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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 809

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 2354

                                                             By Hensley

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 2499

                                                By Capley, Faison, McCalmon

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 44 and Title 70, relative to possession
          of wildlife.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 70-4-404, is amended by adding the

following as a new subsection:
                    Notwithstanding subsection (d}, a raccoon may be possessed without the payment of

          a personal possession permit fee if the raccoon is:
                              (1) Obtained from a legal source and has been vaccinated;
                              (2) Non-native and was not captured from the wild; and
                              (3) A possession permit for the raccoon has been issued by the agency.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 2354

PASSED:  Apri I 6, 2026

                                            RANDY MclALLY

                                    SPEAKER OF THE SaNA TE

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                             CAMEROl't&EXTON,SPEAKER

                             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED this~ :J;?:,rJ day of Apri\      2026

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                      BILL LEE, GOVERNOR