Ag Gag Bill Full Text

Here is the full text of the so-called Ag Gag Bill. The bill ensures livestock producers, and the animals they care for, are protected when undercover employees shoot video without the farmer’s knowledge.

SENATE BILL 1248
By Gresham

HOUSE BILL 1191
By Holt

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 44, relative to animals.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-202, is amended by adding the following language as a new, appropriately designated subsection:

( ) Any person who records by photograph or video a violation of subsection (a) as committed against livestock shall, within twenty-four (24) hours of the photograph’s or recording’s creation:

(1) Report such violation to law enforcement authorities; and

(2) Submit any unedited photographs or video recordings to law enforcement authorities.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013, the public welfare requiring it.