republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-1991.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal Control - As enacted, gives agencies that operate shelters from which animals are adopted or reclaimed the option of using the forfeited spay/neuter deposit fund to defray operational expenses of programs the agency operates, provided the agency has a forfeited deposit fund balance of at least the total of the last six months of forfeited deposits collected. - Amends TCA Section 44-17-503."
description: "Animal Control - As enacted, gives agencies that operate shelters from which animals are adopted or reclaimed the option of using the forfeited spay/neuter deposit fund to defray operational expenses of programs the agency operates, provided the agency has a forfeited deposit fund balance of at least the total of the last six months of forfeited deposits collected. - Amends TCA Section 44-17-503."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1991"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1991 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animal Control"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kumar", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cefe5269-9265-49aa-8730-c63b233452a0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1991&GA=110"
source_hash: "8679dfa221e1569d6c5d4155d814993d34cb7355514087c4580f99f0d94099a3"
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 1991 (110) — Animal Control - As enacted, gives agencies that operate shelters from which animals are adopted or reclaimed the option of using the forfeited spay/neuter deposit fund to defray operational expenses of programs the agency operates, provided the agency has a forfeited deposit fund balance of at least the total of the last six months of forfeited deposits collected. - Amends TCA Section 44-17-503.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1991.pdf)

## Votes

- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 2/14/2018 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **89–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 2/20/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/7/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kumar — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-19** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 635
- **2018-04-06** Pub. Ch. 635
- **2018-04-06** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cefe5269-9265-49aa-8730-c63b233452a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).