---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, revises offense of aggravated cruelty to animals. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2."
description: "Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, revises offense of aggravated cruelty to animals. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 166"
citation: "Tennessee SB 166 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animal Cruelty and Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg", "Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f106bcd-3cbf-491d-a245-f7bd49e0cd34"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0166&GA=112"
source_hash: "55956cc22f4aef564343f77c4b35f2f182c7cd4eef865bd511cae82eec15b07e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee SB 166 (112) — Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, revises offense of aggravated cruelty to animals. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0422** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0422.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0166.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021 4/28/2021 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 5/4/2021 Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/27/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/24/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 4/21/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/16/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lundberg — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-14** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-17** Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Re-ref. Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2021-04-15** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0422) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-04** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0422) `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 580
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 580

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f106bcd-3cbf-491d-a245-f7bd49e0cd34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).