HB1855 Summary

• Establishes prosecuting attorney as a nonpartisan office, alongside Supreme Court justices, court of appeals judges, circuit judges, and district judges

• Removes party designation requirement from ballots for nonpartisan candidates; ballots shall show no party affiliation for these offices

• Adds prosecuting attorney elections to nonpartisan election procedures, including majority vote requirements and runoff election provisions when no candidate receives a majority

• Creates separate filing procedures for nonpartisan candidates including filing fee options, petition requirements, and write-in candidate procedures

• Establishes the Nonpartisan Filing Fee Fund to collect filing fees from prosecuting attorney and judicial candidates, with first $100,000 annually from prosecuting attorney fees directed to Trial Court Administrative Assistant Fund