HCR 2015 Summary

• Proposes constitutional amendment requiring 60 percent voter approval (instead of simple majority) for initiative and referendum measures that approve taxes

• Maintains simple majority approval requirement for all other initiative and referendum measures

• Applies the 60 percent threshold to measures that both propose and approve a tax, affecting governor veto power, legislative repeal, amendment, and fund diversion restrictions

• Amends Article IV, Part 1, Section 1 and Article XXI, Section 1 of the Arizona Constitution

• Submitted to voters at the next general election following approval by both houses of the legislature on June 23, 2022