republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-222.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	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.	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.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 222	Tennessee SB 222 (111)	bill	Animal Cruelty and Abuse	enacted	Lundberg Whitson	2	37	8	2019-01-29	2019-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/109ea471-2649-4ed7-be0a-d7329b24bd8a	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0222&GA=111	35f9ed444172969363c7f163e42d9edd81f56f0b1167f1187d3afe29ffd62ff7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 222 (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
2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/20/2019 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2019 Passed (2) — 67–14 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2019 Passed — 23–6 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019 2/28/2019 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/13/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2019 Passed — 82–5 (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 — 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 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-01-30 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-01-31 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-01-31 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-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 Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/19/2019
• 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
• 2019-02-19 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 Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
• 2019-02-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
• 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 Companion House Bill substituted
• 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.
• 2019-04-01 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 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 164
• 2019-04-24 Pub. Ch. 164
• 2019-04-24 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/109ea471-2649-4ed7-be0a-d7329b24bd8a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).