diff --git a/src/app-layout/__integ__/app-layout-split-panel.test.ts b/src/app-layout/__integ__/app-layout-split-panel.test.ts
index de4f3fc3f3..f936d2846f 100644
--- a/src/app-layout/__integ__/app-layout-split-panel.test.ts
+++ b/src/app-layout/__integ__/app-layout-split-panel.test.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ import useBrowser from '@cloudscape-design/browser-test-tools/use-browser';
 import createWrapper from '../../../lib/components/test-utils/selectors';
 import { scrollbarThickness } from '../../__integ__/scrollbars';
 import { viewports } from './constants';
-import { AppLayoutSplitViewPage } from './utils';
+import { AppLayoutSplitViewPage, getUrlParams } from './utils';
 
 import mobileStyles from '../../../lib/components/app-layout/mobile-toolbar/styles.selectors.js';
+import tableScrollbarStyles from '../../../lib/components/table/sticky-scrollbar/styles.selectors.js';
+
+const scrollbarSelector = `.${tableScrollbarStyles['sticky-scrollbar-visible']}`;
 
 const wrapper = createWrapper().findAppLayout();
 
@@ -19,11 +22,7 @@ describe.each(['classic', 'refresh', 'refresh-toolbar'] as const)('%s', theme =>
     return useBrowser(async browser => {
       const page = new AppLayoutSplitViewPage(browser);
       await page.setWindowSize(viewports.desktop);
-      const params = new URLSearchParams({
-        visualRefresh: `${theme.startsWith('refresh')}`,
-        appLayoutToolbar: `${theme === 'refresh-toolbar'}`,
-      });
-      await browser.url(`${url}?${params.toString()}`);
+      await browser.url(`${url}?${getUrlParams(theme)}`);
       await page.waitForVisible(wrapper.findContentRegion().toSelector());
       await testFn(page);
     });
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ describe.each(['classic', 'refresh', 'refresh-toolbar'] as const)('%s', theme =>
     })
   );
 
-  describe('interaction with table sticky header', () => {
+  describe('interaction with table sticky elements', () => {
     // bottom padding is included into the offset in VR but not in classic
     const splitPanelPadding = theme === 'refresh' ? 40 : 0;
 
@@ -298,5 +297,19 @@ describe.each(['classic', 'refresh', 'refresh-toolbar'] as const)('%s', theme =>
         await expect(page.getContentOffsetBottom(theme)).resolves.toEqual(windowHeight / 2 + splitPanelPadding + 'px');
       }, '#/light/app-layout/with-full-page-table-and-split-panel')
     );
+
+    test(
+      'bottom split panel does not block table sticky scrollbar',
+      setupTest(async page => {
+        // open tools panel to narrow the content area and display horizontal scroll on table
+        await page.click(wrapper.findToolsToggle().toSelector());
+        await expect(page.isClickable(scrollbarSelector)).resolves.toBe(true);
+        await page.click(wrapper.findSplitPanelOpenButton().toSelector());
+        await expect(
+          page.isDisplayedInViewport(wrapper.findSplitPanel().findOpenPanelBottom().toSelector())
+        ).resolves.toBe(true);
+        await expect(page.isClickable(scrollbarSelector)).resolves.toBe(true);
+      }, '#/light/app-layout/with-sticky-table-and-split-panel')
+    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/app-layout/visual-refresh-toolbar/compute-layout.ts b/src/app-layout/visual-refresh-toolbar/compute-layout.ts
index 20bd6eb00a..084efdbbbb 100644
--- a/src/app-layout/visual-refresh-toolbar/compute-layout.ts
+++ b/src/app-layout/visual-refresh-toolbar/compute-layout.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,36 @@ export function computeVerticalLayout({
   return { toolbar, notifications, header, drawers };
 }
 
+interface SplitPanelOffsetInput {
+  hasSplitPanel: boolean;
+  placement: AppLayoutPropsWithDefaults['placement'];
+  splitPanelPosition: 'bottom' | 'side';
+  splitPanelOpen: boolean;
+  splitPanelHeaderHeight: number;
+  splitPanelFullHeight: number;
+}
+
+export function computeSplitPanelOffsets({
+  hasSplitPanel,
+  splitPanelPosition,
+  placement,
+  splitPanelOpen,
+  splitPanelFullHeight,
+  splitPanelHeaderHeight,
+}: SplitPanelOffsetInput) {
+  if (!hasSplitPanel || splitPanelPosition !== 'bottom') {
+    return {
+      stickyVerticalBottomOffset: placement.insetBlockEnd,
+      mainContentPaddingBlockEnd: undefined,
+    };
+  }
+  const mainContentBottomOffset = splitPanelOpen ? splitPanelFullHeight : splitPanelHeaderHeight;
+  return {
+    stickyVerticalBottomOffset: mainContentBottomOffset + placement.insetBlockEnd,
+    mainContentPaddingBlockEnd: mainContentBottomOffset,
+  };
+}
+
 export function getDrawerStyles(
   verticalOffsets: VerticalLayoutOutput,
   isMobile: boolean,
diff --git a/src/app-layout/visual-refresh-toolbar/index.tsx b/src/app-layout/visual-refresh-toolbar/index.tsx
index 460f783d94..906d590d18 100644
--- a/src/app-layout/visual-refresh-toolbar/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app-layout/visual-refresh-toolbar/index.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ import { MIN_DRAWER_SIZE, OnChangeParams, useDrawers } from '../utils/use-drawer
 import { useFocusControl, useMultipleFocusControl } from '../utils/use-focus-control';
 import { useSplitPanelFocusControl } from '../utils/use-split-panel-focus-control';
 import { ActiveDrawersContext } from '../utils/visibility-context';
-import { computeHorizontalLayout, computeVerticalLayout, CONTENT_PADDING } from './compute-layout';
+import {
+  computeHorizontalLayout,
+  computeSplitPanelOffsets,
+  computeVerticalLayout,
+  CONTENT_PADDING,
+} from './compute-layout';
 import { AppLayoutVisibilityContext } from './contexts';
 import { AppLayoutInternals } from './interfaces';
 import {
@@ -461,6 +466,15 @@ const AppLayoutVisualRefreshToolbar = React.forwardRef<AppLayoutProps.Ref, AppLa
       }
     }, [hasToolbar]);
 
+    const splitPanelOffsets = computeSplitPanelOffsets({
+      placement,
+      hasSplitPanel: !!splitPanel,
+      splitPanelOpen,
+      splitPanelPosition,
+      splitPanelFullHeight: splitPanelReportedSize,
+      splitPanelHeaderHeight: splitPanelHeaderBlockSize,
+    });
+
     return (
       <AppLayoutVisibilityContext.Provider value={isIntersecting}>
         {/* Rendering a hidden copy of breadcrumbs to trigger their deduplication */}
@@ -469,16 +483,11 @@ const AppLayoutVisualRefreshToolbar = React.forwardRef<AppLayoutProps.Ref, AppLa
           ref={useMergeRefs(intersectionObserverRef, rootRef)}
           isNested={isNested}
           style={{
-            paddingBlockEnd:
-              splitPanelPosition === 'bottom'
-                ? splitPanelOpen
-                  ? splitPanelReportedSize
-                  : splitPanelHeaderBlockSize
-                : '',
+            paddingBlockEnd: splitPanelOffsets.mainContentPaddingBlockEnd,
             ...(hasToolbar || !isNested
               ? {
                   [globalVars.stickyVerticalTopOffset]: `${verticalOffsets.header}px`,
-                  [globalVars.stickyVerticalBottomOffset]: `${placement.insetBlockEnd}px`,
+                  [globalVars.stickyVerticalBottomOffset]: `${splitPanelOffsets.stickyVerticalBottomOffset}px`,
                 }
               : {}),
             ...(!isMobile ? { minWidth: `${minContentWidth}px` } : {}),