republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-788.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, clarifies the priority an employer, person, corporation, or institution must give to all orders of income assignment against an individual for child, medical, or spousal support; removes references to the Tennessee Judicial Council, which terminated June 30, 2009. - Amends TCA Section 36-5-406 and Section 36-5-501(j)(2)(A)."
description: "Child Custody and Support - As enacted, clarifies the priority an employer, person, corporation, or institution must give to all orders of income assignment against an individual for child, medical, or spousal support; removes references to the Tennessee Judicial Council, which terminated June 30, 2009. - Amends TCA Section 36-5-406 and Section 36-5-501(j)(2)(A)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 788"
citation: "Tennessee SB 788 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody and Support"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43a797aa-0c03-4b6b-97ca-5cefce8a136d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0788&GA=111"
source_hash: "ab34cad0800b3af91a9d197a18f75c10a287a18608523e3c0b71498b542ce955"
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 SB 788 (111) — Child Custody and Support - As enacted, clarifies the priority an employer, person, corporation, or institution must give to all orders of income assignment against an individual for child, medical, or spousal support; removes references to the Tennessee Judicial Council, which terminated June 30, 2009. - Amends TCA Section 36-5-406 and Section 36-5-501(j)(2)(A).

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0022.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0017.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0032** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0032.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0788.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2019 3/7/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/28/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2019 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 2/19/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 2/19/2019 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2019-02-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/25/2019
- **2019-02-25** Senate Reset on calendar for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-25** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0017)
- **2019-02-25** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 To 1 - SA0032)
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0022) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-03-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-14** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 85
- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 04/03/2019
- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 85

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43a797aa-0c03-4b6b-97ca-5cefce8a136d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).