Arizona SCR 1004, transmitted from the 2025 legislative session for voter consideration, proposes a constitutional prohibition on state or local taxes or fees based on vehicle miles traveled. It would also prohibit laws or rules monitoring or limiting a person’s vehicle miles unless that person voluntarily consents, with exceptions including certain interstate commercial-vehicle fuel-tax or registration agreements. The proposal links two distinct issues—future road-funding mechanisms and privacy around travel data—into one constitutional rule. A mileage tax could someday replace declining fuel-tax revenue, but it can also require tracking information people reasonably consider private. Arizona should separate how roads are funded from how much travel data government is allowed to collect.
Should Arizona permanently block mileage-based taxes and nonconsensual travel monitoring?