Senate Joint Resolution 618, sponsored by Gardenhire, proposes an amendment to Article VI, Section 4 of the Tennessee Constitution concerning the residency requirements for judges. The current language mandates that judges must have been residents of the state for five years and of the circuit or district for one year prior to their election. The proposed amendment seeks to modify this requirement by specifying that judges must be residents of a county within the respective circuit or district to which they are assigned for one year, rather than just the district itself.

The resolution outlines the process for the proposed amendment, stating that it must be approved by a majority of both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly and subsequently referred to the next General Assembly for consideration. Additionally, it mandates that the Secretary of State publish the proposed amendment on official state websites to ensure public awareness. The resolution also includes instructions for the Clerk of the Senate to deliver copies to the Secretary of State, excluding the final resolving clause from those copies.