republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-166.md

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Bill	Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, revises offense of aggravated cruelty to animals. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2.	Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, revises offense of aggravated cruelty to animals. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 166	Tennessee SB 166 (112)	bill	Animal Cruelty and Abuse	enacted	Lundberg Smith	2	50	8	2021-01-14	2021-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/6f106bcd-3cbf-491d-a245-f7bd49e0cd34	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0166&GA=112	55956cc22f4aef564343f77c4b35f2f182c7cd4eef865bd511cae82eec15b07e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 166 (112) — Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, revises offense of aggravated cruelty to animals. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0422 (committee substitute) — source
2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021 4/28/2021 (1) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 5/4/2021 Passed — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/27/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/24/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 4/21/2021 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/16/2021 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lundberg — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-15 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-08 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2021-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-11 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-02-11 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-20 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
• 2021-03-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-10 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
• 2021-03-10 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
• 2021-03-10 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/17/2021
• 2021-03-16 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2021-03-17 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
• 2021-03-17 Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/24/2021
• 2021-03-18 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/22/2021
• 2021-03-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-22 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-03-22 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/31/2021
• 2021-03-24 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-25 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2021-03-31 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/7/2021
• 2021-03-31 Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/7/2021
• 2021-04-05 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-07 Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-14 Re-ref. Criminal Justice Subcommittee
• 2021-04-15 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 4/20/2021
• 2021-04-21 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/27/2021
• 2021-04-21 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/28/2021
• 2021-04-27 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
• 2021-05-03 Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-05-03 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0422) amendment-passage
• 2021-05-03 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-05-03 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-05-03 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-05-04 Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0422) passage
• 2021-05-04 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 5/4/2021
• 2021-05-12 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-05-13 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-05-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-05-17 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-05-27 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-06-02 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
• 2021-06-02 Pub. Ch. 580
• 2021-06-02 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 580

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f106bcd-3cbf-491d-a245-f7bd49e0cd34. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).