---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, provides for restrictions or a ban on ownership of a companion animal by certain persons convicted of certain offenses against animals. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 1."
description: "Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, provides for restrictions or a ban on ownership of a companion animal by certain persons convicted of certain offenses against animals. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1643"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1643 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animal Cruelty and Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jernigan", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e7665b4-837d-4e04-9b0a-7d016291656c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1643&GA=111"
source_hash: "236b47006907dff4d807c8cbff9a7cf786aa61a472fb885df1954b02e06f0038"
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 HB 1643 (111) — Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, provides for restrictions or a ban on ownership of a companion animal by certain persons convicted of certain offenses against animals. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0543** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0543.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0495** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0495.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1643.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/11/2020 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020 2/27/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — **23–5** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0 2/18/2020 Passed (2) — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/19/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/5/2020 Failed (1) — **51–28** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jernigan — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2020-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/11/2020
- **2020-02-11** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2020-02-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2020
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 23, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0495)
- **2020-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020
- **2020-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-05** Passed H., Ayes 51, Nays 28, PNV 6 `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0543) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-03-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-10** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 570
- **2020-03-26** Pub. Ch. 570
- **2020-03-26** Effective date(s) 07/01/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e7665b4-837d-4e04-9b0a-7d016291656c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).