---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, establishes standards for shelter that must be provided to dogs under animal cruelty laws. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 44."
description: "Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, establishes standards for shelter that must be provided to dogs under animal cruelty laws. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 44."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 195"
citation: "Tennessee SB 195 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animal Cruelty and Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bb561d0-7751-4683-8a82-d73da1fc7ec3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0195&GA=113"
source_hash: "98bc8123e0ee655b8290889916c94eb60190c62477d274d2ff5ea739c358b1e2"
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 195 (113) — Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, establishes standards for shelter that must be provided to dogs under animal cruelty laws. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 44.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0414** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0414.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0159** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0159.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0195.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 2 4/4/2023 Passed — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/18/2023 Passed — **21–8** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2023 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee 3/13/2023 Failed (1) — **4–4** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-21** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2023
- **2023-03-13** Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-28** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-29** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/4/2023
- **2023-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/4/2023
- **2023-04-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 2
- **2023-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-04-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 21, Nays 8, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0159)
- **2023-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0414) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-04-20** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-17** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-05-17** Pub. Ch. 335

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bb561d0-7751-4683-8a82-d73da1fc7ec3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).