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.

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Chamber: House
Introduced: Jan 8, 2025
Last action: May 15, 2025 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 428
Session: 114
Momentum: 48 · Moderate

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

46.1% Uncertain

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Stage base Reported from Committee — base rate 69%, measured from TN's completed sessions
Momentum -0 48/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 518 days quiet

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