Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 433: Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, prohibits the abandonment of an animal in a person's custody and provides that it is not a defense to prosecution that the person abandoned the animal at or near an animal shelter, veterinary clinic, or other place of shelter if the person did not make reasonable arrangements for the care of the animal. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2.

Enacted Last action May 15, 2025: Pub. Ch. 428

Plain-language summary

SB 433 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Animal Cruelty and Abuse - As enacted, prohibits the abandonment of an animal in a person's custody and provides that it is not a defense to prosecution that the person abandoned the animal at or near an animal shelter, veterinary clinic, or other place of shelter if the person did not make reasonable arrangements for the care of the animal. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2. Primary sponsor: Reeves. Most recent recorded action (May 15, 2025): Pub. Ch. 428.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Reeves.