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TN SB 540

enacted

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.

Tennessee · 114S1 · upper

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Did TN SB 540 pass?

Yes. TN SB 540 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-13): Pub. Ch. 321

What is TN SB 540 about?

TN SB 540 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “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.”.

Who sponsors TN SB 540?

Stevens is the primary sponsor of TN SB 540.

Introduced
2025-02-10
Latest action
2025-05-13 — Pub. Ch. 321
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Stevensprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-13

    Pub. Ch. 321

  2. 2025-05-13

    Effective date(s) 05/02/2025

  3. 2025-05-02

    Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-04-22

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-21

    Signed by Senate Speaker

    passage

  6. 2025-04-21

    Signed by H. Speaker

    passage

  7. 2025-04-17

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

    enrolled

  8. 2025-04-15

    Subst. for comp. HB.

    substitution

  9. 2025-04-15

    Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0378)

    amendment-withdrawal

  10. 2025-04-15

    Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 17, PNV 2

    passage

  11. 2025-03-10

    Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  12. 2025-03-06

    Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0017)

  13. 2025-03-06

    Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 3, PNV 1

    passage

  14. 2025-03-06

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  15. 2025-03-06

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

    receipt

  16. 2025-03-04

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/6/2025

  17. 2025-02-25

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0

  18. 2025-02-19

    Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/25/2025

  19. 2025-02-12

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

    referral-committee

  20. 2025-02-10

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

    introduction

  21. 2025-01-30

    Filed for introduction

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/25/2025 Passed (2)

    2025-02-25 · pass · 7-2

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/6/2025 Passed (1)

    2025-03-06 · pass · 26-3

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Campbell: not voting

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed (1)

    2025-04-15 · pass · 75-17

    Member-level votes (2)
    • Barrett: not voting
    • Reneau: not voting

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https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0540&ga=114

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