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Subcommittee advances bill removing "unreasonably" qualifier from animal abandonment law
2284230 · February 12, 2025
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Summary
House Bill 76 would remove the word "unreasonably" from the statute on animal abandonment and clarify that leaving an animal at a vet or animal control center is not an automatic defense; the subcommittee voted to advance the bill 8-0.
House Bill 76, sponsored by Representative Stevens and requested by Rutherford County PAWS (Pet Adoption and Welfare Services), would modify Tennessee’s existing criminal statute on animal abandonment by removing the qualifier "unreasonably" and clarifying that abandoning an animal at a veterinary clinic or animal control center is not…
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