sites to only within 10 feet of the enclosure housing a CWD-positive deer

Mandates lifting of movement restrictions once facility owners certify they have prevented commingling with infected deer, followed USDA decontamination procedures, and depopulated the affected enclosure, unless willful negligence caused wild deer infection

Establishes a pilot program expiring December 31, 2029 to breed and release into the wild white-tailed deer genetically resistant to CWD, including collecting DNA samples to establish baseline genetic markers and breeding deer with the SS allele at codon 96

Allows the department to sell CWD-resistant deer to licensed breeders for up to $500 and waives governmental immunity for damages if the department wrongfully refuses to lift movement restrictions