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Bill Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires a court to consider the extent to which a parenting schedule provides each parent a meaningful opportunity to participate in the child's life, consistent with the child's best interest, in addition to the other relevant factors, when making a child custody determination. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires a court to consider the extent to which a parenting schedule provides each parent a meaningful opportunity to participate in the child's life, consistent with the child's best interest, in addition to the other relevant factors, when making a child custody determination. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 37. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 609 Tennessee SB 609 (114)
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Tennessee SB 609 (114) — Child Custody and Support - As enacted, requires a court to consider the extent to which a parenting schedule provides each parent a meaningful opportunity to participate in the child's life, consistent with the child's best interest, in addition to the other relevant factors, when making a child custody determination. - 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 HA0756 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0516 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/2/2026 Passed — 320 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 Passed — 910 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/2/2026 Passed — 320 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 2/24/2026 Passed — 80 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Massey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-31 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
  • 2026-02-11 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/17/2026
  • 2026-02-17 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/24/2026
  • 2026-02-18 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/24/2026
  • 2026-02-20 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-02-24 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
  • 2026-02-27 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2026
  • 2026-03-02 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2026-03-02 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2026-03-02 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0516)
  • 2026-03-03 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-05 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2026-03-30 Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2026-03-30 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0756) amendment-passage
  • 2026-03-30 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2026-03-31 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/2/2026
  • 2026-04-02 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2026-04-02 Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0756) passage
  • 2026-04-06 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-06 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-07 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-16 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-04-24 Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
  • 2026-04-24 Pub. Ch. 683

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86d9541b-f214-4d4f-b255-822b0659f919. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).