republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-2840.md

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Bill	Child Custody and Support - As enacted, specifies that the court may order reasonable visitation to grandparents when it is in the best interest of the child; requires the reasonable visitation to be, at a minimum, sufficient contact that reasonably permits a strong and meaningful relationship to be established with the child. - Amends TCA Title 36.	Child Custody and Support - As enacted, specifies that the court may order reasonable visitation to grandparents when it is in the best interest of the child; requires the reasonable visitation to be, at a minimum, sufficient contact that reasonably permits a strong and meaningful relationship to be established with the child. - Amends TCA Title 36.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 2840	Tennessee SB 2840 (113)	bill	Child Custody and Support	enacted	Jackson	1	20	2	2024-02-01	2024-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/abf676bd-d54f-49e1-809d-b99bbb5626de	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2840&GA=113	ac4b25ca077692337776e81b63771d872f9a9d6ef9301ff52fcce56e0aa64768	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2840 (113) — Child Custody and Support - As enacted, specifies that the court may order reasonable visitation to grandparents when it is in the best interest of the child; requires the reasonable visitation to be, at a minimum, sufficient contact that reasonably permits a strong and meaningful relationship to be established with the child. - Amends TCA 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

• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/12/2024 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/18/2024 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-02-01 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee passage
• 2024-03-06 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/11/2024
• 2024-03-11 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/12/2024
• 2024-03-11 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/12/2024
• 2024-03-12 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2024-03-15 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/18/2024
• 2024-03-18 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-03-18 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-03-21 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-04-01 Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 2 passage
• 2024-04-01 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-04-03 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-04-04 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-04-05 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-04-05 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-04-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-04-17 Effective date(s) 04/11/2024
• 2024-04-17 Pub. Ch. 715

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/abf676bd-d54f-49e1-809d-b99bbb5626de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).