---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, removes custody, visitation, or inheritance rights for a parent who has been convicted of aggravated statutory rape, statutory rape by an authority figure, or lesser included offenses of rape, from which crime the child was conceived. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6."
description: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, removes custody, visitation, or inheritance rights for a parent who has been convicted of aggravated statutory rape, statutory rape by an authority figure, or lesser included offenses of rape, from which crime the child was conceived. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 274"
citation: "Tennessee SB 274 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody and Support"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moody", "Rose"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4be8258-e543-4ec7-acd2-76529218efaf"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0274&GA=112"
source_hash: "bdd1073730ae06bfef314446ed4db3523ec28e71d636650670984054f355cc9b"
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 274 (112) — Child Custody and Support - As enacted, removes custody, visitation, or inheritance rights for a parent who has been convicted of aggravated statutory rape, statutory rape by an authority figure, or lesser included offenses of rape, from which crime the child was conceived. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0274.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2021 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/10/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021 3/25/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/23/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/17/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/1/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moody — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/16/2021
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/23/2021
- **2021-02-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-02-25** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/1/2021
- **2021-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-25** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-04-30** Pub. Ch. 164
- **2021-04-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 164

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4be8258-e543-4ec7-acd2-76529218efaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).