HB0938

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 70, relative to hunting with bait.

Complete·5/15/25

Tennessee HB0938 amends hunting laws to regulate the use of bait and requires a bait privilege license for certain hunting activities.

Tennessee HB0938 modifies the state's hunting regulations by prohibiting the use of various devices and substances to kill or capture wildlife, including bait, traps, and poison. Exceptions are made for certain methods and animals, such as using properly shocked corn or standing crops of corn, wheat, or other grain or feed scattered due to normal agricultural harvesting. The bill also mandates a bait privilege license for those using bait to hunt whitetail deer or wild-appearing swine on private or leased lands. This license must be obtained similarly to an annual hunting license.

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Sponsors

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Roll Call Votes

13 Yea

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0 Nay

Calendar

Apr 7, 2025

11:00 AM

House Government Operations Committee Hearing

Mar 25, 2025

9:00 AM

House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee Hearing

History

May 15, 2025

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 444

Apr 22, 2025

House

Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

Apr 22, 2025

House

Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/22/2025