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Bill Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires the court to consider any failure to pay child support, rather than failure for a period of three years or more, when making a child custody determination; clarifies that the court may preclude or limit any provisions of a parenting plan if the court finds that a parent has failed to pay child support. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires the court to consider any failure to pay child support, rather than failure for a period of three years or more, when making a child custody determination; clarifies that the court may preclude or limit any provisions of a parenting plan if the court finds that a parent has failed to pay child support. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 540 Tennessee SB 540 (114)
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Tennessee SB 540 (114) — Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires the court to consider any failure to pay child support, rather than failure for a period of three years or more, when making a child custody determination; clarifies that the court may preclude or limit any provisions of a parenting plan if the court finds that a parent has failed to pay child support. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0378 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0017 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/25/2025 Passed (2) — 72 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed (1) — 7517 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/6/2025 Passed (1) — 263 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Stevens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-30 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2025-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2025-02-12 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-19 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/25/2025
  • 2025-02-25 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
  • 2025-03-04 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/6/2025
  • 2025-03-06 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2025-03-06 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2025-03-06 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 3, PNV 1 passage
  • 2025-03-06 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0017)
  • 2025-03-10 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2025-04-15 Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 17, PNV 2 passage
  • 2025-04-15 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0378) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2025-04-15 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2025-04-17 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2025-04-21 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-21 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-22 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-02 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-05-13 Effective date(s) 05/02/2025
  • 2025-05-13 Pub. Ch. 321

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18874731-5285-4c09-b3ab-97ffc9b17015. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).