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TN HB2152
Bill
Status
2/2/2026
Primary Sponsor
Elaine Davis
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AI Summary
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Requires the commissioner to establish rules and procedures for paying indemnities to owners of animals destroyed under state authority
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Indemnity payments must be based on fair market value of the animal and availability of funds
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Allows partial reimbursement instead of full fair market value when sufficient funds are not available
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Indemnification may be denied if the animal owner is in violation of the chapter governing animal destruction
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No funds are appropriated by this act; expenditures require separate appropriation through the general appropriations act
Legislative Description
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 44, relative to indemnification for destroyed animals.
Agriculture, Dept. of
Last Action
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
3/16/2026