HB0024

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 70, relative to wildlife resources.

Complete·5/15/25

Tennessee HB0024 amends wildlife laws to increase fines for various violations.

Tennessee HB0024 amends several sections of the Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 70, concerning wildlife resources. It increases the maximum fines for various wildlife-related offenses, setting a new maximum fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for violations such as taking wild animals or fish from another's land without permission, and for other wildlife law violations. The act also modifies the procedures for arresting individuals for wildlife law violations, specifying that certain serious offenses do not require the arresting officer to take the accused directly to court.

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Roll Call Votes

20 Yea

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7 Nay

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Calendar

Apr 9, 2025

10:30 AM

House Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee Hearing

Apr 1, 2025

9:00 AM

House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee Hearing

History

May 15, 2025

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 407

Apr 22, 2025

House

Comp. SB subst.

Apr 21, 2025

House

Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/21/2025