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Bill Child Custody and Support - As enacted, prohibits a court from solely considering a parent's disability to determine custody unless it impacts the parent's ability to meet the needs of the child; specifies that a court cannot consider a parent or guardian's disability alone in a termination of parental rights proceeding unless it impacts the physical or psychological welfare of the child. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. Child Custody and Support - As enacted, prohibits a court from solely considering a parent's disability to determine custody unless it impacts the parent's ability to meet the needs of the child; specifies that a court cannot consider a parent or guardian's disability alone in a termination of parental rights proceeding unless it impacts the physical or psychological welfare of the child. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 1388 Tennessee SB 1388 (112)
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1 36 6 2021-02-10 2021-05-04 openstates ocd-bill/3927af48-1ce0-4619-8b9f-d470ec848a52 http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1388&GA=112 efaca83c661b05bd0a86308267220141ec0dea2b014711a59472c14dc643d317 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Tennessee SB 1388 (112) — Child Custody and Support - As enacted, prohibits a court from solely considering a parent's disability to determine custody unless it impacts the parent's ability to meet the needs of the child; specifies that a court cannot consider a parent or guardian's disability alone in a termination of parental rights proceeding unless it impacts the physical or psychological welfare of the child. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/17/2021 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/30/2021 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/10/2021 (4) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — 920 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2021 3/25/2021 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Harris — primary (person)
  • Kyle — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2021-02-22 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-24 Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-24 P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-25 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 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
  • 2021-03-17 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-23 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/30/2021
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
  • 2021-03-25 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-25 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/29/2021
  • 2021-03-29 Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2021-03-29 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-30 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2021-03-30 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2021-04-01 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/5/2021
  • 2021-04-01 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-04-05 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-04-05 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2021-04-05 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2021-04-05 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2021-04-06 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
  • 2021-04-08 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2021-04-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2021-04-14 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2021-04-22 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-05-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 235
  • 2021-05-04 Effective date(s) 7/1/2021
  • 2021-05-04 Pub. Ch. 235

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3927af48-1ce0-4619-8b9f-d470ec848a52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).