The Utah State Legislature referred a constitutional amendment requiring citizen-initiated measures that involve tax-related changes to receive at least 60% voter approval to pass. The Republican-sponsored resolution passed largely along party lines.
This targeted approach focuses specifically on preventing citizen initiatives from raising taxes with a bare majority, while leaving other types of initiatives at the standard threshold. Utah also enacted proof of citizenship requirements for voter registration.
Requiring a higher bar for tax increases through citizen initiatives protects taxpayers from being burdened by slim-majority decisions. Fiscal restraint is consistent with principles of stewardship.
"For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?"
— Luke 14:28 (KJV)