Ballot measure · Tennessee · November 3, 2026

Constitutional Amendment #2

On Tennessee's statewide ballot on November 3, 2026.1,2,3,4

Research draftReferred by the legislatureConstitutional amendment
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
Constitutional amendment
To pass
See below
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would add to Article II, Section 28 a ban on the Legislature levying, authorizing or otherwise allowing any state tax on real, personal or mixed property.1,3 Art. II, § 28, first sentence

A no vote

A no vote would keep Article II, Section 28 as it is, which makes property subject to taxation under its rules and does not bar the state from taxing property.1,3 Deleted text of art. II, § 28

More about it

The resolution notes that the state repealed its own property tax in 1949 and that property taxes are now levied at the county and city level.3 Preamble

§2How it got on the ballot

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2,3,4

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,2,3,4

The 113th General Assembly first approved this amendment as House Joint Resolution 81, and the 114th General Assembly approved it again in 2025 as Senate Joint Resolution 1 for the 2026 governor's election ballot.3,4

It is on Tennessee's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,2 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Tennessee's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A rule explained on its page. The share of votes needed to pass is set by Article XI, Section 3 of the Tennessee Constitution, which we could not read on an official site, so the exact rule is not stated here.3 Final resolving clauses (submission under Tenn. Const. art. XI, § 3)