Key Votes
SJR 221 - Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit State Income Tax - Key Vote
Tennessee Key Votes
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Constitutional Amendment - Amendment Adopted (Senate) (26-4) - May 18, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit State Income Tax
Vote to pass a joint resolution that submits a constitutional amendment to the voters that prohibits the state from levying any state or local tax on earned personal income.
NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION IS A THREE-STEP PROCESS. FIRST, IT REQUIRES APPROVAL OF A SIMPLE MAJORITY IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE. SECOND, IT REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS APPROVAL BY THE NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOLLOWING AN ELECTION YEAR, AND THIRD APPROVAL BY THE VOTERS DURING A GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION. THE GOVERNOR CAN VETO THE JOINT RESOLUTION DURING ANY YEAR THE LEGISLATURE PASSES AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Constitutional Amendment - Introduced (Senate) - April 15, 2011
Title: Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit State Income Tax
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Co-sponsors
- Mae Beavers (TN - R)
- Mike Bell (TN - R)
- Andy Berke (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Stacey Campfield (TN - R)
- Rusty Crowe (TN - R)
- Mike Faulk (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dolores Gresham (TN - R)
- Jack C. Johnson (TN - R)
- Bill Ketron Jr. (TN - R)
- James R. 'Randy' McNally (TN - R)
- Mark S. Norris (TN - R)
- J. Douglas 'Doug' Overbey (TN - R)
- Ronald Lynn 'Ron' Ramsey (TN - R)
- Kerry E. Roberts (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Steve Southerland (TN - R)
- Eric Stewart (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jim Summerville (TN - R)
- Jim D. Tracy (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bo Watson (TN - R)
- Jamie Woodson (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ken Yager (TN - R)
