VMT taxes are discussed nationally as a way to replace declining gas-tax revenue as more drivers switch to electric vehicles. No Arizona VMT tax or mileage limit is currently in force; this amendment is preemptive — it forecloses the option before any such proposal advances.
This amendment is part tax policy, part liberty. The tax half is clean stewardship: a per-mile tax tracks how far you drive and tends to fall on rural families and working people who have no choice but to cover distance. Barring it constitutionally is a defensible guard against a future, hard-to-track tax. The 'no limiting miles traveled' half is preemptive — no Arizona government is proposing to ration your driving today, so weigh that clause as insurance against a hypothetical rather than a present fight, and decide whether you want freedom of movement locked into the constitution. The lopsided House vote (31-0, with most Democrats declining to vote rather than voting no) suggests opponents chose to sit it out rather than defend a VMT tax openly. For a RESOLUTE voter, a 'yes' protects family budgets and personal mobility; just go in knowing one half addresses a real proposal and the other guards against a future one.
"A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished."
— Proverbs 22:3 (KJV)