VOTE411 Voter Guide

PROPOSITION 141; PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION BY THE LEGISLATURE RELATING TO TAXATION Official Title: AMENDING ARTICLE IX, CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA, BY ADDING SECTION 26. Descriptive Title: PROHIBITS TAXES OR FEES BASED ON VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND LAWS MONITORING OR LIMITING VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED WITHOUT CONSENT. Ballot measures approved by Arizona voters are difficult to change. Constitutional amendments can be changed only if voters approve another constitutional amendment. Voter-approved laws are protected by Arizona’s Voter Protection Act, which prohibits the Legislature from repealing them and allows amendments only with a three-fourths vote of each legislative chamber when the amendment furthers the measure’s original purpose.Impact on ArizonansA YES vote will amend the Arizona Constitution to prohibit state and local governments from imposing a tax or fee based on the number of miles a person travels in a motor vehicle. It would also prohibit government laws or rules that monitor or limit a person’s vehicle miles traveled unless the person voluntarily consents. Certain interstate commercial-vehicle fuel-tax and registration agreements, as well as government-owned and operated vehicles, would be exempt.A NO vote will leave the Arizona Constitution unchanged and would not establish the proposed constitutional prohibition on state or local taxes, fees, monitoring, or limits based on vehicle miles traveled. Current laws and governmental authority would remain in place.BackgroundProposition 141, referred to the ballot in 2025 as SCR1004, would add Article IX, Section 26 to the Arizona Constitution. is a proposed amendment to the Arizona Constitution concerning vehicle miles traveled. It would prohibit state and local governments from imposing taxes or fees based on miles traveled, or from adopting laws or rules to monitor or limit vehicle miles traveled, without voluntary consent. Exceptions apply to certain interstate commercial-vehicle agreements and government-owned and operated vehicles. Key ProvisionsProhibit mileage-based taxes or fees. State and local governments could not impose a tax or fee based on a person's vehicle miles traveled.Prohibit government monitoring or limits on vehicle miles traveled without voluntary consent. State and local governments could not enact laws or rules to monitor or limit a person’s vehicle miles traveled unless the person voluntarily agrees.Exempt certain interstate commercial-vehicle agreements. The prohibition would not apply to interstate agreements used to administer fuel taxes or registration fees for commercial vehicles operating in more than one state.Exempt government vehicles. The restrictions would not apply to motor vehicles owned and operated by the state or another public entity.Fiscal Analysis The legislative fiscal analysis identifies no anticipated impact on the state General Fund from Proposition 141.For more informationOfficial Ballot LanguageArizona Joint Legislative Budget Committee: NonePublicly filed arguments for Publicly filed arguments againstDownload 2026 BALLOT PROPOSITIONS: MEET VOTE411LWVAZ nonpartisan guide to all the 2026 ballot propositions