---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, adds as a factor to be considered by the court when determining the best interest of a child, in a proceeding requiring the court to make a custody determination regarding a minor child, whether a parent has failed to pay court-ordered child support for a period of three years or more. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
description: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, adds as a factor to be considered by the court when determining the best interest of a child, in a proceeding requiring the court to make a custody determination regarding a minor child, whether a parent has failed to pay court-ordered child support for a period of three years or more. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1806"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1806 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody and Support"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casada", "White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36acb011-8bf7-4123-b879-81482fa432e5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1806&GA=112"
source_hash: "a4fe382e148e98a6415c9fbe5167aa39f668a9f19eb97c2851ac2a3d56086703"
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 1806 (112) — Child Custody and Support - As enacted, adds as a factor to be considered by the court when determining the best interest of a child, in a proceeding requiring the court to make a custody determination regarding a minor child, whether a parent has failed to pay court-ordered child support for a period of three years or more. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0513** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0513.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0503** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0503.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1806.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/16/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/9/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — **76–15** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/3/2022 Passed — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 2/22/2022 Passed (1) — **7–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Casada — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-01-24** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/2/2022
- **2022-02-02** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/9/2022
- **2022-02-02** Action Def. in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee to 2/9/2022
- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-09** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Passed H., as am., Ayes 76, Nays 15, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0513) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-03** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0503)
- **2022-03-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 671
- **2022-03-30** Effective date(s) 03/18/2022
- **2022-03-30** Pub. Ch. 671

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36acb011-8bf7-4123-b879-81482fa432e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).