Amends TCA Title 39; Title 43; Title 44; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68.

This bill authorizes a licensed veterinarian, while acting in a professional capacity and in a current veterinarian-client-patient relationship, having reasonable cause to believe that an animal has been subjected to animal cruelty, to (i) make or cause to be made a report of such violation to the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's designee, an animal control officer, a law enforcement agency, or a district attorney and (ii) appear and testify in a judicial or administrative proceeding concerning the care of the animal. This bill provides that a licensed veterinarian or person participating in the making of a report pursuant to this bill is not in breach of veterinarian-client-patient confidentiality by making the report or participating in a judicial or administrative proceeding pursuant to this bill and is immune from any civil or criminal liability or disciplinary action by the board, as long as such participation is made in good faith.