Az Free Enterprise Club v. Katie Hobbs

Summary

The court held that the constitutional referendum exemption for laws supporting and maintaining state departments and institutions encompasses tax revenue measures, including measures that decrease rather than increase revenue, so long as they support existing state governmental entities. It further held that non-appropriation support-and-maintenance revenue measures remain subject to the ninety-day referendum period, but are exempt from referendum itself. The court therefore reversed and remanded the trial court’s ruling that SB 1828 was referable.