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type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes nominees to fill a vacancy for a judge, district attorney general, or public defender occurring later than 180 days before the qualifying deadline, to be selected by statewide political parties by any method authorized by the rules of the party. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 55, Chapter 50."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes nominees to fill a vacancy for a judge, district attorney general, or public defender occurring later than 180 days before the qualifying deadline, to be selected by statewide political parties by any method authorized by the rules of the party. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 55, Chapter 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 367"
citation: "Tennessee SB 367 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2026-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36dd1042-71e9-4441-a6ee-df44226a4e65"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0367&ga=114"
source_hash: "6dc832f56c6177107b4a5cd72dfb97463df24ee060cfc6931f9bf4eeed1a8a75"
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 367 (114) — Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes nominees to fill a vacancy for a judge, district attorney general, or public defender occurring later than 180 days before the qualifying deadline, to be selected by statewide political parties by any method authorized by the rules of the party. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 55, Chapter 50.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0547** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0547.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0461** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0461.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0367.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/9/2026 Passed — **910** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 2 2/3/2026 Passed — **70** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/5/2026 Passed — **290** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Briggs — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 1/27/2026
- **2026-01-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/3/2026
- **2026-02-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/5/2026
- **2026-02-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 2
- **2026-02-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-05** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-05** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0461)
- **2026-02-09** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 6 `passage`
- **2026-02-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0547) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-02-09** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-02-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-02-11** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-12** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-16** Effective date(s) 02/23/2026
- **2026-03-16** Pub. Ch. 534
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36dd1042-71e9-4441-a6ee-df44226a4e65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).