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type: "Bill"
title: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, eliminates the accrual of interest on child support arrearages unless the court makes a written finding that interest will continue to accrue; in making such finding, the court must set the rate at which interest will accrue after consideration of any factors the court deems relevant, which rate may be no more than 4 percent per year. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5."
description: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, eliminates the accrual of interest on child support arrearages unless the court makes a written finding that interest will continue to accrue; in making such finding, the court must set the rate at which interest will accrue after consideration of any factors the court deems relevant, which rate may be no more than 4 percent per year. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 677"
citation: "Tennessee SB 677 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody and Support"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbb957f6-3459-4c9e-bdb9-3b577f18d165"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0677&GA=110"
source_hash: "17bef0dd66837d3283e499be91208f03759d5791191736390dd863414b9e31ca"
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 677 (110) — Child Custody and Support - As enacted, eliminates the accrual of interest on child support arrearages unless the court makes a written finding that interest will continue to accrue; in making such finding, the court must set the rate at which interest will accrue after consideration of any factors the court deems relevant, which rate may be no more than 4 percent per year. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5.
## 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/SB0677.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2017 Passed (1) — **8210** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2017 Passed — **6719** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/23/2017 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 2 3/14/2017 Passed — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Carter — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 2
- **2017-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0127)
- **2017-03-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 10, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0198) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-06** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-06** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-07** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 145
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/17/2017
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 145
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbb957f6-3459-4c9e-bdb9-3b577f18d165`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).