republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-989.md

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Bill	Animal Control - As enacted, establishes uniform requirement that agencies that take in stray and abandoned animals make an effort to contact the animal's owner within 48 hours of the receipt of the animal, or within two business days of the receipt of the animal when received on a Friday, when there is some identification marking or tag on the animal that bears notification information. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 44 and Section 55-4-290.	Animal Control - As enacted, establishes uniform requirement that agencies that take in stray and abandoned animals make an effort to contact the animal's owner within 48 hours of the receipt of the animal, or within two business days of the receipt of the animal when received on a Friday, when there is some identification marking or tag on the animal that bears notification information. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 44 and Section 55-4-290.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 989	Tennessee SB 989 (110)	bill	Animal Control	enacted	Hill T Niceley	1	44	1	2017-02-09	2017-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/3e9f4a7e-2851-45d7-8089-4b017b3d1d02	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0989&GA=110	25a451ce1ca4f8bc70fb6ba2c129f57ccc3f935efb9bec30e714d90184998a72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 989 (110) — Animal Control - As enacted, establishes uniform requirement that agencies that take in stray and abandoned animals make an effort to contact the animal's owner within 48 hours of the receipt of the animal, or within two business days of the receipt of the animal when received on a Friday, when there is some identification marking or tag on the animal that bears notification information. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 44 and Section 55-4-290.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE ENERGY, AG., AND NAT. RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/27/2017 Passed (1) — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hill T — primary (person)
• Niceley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Intro. introduction
• 2017-02-09 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-13 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
• 2017-02-13 P1C.
• 2017-02-15 Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-02-15 P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
• 2017-03-01 Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
• 2017-03-01 Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to 3/8/2017
• 2017-03-08 Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/14/2017
• 2017-03-08 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-14 Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/20/2017
• 2017-03-14 Action def. in Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to 3/21/2017
• 2017-03-15 Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/21/2017
• 2017-03-20 Action deferred in Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee to 3/27/2017
• 2017-03-21 Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/27/2017
• 2017-03-21 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-27 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2017-03-29 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
• 2017-03-30 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-03-30 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017
• 2017-04-04 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/6/2017
• 2017-04-06 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/13/2017
• 2017-04-06 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2017-04-06 Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2017-04-06 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-04-06 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0124) amendment-passage
• 2017-04-10 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-04-11 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/13/2017
• 2017-04-13 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-04-13 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2017-04-13 Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-04-13 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0204)
• 2017-04-13 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2017-04-17 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-04-17 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2017-04-18 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2017-04-18 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-04-27 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-05-03 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 206
• 2017-05-03 Pub. Ch. 206
• 2017-05-03 Effective date(s) 04/27/2017

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e9f4a7e-2851-45d7-8089-4b017b3d1d02. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).