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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, allows a prevailing party to recover reasonable attorney's fees in a criminal or civil contempt action to enforce a decree of alimony, child support, or custody. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5."
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description: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, allows a prevailing party to recover reasonable attorney's fees in a criminal or civil contempt action to enforce a decree of alimony, child support, or custody. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "110"
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identifier: "SB 2120"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 2120 (110)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Child Custody and Support"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "Kyle"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-31"
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last_action: "2018-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b32d2e2-938f-470a-857d-ee2e6b1cdff2"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2120&GA=110"
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source_hash: "6f0ecdb6067d0def92ad85a3cdb37e7aa4936edb9971636dca7519d9e8038ba0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 2120 (110) — Child Custody and Support - As enacted, allows a prevailing party to recover reasonable attorney's fees in a criminal or civil contempt action to enforce a decree of alimony, child support, or custody. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 5.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB2120.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/3/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Beck — primary (person)
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- Kyle — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
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- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2018-02-05** P1C.
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- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
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- **2018-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
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- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
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- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/27/2018
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- **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/3/2018
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- **2018-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
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- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
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- **2018-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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- **2018-04-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2018-04-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1053) `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
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- **2018-04-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
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- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
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- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2018
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- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar 4/19/18
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- **2018-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
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- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1058)
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- **2018-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
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- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 905
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- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 905
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- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b32d2e2-938f-470a-857d-ee2e6b1cdff2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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