Public Defenders - As enacted, requires, for the twentieth (Davidson County) and thirtieth (Shelby County) judicial districts, the state to pay, in equal quarterly installments, to the county or metropolitan government that has a local public defender, an amount annually appropriated for that purpose; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14.

This law requires the state to provide quarterly funding to Davidson and Shelby Counties to support their local public defender offices. The primary goal is to ensure that salaries in these districts match those of state public defenders when local pay scales are lower. Additionally, the bill mandates that future state funding increases must be at least equal to the salary raises given to state public defenders and district attorneys. These changes take effect immediately and apply to the state's annual budget for these specific judicial districts.