Yes on 2, the official campaign to ban a state property tax in the Tennessee Constitution, today announced its statewide leadership team. Governor Bill Lee will serve as statewide chairman of the campaign. Regional chairmen include Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton (East Tennessee), Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Ferrell Haile (Middle Tennessee), and Rep. Tandy Darby (West Tennessee).
In addition, the campaign announced that it will have local chairmen representing it in all of Tennessee’s 95 counties, made up of a bipartisan slate of state legislators, local elected officials, business, and community leaders.
These leaders join a coalition of organizations to accomplish this effort, including the Tennessee Farm Bureau, Tennessee REALTORS®, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce, National Federation of Independent Business, Americans for Prosperity, and the Beacon Center of Tennessee.
“We are honored that all of these individuals from one corner of the state to another have joined together to pass Amendment 2,” said Kevin Hensley with Tennessee Farm Bureau, which is leading the coalition. “Thanks to their leadership, we will spread the message far and wide that Tennesseans can forever ban a state property tax by voting ‘Yes on 2’ this November.”
Amendment 2 will be on the November 3rd ballot. If ratified by voters, it would eliminate the state’s ability to impose a state property tax on its citizens. Until 1949, Tennessee collected a state property tax. Although it was repealed at that time, a future legislature could impose a property tax by a simple majority vote without passage of Amendment 2.
Below is the full list of the Yes on 2 leadership team.
Governor Bill Lee, Statewide Chairman
Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton, East Tennessee Chairman
Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Ferrell Haile, Middle Tennessee Chairman
Rep. Tandy Darby, West Tennessee Chairman
County Chairmen:
Anderson – Rep. Rick Scarbrough and Mayor Terry Frank
Bedford – Sen. Shane Reeves and House Speaker Pro Tempore Pat Marsh
Benton – Rep. Jay Reedy
Bledsoe – Sen. Todd Gardenhire
Blount – Sen. Tom Hatcher
Bradley – Sen. Adam Lowe
Campbell – Rep. Dennis Powers
Cannon – Sen. Shane Reeves and Rep. Michael Hale
Carroll – Sen. John Stevens and Rep. Brock Martin
Carter – Mike Nidiffer, President, Carter County Farm Bureau
Cheatham – Rep. Mary Littleton
Chester – Sen. Page Walley
Claiborne – Sen. Jessie Seal
Clay – Rep. Kelly Keisling
Cocke – House Majority Caucus Chairman Jeremy Faison
Coffee – Sen. Janice Bowling
Crockett – Rep. Chris Hurt
Cumberland – Sen. Paul Bailey
Davidson – Rep. Bob Freeman
Decatur – Rep. Kirk Haston
DeKalb – Rep. Michael Hale
Dickson – Rep. Mary Littleton
Dyer – Rep. Rusty Grills
Fayette – Sen. Page Walley
Fentress – Rep. Kelly Keisling
Franklin – Rep. Iris Rudder
Gibson – Rep. Brock Martin
Giles – Rep. Clay Doggett
Grainger – Rep. Rick Eldridge
Greene – Rep. David Hawk and Jeff Taylor, President & CEO, Greene County Partnership
Grundy – Sen. Janice Bowling
Hamblen – Rep. Rick Eldridge and former Rep. John Litz
Hamilton – Sen. Todd Gardenhire and Sen. Bo Watson
Hancock – Sen. Jessie Seal
Hardeman – Sen. Page Walley
Hardin – Sen. Page Walley
Hawkins – Sen. Bobby Harshbarger
Haywood – Sen. Page Walley and Rep. Debra Moody
Henderson – Rep. Kirk Haston and Rep. Brock Martin
Henry – Rep. Jay Reedy
Hickman – Sen. Kerry Roberts
Houston – Rep. Jay Reedy
Humphreys – Eric Mayberry, President, Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
Jackson – Sen. Paul Bailey
Jefferson – County Commissioner Aaron Loy
Johnson – Rep. Timothy Hill
Knox – Mayor Glenn Jacobs
Lake – Rep. Rusty Grills
Lauderdale – Rep. Chris Hurt
Lawrence – Ryan Egly, President & CEO, Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce
Lewis – County Commissioner Bryan Peery
Lincoln – House Speaker Pro Tempore Pat Marsh and Mayor Bill Newman
Loudon – former Rep. Jimmy Matlock
McMinn – Sen. Adam Lowe
McNairy – Sen. Page Walley
Macon – Rep. Kelly Keisling
Madison – Rep. Chris Todd
Marion – Sen. Todd Gardenhire and Rep. Iris Rudder
Marshall – Doug Giles, Board Member, Marshall County Farm Bureau
Maury – Rep. Scott Cepicky
Meigs – Sen. Adam Lowe and Rep. Dan Howell
Monroe – Sen. Tom Hatcher
Montgomery – Sen. Bill Powers
Moore – Sen. Shane Reeves
Morgan – Rep. Ed Butler
Obion – Rep. Chris Hurt
Overton – Sen. Paul Bailey
Perry – Rep. Kirk Haston
Pickett – Rep. Kelly Keisling
Polk – Sen. Tom Hatcher and Rep. Dan Howell
Putnam – Sen. Paul Bailey
Rhea – Sen. Adam Lowe
Roane – Senate Majority Caucus Chairman Ken Yager and Travis Tilley, Board Member, Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
Robertson – Sen. Kerry Roberts and Rep. Sabi Kumar
Rutherford – Sen. Shane Reeves and Rep. Bryan Terry
Scott – Rep. Kelly Keisling
Sequatchie – Sen. Todd Gardenhire
Sevier – Rep. Fred Atchley
Shelby – Rep. Kevin Vaughan
Smith – Sen. Paul Bailey and Mayor Jeff Mason
Stewart – Rep. Jay Reedy
Sullivan – Sen. Bobby Harshbarger and Miles Burdine, President & CEO, Kingsport Chamber
Sumner – House Majority Leader William Lamberth
Tipton – Rep. Debra Moody
Trousdale – Rep. William Slater
Unicoi – Rep. Renea Jones
Union – Rep. Dennis Powers
Van Buren – Sen. Janice Bowling
Warren – Sen. Janice Bowling
Washington – Rep. Rebecca Alexander
Wayne – Sen. Page Walley
Weakley – John Chester, Board Member, Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
White – Sen. Paul Bailey
Williamson – Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson
Wilson – Rep. Clark Boyd
