---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor of possessing, owning, selling, transferring, or manufacturing cock fighting paraphernalia with the intent that the paraphernalia be used in promoting, facilitating, training for, or furthering cock fighting. - Amends TCA Title 39."
description: "Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor of possessing, owning, selling, transferring, or manufacturing cock fighting paraphernalia with the intent that the paraphernalia be used in promoting, facilitating, training for, or furthering cock fighting. - Amends TCA Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 233"
citation: "Tennessee HB 233 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animal Cruelty and Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg", "Whitson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbd0562a-e933-4c31-a53a-234d0c422192"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0233&GA=111"
source_hash: "171511d1052746a605c27b8eb04590fa9dc145c4f79e77d4ac5883af94e90e58"
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 233 (111) — Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, creates Class A misdemeanor of possessing, owning, selling, transferring, or manufacturing cock fighting paraphernalia with the intent that the paraphernalia be used in promoting, facilitating, training for, or furthering cock fighting. - Amends TCA Title 39.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment SA0097** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0097.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0233.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/13/2019 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019 2/28/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2019 Passed (2) — **67–14** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2019 Passed (3) — **82–5** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/20/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 1 3/12/2019 Passed (2) — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lundberg — primary (person)
- Whitson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/13/2019
- **2019-02-13** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-05** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 67, Nays 14, PNV 8 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2019-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 23, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0097)
- **2019-03-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-03-18** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-01** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/4/19
- **2019-04-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-04** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 93, Nays 0 PNV 1 HB0233
- **2019-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Pub. Ch. 164
- **2019-04-24** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-04-24** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 164

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbd0562a-e933-4c31-a53a-234d0c422192`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).