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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 534
SENATE BILL NO. 367
By Briggs
Substituted for: House Bill No. 458
By Rudd, Moon, Crawford, Stinnett, Davis, Wright, Vital, Doggett
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 55, Chapter 50, relative to
elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-13-203(e), is amended by adding the
following as a new subdivision:
(4) For a vacancy for a judge, district attorney general, or public defender occurring
after the deadline in subdivision (e)(1), the qualifying period is governed by § 17-4-308(j),
and statewide political parties may select nominees by any method authorized under the
rules of the party. No later than the qualifying deadline established in§ 17-4.;308(j), the chair
of the nominating body shall certify to the coordinator of elections the person nominated
pursuant to this subdivision (e)(4), and independent candidates shall qualify by filing
nominating petitions under § 2-5-104. The coordinator of elections shall, thereafter, certify
political party nominees to the county election commissions in each county in which the
nominees are candidates.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 367
PASSED: February 9, 2026
•\ RANDY ~cNALLY
SPEAKER OF T :SENATE
CA SEXTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED this Q._?;P day of (;._.hyu,a,.JI\ ~ 2026
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