---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, enacts \"Noah's Law,\" which allows a custodial parent, under certain circumstances, to seek an emergency court order declaring a child to be in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death and ordering the noncustodial parent to return the child to the custodial parent immediately. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 37 and Section 39-13-306."
description: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, enacts \"Noah's Law,\" which allows a custodial parent, under certain circumstances, to seek an emergency court order declaring a child to be in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death and ordering the noncustodial parent to return the child to the custodial parent immediately. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 37 and Section 39-13-306."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2182"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2182 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody and Support"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett", "Haile"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d36eb3b-b08c-4dd9-bdcf-d64a8727dc59"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2182&GA=112"
source_hash: "239b64855644f718a08c3fd18df6ce8e67f993bae3ffa2413171bc7904751dd5"
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 2182 (112) — Child Custody and Support - As enacted, enacts "Noah's Law," which allows a custodial parent, under certain circumstances, to seek an emergency court order declaring a child to be in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death and ordering the noncustodial parent to return the child to the custodial parent immediately. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 37 and Section 39-13-306.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0578** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0578.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0595** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0595.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2182.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/23/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/2/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/17/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrett — primary (person)
- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0595)
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0578) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-12** Effective date(s) 04/06/2022
- **2022-04-12** Pub. Ch. 767
- **2022-04-12** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 767

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d36eb3b-b08c-4dd9-bdcf-d64a8727dc59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).