# Tennessee SB 2133: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2, relative to cruelty to animals.

Tennessee SB 2133, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2, relative to cruelty to animals., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-18 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 2133
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2, relative to cruelty to animals.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-23
- Last action: 2026-05-18, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 7
- Subjects: Animal Cruelty and Abuse
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (39 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Stronger protections against severe livestock cruelty: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Tennessee law updates what counts as aggravated cruelty to livestock. It covers starving a livestock animal to death. It also covers conduct listed in §39-14-217(c)(1)-(12) that causes serious bodily injury or death. Both forms must be intentional, done in a depraved and sad…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Richard Briggs (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Heidi Campbell (Democrat), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rusty Crowe (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tom Hatcher (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jessie Seal (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Stevens
- Cosponsor: Jeff Yarbro (Democrat), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-30 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/30/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-17 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 1 |   |

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0974.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2133.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2133.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0974.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2133.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2133.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2133-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).