AUSTIN, Texas — A proposed bill to dismantle the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will not move forward, according to State Representative Pat Curry, who filed the bill. Curry, who ...

Filed late last week, House Bill 4938 would kill off the agency that oversees state parks and issues hunting and fishing licenses. Instead, the measure would assign those functions to other agencies.

Rep. Pat Curry authored House Bill 4938, which would abolish the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Screengrab from Facebook post by Pat Curry for Texas. A Texas representative serving on a ...