Arizona voters pass Prop. 316 limiting grocery taxes
The gist
Arizona voters approved Prop. 316, capping local grocery sales taxes at 2% with 61.3% of the vote.
Seventy Arizona cities and towns tax groceries, so the cap reshapes local revenue.
How it unfolded
- 2023Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed an earlier attempt to ban grocery taxes entirely.
- Feb 2025Republican state Rep. Leo Biasiucci, who introduced the measure as House Concurrent Resolution 2021 in a form that would have eliminated the grocery tax altogether, spoke at a House Ways & Means Committee hearing.
- Oct 16, 2026AZ Luminaria reported the Legislature placed Prop 316 on the ballot, with the 2% cap emerging as a compromise after city officials' pushback; seventy Arizona cities and towns tax groceries.