---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, conditions courts' authority to order acquisition and maintenance of health insurance coverage under a child support award upon the availability of reasonable and affordable health insurance. - Amends TCA Section 36-5-101."
description: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, conditions courts' authority to order acquisition and maintenance of health insurance coverage under a child support award upon the availability of reasonable and affordable health insurance. - Amends TCA Section 36-5-101."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2248"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2248 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody and Support"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f70486f-6e1e-4c63-a952-809caba110d4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2248&GA=110"
source_hash: "1b38ae08d63b1ad7308872d0ef4e24f71ead484b82ad3e36857d048dc62d1663"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee SB 2248 (110) — Child Custody and Support - As enacted, conditions courts' authority to order acquisition and maintenance of health insurance coverage under a child support award upon the availability of reasonable and affordable health insurance. - Amends TCA Section 36-5-101.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB2248.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **90–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/13/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-02** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 742
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 742

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f70486f-6e1e-4c63-a952-809caba110d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).