Ballot measure · Arizona · November 3, 2026

Proposition 316

Title as the state lists it: REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE LEGISLATURE RELATING TO MUNICIPAL TRANSACTION PRIVILEGE TAX1,2

Research draftReferred by the legislatureState law
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
State law
To pass
A majority of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would bar cities, towns and other local taxing bodies from adopting or raising a tax on food for home use from July 2025 through June 2027, then require voter approval for any new or higher such tax, capped at 2 percent, with places already at 2 percent or more unable to raise it.1 pp. 96-97, 100

A no vote

A no vote would keep current law, under which cities, towns and other local taxing bodies may tax food for home use if the tax applies equally to all food, with no added voter-approval rule or rate cap.1 pp. 96, 100

More about it

The measure says it applies retroactively to December 31, 2024.1 p. 97 If approved, the Legislature could change this law only by a three-fourths vote of each house and only to further its purpose, unless the change goes to voters, under Proposition 105 (1998).1 p. 97, Proposition 105 Notice

§2How it got on the ballot

Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2

State law. It would change state law, not the constitution.1,2

It is on Arizona's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,3 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Arizona's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A majority of the votes on it. A measure the Legislature refers to voters becomes law if a majority of the votes cast on it are yes; the constitution sets a 60 percent bar only for measures that approve a tax.2 Ariz. Const. art. IV, pt. 1, § 1(5), (13)