Scope: State (Tennessee)
Branch: Legislative
Severity: Green
Date occurred: March 16, 2026
HB 458 was enacted as Public Chapter 534, amending Tennessee Code Annotated Title 2 and Title 55, Chapter 50. The law authorizes statewide political parties to select nominees by any method authorized by party rules when a vacancy for a judge, district attorney general, or public defender occurs later than 180 days before the qualifying deadline.
Constitutional basis: Legislature exercising settled state authority over election administration and ballot-vacancy procedures, delegating nominee selection to party rules in the ordinary manner.