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Bill Veterinarians - As enacted, establishes a process for a licensed veterinarian to report suspected animal cruelty in violation of certain criminal laws and testify in a judicial or administrative proceeding concerning the care of the animal without being subject to criminal or civil liability. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 43; Title 44; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68. Veterinarians - As enacted, establishes a process for a licensed veterinarian to report suspected animal cruelty in violation of certain criminal laws and testify in a judicial or administrative proceeding concerning the care of the animal without being subject to criminal or civil liability. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 43; Title 44; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 113 HB 2079 Tennessee HB 2079 (113)
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Tennessee HB 2079 (113) — Veterinarians - As enacted, establishes a process for a licensed veterinarian to report suspected animal cruelty in violation of certain criminal laws and testify in a judicial or administrative proceeding concerning the care of the animal without being subject to criminal or civil liability. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 43; Title 44; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 2/13/2024 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/26/2024 Passed (1) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/26/2024 2/22/2024 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/29/2024 Passed (1) — 243 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/21/2024 — 00 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Terry — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-24 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2024-01-25 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2024-01-29 P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee referral-committee
  • 2024-01-30 Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2024-02-07 Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
  • 2024-02-13 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-02-14 Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 2/21/2024
  • 2024-02-21 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2024
  • 2024-02-21 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2024-02-21 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-02-22 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/26/2024
  • 2024-02-26 Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2024-02-27 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2024-02-29 Passed Senate, Ayes 24, Nays 3 passage
  • 2024-02-29 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2024-02-29 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2024-03-01 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2024-03-06 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-07 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-07 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-15 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2024-03-26 Effective date(s) 03/15/2024
  • 2024-03-26 Pub. Ch. 584

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3847add-26e0-4682-966e-741c99e74325. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).