Constitutional Amendment 2: Prohibit a State Property Tax
Unofficial result: Passed
Source: elections.tn.gov
Tennessee
My vote power: Above average
What does this measure do?
Adds a permanent ban on any state-level property tax to the constitution. Tennessee has not charged one in decades, so your local property tax bill does not change; it only blocks a future state property tax.
Read the official ballot measure (PDF)
Proposed by: Tennessee General Assembly (Senate Joint Resolution 1, Sen. Ferrell Haile)
Sen. Haile is a Gallatin Republican. He says property taxes should stay with cities and counties and the state should never add one. It passed 26-5 and 89-6.
Source: tennesseelookout.com
A YES vote means
The Legislature could never create a state property tax without another constitutional amendment.
A NO vote means
The constitution keeps allowing a state property tax, though none is charged today.
Sources: sos.tn.gov · ballotpedia.org · tennesseelookout.com
Source: nashville.gov