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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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3 | 21 | 3 | 2025-01-30 | 2025-05-13 | openstates | ocd-bill/18874731-5285-4c09-b3ab-97ffc9b17015 | https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0540&ga=114 | 11f00e55c127f6b42596e242aa4288480570a3d07dd111dd6b7ac2c3c8ce8e2b | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
- Amendment HA0378 (committee substitute) — source
- Amendment SA0017 (committee substitute) — source
- Current Version (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/25/2025 Passed (2) — 7–2 (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed (1) — 75–17 (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/6/2025 Passed (1) — 26–3 (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).