---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires a court to consider the extent to which a parenting schedule provides each parent a meaningful opportunity to participate in the child's life, consistent with the child's best interest, in addition to the other relevant factors, when making a child custody determination. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
description: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires a court to consider the extent to which a parenting schedule provides each parent a meaningful opportunity to participate in the child's life, consistent with the child's best interest, in addition to the other relevant factors, when making a child custody determination. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 609"
citation: "Tennessee SB 609 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody and Support"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86d9541b-f214-4d4f-b255-822b0659f919"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0609&ga=114"
source_hash: "3a1bd6c66276ae156cb15a52e3bccbf961584220d25ffaa31a3286573bc72123"
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 609 (114) — Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires a court to consider the extent to which a parenting schedule provides each parent a meaningful opportunity to participate in the child's life, consistent with the child's best interest, in addition to the other relevant factors, when making a child custody determination. - 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 HA0756** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0756.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0516** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0516.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0609.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2026 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/2/2026 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 2/24/2026 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-17** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/24/2026
- **2026-02-18** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/24/2026
- **2026-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-24** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2026-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2026
- **2026-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0516)
- **2026-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-03-30** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0756) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-30** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-03-31** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0756) `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-24** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-04-24** Pub. Ch. 683

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86d9541b-f214-4d4f-b255-822b0659f919`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).