republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-402.md

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Bill	Child Custody and Support - As enacted, permits a designation as joint primary residential parents or a waiver of the primary residential parent designation upon agreement of the parents when the child is scheduled to reside an equal amount of time with both parents; allows the address of either parent to be used to determine school zoning when the child is scheduled to reside an equal amount of time with both parents. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 36.	Child Custody and Support - As enacted, permits a designation as joint primary residential parents or a waiver of the primary residential parent designation upon agreement of the parents when the child is scheduled to reside an equal amount of time with both parents; allows the address of either parent to be used to determine school zoning when the child is scheduled to reside an equal amount of time with both parents. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 36.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 402	Tennessee SB 402 (111)	bill	Child Custody and Support	enacted	Lamberth Stevens	1	37	8	2019-01-28	2019-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/b769862e-9547-468c-ae0b-5880e398e6be	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0402&GA=111	bc90b9c9edf7856a8f9288987aa4b0082ceb866a4032c4deda8ef8dfb1f31664	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 402 (111) — Child Custody and Support - As enacted, permits a designation as joint primary residential parents or a waiver of the primary residential parent designation upon agreement of the parents when the child is scheduled to reside an equal amount of time with both parents; allows the address of either parent to be used to determine school zoning when the child is scheduled to reside an equal amount of time with both parents. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 36.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/27/2019 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2019 3/7/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2019 Passed (1) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/12/2019 (5) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/4/2019 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/20/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2019 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lamberth — primary (person)
• Stevens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-30 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-01-31 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-31 P2C, ref. to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-04 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-06 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/12/2019
• 2019-02-06 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-02-06 Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 2/12/2019
• 2019-02-12 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/26/2019
• 2019-02-12 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-13 Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/20/2019
• 2019-02-20 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/26/2019
• 2019-02-20 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
• 2019-02-20 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-26 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2019-02-27 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/5/2019
• 2019-02-27 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/4/2019
• 2019-03-04 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-03-05 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-03-05 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-06 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2019
• 2019-03-07 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-03-07 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2019
• 2019-03-14 Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-03-14 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-03-14 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-03-15 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-03-21 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-03-27 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-03-28 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-04-03 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-04-09 Pub. Ch. 83
• 2019-04-09 Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
• 2019-04-09 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 83

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b769862e-9547-468c-ae0b-5880e398e6be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).