Constitutional Amendment 2: Prohibition on state property taxes
On every Tennessee ballot · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
Summary: This amendment adds text to Article II, section 28 of the Tennessee Constitution that prohibits the Legislature from imposing a State property tax on real, personal, or mixed property. Question: Shall Article II, Section 28 of the Constitution of the State of Tennessee be amended by deleting the following language from the first sentence: In accordance with the following provisions, all property real, personal or mixed shall be subject to taxation, but the Legislature and substituting instead the following: In accordance with the following provisions, all property real, personal, or mixed shall be subject to taxation, but the Legislature shall not levy, authorize, or otherwise permit any state tax upon such property, and the Legislature
In plain language
A VoterDecoder summary of the official measure text.
Constitutional Amendment 2 changes Article II, section 28 of the Tennessee Constitution. It bars the Legislature from putting a state property tax on real, personal, or mixed property. The Legislature also could not permit any such state tax. A YES vote adopts this ban, while a NO vote keeps the current language.
Official ballot arguments
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