HB3880 - Tennessee: Animals And Animal Cruelty, Criminal Procedure

Companion Bill SB3891. Criminal Procedure - Makes violations of aggravated cruelty to animals, animal fighting, and criminal offenses against animals ineligible for pretrial or judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Title 40. Fiscal Summary for HB3880 / *SB3891Increase State Expenditures - $6,900/Incarceration* Bill Summary for HB3880 / *SB3891 This bill makes a person convicted of any one of the following offenses, which are Class E felonies, ineligible for pretrial or judicial diversion: (1) Animal fighting not involving a cock; (2) Aggravated cruelty to animals; or (3) Knowingly: (A) Engaging in any sexual activity with an animal; (B) Causing, aiding, or abetting another person to engage in any sexual activity with an animal; (C) Permitting any sexual activity with an animal to be conducted on any premises [...]

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