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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 402"
citation: "Tennessee SB 402 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody and Support"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b769862e-9547-468c-ae0b-5880e398e6be"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0402&GA=111"
source_hash: "bc90b9c9edf7856a8f9288987aa4b0082ceb866a4032c4deda8ef8dfb1f31664"
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 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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0402.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/27/2019 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2019 3/7/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2019 Passed (1) — **930** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/12/2019 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/4/2019 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/20/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2019 Passed (2) — **90** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b769862e-9547-468c-ae0b-5880e398e6be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).