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type: "Bill"
title: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, adds as a ground on which termination of parental rights may be based the fact that the parent or legal guardian has been convicted of attempted first degree murder or attempted second degree murder of the child's other parent or legal guardian; revises provisions regarding similar ground based on civil liability or conviction for intentional and wrongful death. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113."
description: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, adds as a ground on which termination of parental rights may be based the fact that the parent or legal guardian has been convicted of attempted first degree murder or attempted second degree murder of the child's other parent or legal guardian; revises provisions regarding similar ground based on civil liability or conviction for intentional and wrongful death. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1546"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1546 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody and Support"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelsey", "Vaughan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/527d2b32-fd76-43d0-9b20-aca22b8ef20b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1546&GA=110"
source_hash: "9d8bb142b6f0e058abf6ba9db3ab297b5d9ccd47f5fc780cb0f850c8b20109e4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# Tennessee HB 1546 (110) — Child Custody and Support - As enacted, adds as a ground on which termination of parental rights may be based the fact that the parent or legal guardian has been convicted of attempted first degree murder or attempted second degree murder of the child's other parent or legal guardian; revises provisions regarding similar ground based on civil liability or conviction for intentional and wrongful death. - Amends TCA Section 36-1-113.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1546.pdf)
## Votes
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2018 2/15/2018 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/7/2018 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/13/2018 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kelsey — primary (person)
- Vaughan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-11** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-19** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 1/31/2018
- **2018-01-24** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 1/30/2018
- **2018-01-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/7/2018
- **2018-01-31** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0568)
- **2018-02-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0572)
- **2018-02-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2018
- **2018-02-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0682) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 3/1/2018
- **2018-03-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-01** Concurred, Ayes 28, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0682) `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 560
- **2018-03-26** Pub. Ch. 560
- **2018-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/14/2018
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/527d2b32-fd76-43d0-9b20-aca22b8ef20b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).