# Tennessee SB 2324: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 37, relative to children. Tennessee SB 2324, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 37, relative to children., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-04 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2324-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee SB 2324 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 37, relative to children. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-02-02 - Last action: 2026-05-04, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Children - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (108 yes, 26 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Courts can pause parents’ child support: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, a court can temporarily pause a current child-support obligation during a dependency-and-neglect case. The child must be alleged to be dependent and neglected and removed from the original custodial parent’s physical custody. A court with original or temporary authority over… - Parents can recover or owe legal costs: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, juvenile courts can order the losing party to pay the winning party’s reasonable legal expenses. These include attorney fees, court costs, and other case expenses. Covered cases involve child custody, visitation, a parent moving with a child, child support, or dependency and… - Required parent classes with fee relief: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, parents must take a class in juvenile-court custody or permanent parenting-schedule cases involving children born to unmarried parents. The duty starts after legal parentage is established, or when a later custody or visitation change is sought; parentage alone does not trig… - Broader factors for parents’ custody plans: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, the parenting-plan rules refer to all of Tennessee Code §36-6-106(a), not just factors 1–15. This broadens the statutory factors referenced in parenting-plan decisions without creating a payment or benefit. The law also confirms that Chapter 36-8 does not override statutes,… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Powers ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-30 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2026 | pass | 75 | 19 | | | 2026-03-16 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/16/2026 | pass | 26 | 5 | | | 2026-03-03 | Senate | SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 2 | | ## Actions (21) - 2026-05-04: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 - 2026-05-04: Pub. Ch. 730 - 2026-04-14: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2026-04-02: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2026-04-02: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-01: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-01: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2026-03-30: Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 19, PNV 0 (House) - 2026-03-30: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0762) (House) - 2026-03-30: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2026-03-19: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2026-03-16: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2026-03-16: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2026-03-16: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 5 (Senate) - 2026-03-16: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0570) (Senate) - 2026-03-13: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/3/2026 (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee (Senate) - 2026-02-02: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-02-02: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0730.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2324.pdf) - HA0762: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0762.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2324.pdf) - SA0570: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0570.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 2295: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57 and Title 67, relative to products regulated by the alcoholic beverage commission. (signed) - SB 2213: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68, relative to utilities. (signed) - SB 2221: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 15, relative to ambulances. (signed) - SB 2224: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 20, Chapter 9, Part 6; Title 55, Chapter 17, Part 1; Title 62, Chapter 13; Title 6… (failed) - SB 2229: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4, relative to the prevailing wage rate. (failed) - SB 2228: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 5, Chapter 21; Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 1; Title 49, Chapte… (failed) ## Sources - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0730.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2324.pdf) - [HA0762 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0762.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2324.pdf) - [SA0570 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0570.pdf) ## Related - [SB 2295: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57 and Title 67, relative to pr…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2295-2025-2026) - [SB 2213: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 6…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2213-2025-2026) - [SB 2221: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 15, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2221-2025-2026) - [SB 2224: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 20…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2224-2025-2026) - [SB 2229: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2229-2025-2026) - [SB 2228: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 5, Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2228-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2324-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).