This week, the Arizona House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means approved HCR 2035 – the freedom to move ballot referral, which would amend Arizona’s constitution to prohibit the state government from tracking, taxing, or limiting miles of travel.
“As we have seen in other states, governments left to their own devices will succumb to radical attempts to track, tax, or limit their citizens’ transportation miles,” said Scot Mussi, President of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club. “These environmental schemes have no place in a free and prosperous society. In this divided state government, it is critical for our Republican-led Legislature to proactively send this constitutional amendment to the voters to protect our state from these authoritarian policies. I’m thankful to the lawmakers who have supported this bill, and I look forward to seeing it pass the full House in the near future.”
HCR 2035 is the first of its kind in the nation. As a constitutional amendment, it would prohibit the state, cities, towns, and counties from imposing a Vehicle Miles Traveled tax and limiting or monitoring vehicle miles traveled by an individual – whether they are using a gas-powered car or an electric vehicle. If approved by the Arizona House and Senate, the measure would then be transmitted to the Secretary of State to be included on the November 2026 General Election ballot to be considered by voters, bypassing the Governor’s Office.
Last month, the Senate Government Committee approved the mirror version of the legislation, SCR1004.
Someone somewhere may have overheard a conversation that would further the blue state leftist ideologies of the green agenda money grabbing control freaks. How much control do we want lefties to have?🤷🏻♀️. Isn’t it a good thing to be proactive?
Is this really a priority? Sounds like something crooked in the shadows pushed by lobbyists that will somehow benefit a special interest
It is a priority because proposals to impose miles tracking are lurking in the shadows. This is a preemptive strike against them.