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Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/24/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- We do have a presentation this morning from the Arizona Water Banking Authority.
- Arizona Water Banking Authority and its role today.
- The Arizona Water Banking Authority is housed within the Department of Water Resources.
- You mentioned that the Arizona Water Banking Authority hasn't had excess water to bank since 2020.
- Water Banking Authority Madam Chair members Senate Bill 1335 requires the Arizona Water Banking Authority
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
underground utilities, utility locating, dig safe, call before you dig, excavation safety, damage prevention, one-call center, locate request, white lining, large project coordination, buried infrastructure, subsurface utilities, utility marking, locator wire, locator strip, interactive positive response system, landlord duties, apartment community, mobile home park, sewer line
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- Chair and members Senate Bill 1785 requires the director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources
- My name is David Fernandez, with the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
- At a time when Arizona is facing real water scarcity, we should be reducing real water scarcity—excuse
- Chair and members, Senate Bill 1335 requires the Arizona Water Banking Authority Commission to post a
- Nick Ponder for Mohave County Water Authority, in respectful opposition to 1559.
Keywords:
petting zoos, animal encounters, public health, handwashing, supervision, sanitization, safety regulations, civil penalties, water supply, groundwater, Phoenix, certificates, long-term storage credits, water conservation, municipal provider, replenishment obligation, water banking, annual report, Arizona Water Banking Authority, water supply management
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Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/27/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll give a similar update as well when the Arizona Water Banking Authority, which I also chair, meets
- our water constraints in Arizona."
- We object overall to giving private water interests even more control of our water in Arizona."
- requirements for a county water augmentation authority.
- of the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona and allows monies in the Long-Term Water Augmentation
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
solar radiation management, environment, prohibition, Arizona Revised Statutes, public health, complaint process, Attorney General, groundwater management, water conservation, irrigation, water supply, brackish groundwater, water supply development, desalination, water infrastructure, financial assistance, environmental reviews, brackish water, groundwater, water resources
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- Mark Barnes with Arizona School Administrators.
- Arizona salvage auction dealers—there are two of them in Arizona: my client and their competitor, who
- And we do that here in Arizona.
- , the Arizona Education Savings Plan revisions.
- To have examination authority, so I vote no on this bill because it removes the authority of DIFI to
Bills:
HB2016 , HB2104 , HB2105 , HB2174 , HB2256 , HB2289 , HB2477 , HB2903 , HB2939 , HB2979 , HB2996 , HB4103
Committees:
Senate Finance , Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference
Keywords:
tax penalties, filing, tax returns, administration, Arizona Revised Statutes, agricultural property, classification, county assessor, property inspection, appeal process, property tax, agricultural classification, Department of Revenue, property valuation, inspection notice, inspection report, on-site inspection, full cash value, rural land, farm land
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Transcript Highlights:
- Chair and members, House Bill 2026 allows the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources,
- Indeed, we are David Fernandez with the Arizona Department of Water Resources, and we are neutral on
- Arizona created the assured water supply program to ensure that when we approve new development, there
- David Fernandez, Arizona Department of Water Resources.
- Cheyenne Walsh here on behalf of the Pinal County Water Augmentation Authority, or PICWA, in support
Keywords:
air pollution, wildfires, environmental standards, public health, Arizona Revised Statutes, assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply
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Transcript Highlights:
- Trent Blomberg, chief legislative liaison with the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
- The 2007 agreement mandated a series of reductions as water levels decreased, measured by water levels
- where they could recharge and save water on those lands.
- on what is or is not appropriable water.
- Arizona is one of the few states that does not do this.
Keywords:
stormwater, recharge mapping, water resources, groundwater, appropriation, Arizona, HB2116, Colorado River, litigation fund, water rights, Arizona water law, general fund appropriation, state budget, interstate water compact, Colorado River Compact, water litigation, A.R.S. 45-119, natural resources, water policy, river management
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Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/13/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- of water here in Arizona, but this is a good thing for Arizona to have.
- water here in Arizona but this is a good thing for Arizona to have so that's all I want to say mahala
- Judah Waxelbaum, Chief of Government Affairs for the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona
- I have the privilege of serving as the director of the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona
- There's no way around the fact that Arizona needs more water.
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
water infrastructure finance authority, WIFA, water supply development, snowpack augmentation, cloud seeding, water augmentation, water financing, water infrastructure, Arizona water law, water conservation, groundwater recharge, stormwater recharge, reclamation and reuse, water rights, water supply projects, public-private partnership, long-term water augmentation fund, water provider, desalination, drought mitigation
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Transcript Highlights:
- The bill also requires the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority to administer the Brackish Groundwater
- And the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority, I don't think, has the expertise or the mandate to really
- Commerce Authority and how they received the... ...is your conversation with the Arizona Commerce Authority
- I'm not sure if the Commerce Authority... ...resources here in Arizona, water, natural gas, fuel, to
- The state of Arizona truly does not have enough sustainable water.
Bills:
HB2014 , HB2055 , HB2145 , HB2150 , HB2696 , HB2755 , HB2763 , HB2781 , HB2782 , HB2787 , HB2795 , HB2889 , HB2975 , HB2985 , HB2986 , HCM2009 , HCR2020 , HCR2038
Keywords:
air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, brackish groundwater, water supply development, desalination, Arizona Revised Statutes, water infrastructure, financial assistance, environmental reviews, fuel reformulation, gasoline standards, environmental regulations, ethanol supply, Air Quality, state land department, mineral lease, renewals
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Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/17/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- Long story short, what this bill does is, at the moment, the Commerce Authority has the authority to
- Commerce Authority.
- Commerce Authority.
- You have to prove, for instance, citizenship or authorization to work here in the state of Arizona to
- Arizona is following the law.
Bills:
HB2056 , HB2057 , HB2224 , HB2257 , HB2265 , HB2311 , HB2352 , HB2367 , HB2369 , HB2446 , HB2532 , HB2592 , HB2752 , HB2809 , HB2957
Keywords:
brackish water, groundwater, desalination, water resources, feasibility study, environmental impact, special plates, centennial, Arizona Department of Transportation, vehicle registration, commercial discounts, Arizona Centennial, produce incentive, agriculture, economic support, funding, Arizona, boating, watercraft licensing, law enforcement
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Transcript Highlights:
- So that's not to say that Arizona is behind the curve, but that's not to say that Arizona is behind the
- So Chairman Weninger, any member of, you know, the state of Arizona, employee of the state of Arizona
- I'm for taking it to the banks with a lot of the stuff that the banking system does to us.
- This is saying that the banks or the state can't regulate or force a bank to do this.
- This is saying that the banks or the state can't regulate or force a bank to do this.
Bills:
HB2118 , HB2181 , HB2308 , HB2309 , HB2402 , HB2476 , HB2682 , HB2698 , HB2875 , HB2877 , HB2903 , HB2910
Committees:
House Commerce , House House Commerce Committee of Reference
Keywords:
mobile food vendors, licensure, food safety, statewide regulations, health standards, zoning, temporary vendors, HB2181, death certificate, death certificates, vital records, funeral establishment, funeral home, human remains, medical certification of death, death registration, state registrar, local registrar, county medical examiner, alternate medical examiner
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- Authority.
- water savings and the water supply being conserved.
- Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona for remediation, closure, or replacement of cesspools that
- Finance Authority of Arizona for remediation, closure, or placement of cesspools that present a demonstrated
- Finance Authority, and does provide low-cost financing. ...administered by the state's Water Infrastructure
Keywords:
water conservation, grants, infrastructure, environmental protection, sustainability, cesspool remediation, cesspool replacement, forgivable principal, forgivable loan, wifa, water infrastructure finance authority, clean water revolving fund, drinking water revolving fund, wastewater infrastructure, on-site wastewater system, septic system, groundwater protection, public health, nonpoint source pollution, county water projects
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Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/17/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- Dean Miller, representing the Water Utilities Association of Arizona.
- After Arizona fought for that beneficial use of underground stored water, we want to be able to stand
- We have Arizona Water wants to speak. Good afternoon, Madam Chair.
- Dean Miller representing Arizona Water.
- Representative Callagin, it's just not workable for my, for Arizona Water. Thank you. Thank you.
Bills:
HB2099 , HB2263 , HB2264 , HB2330 , HB2341 , HB2492 , HB2757 , HB2782 , HB2843 , HB2889 , HB2912 , HB2915 , HB2918 , HB4025 , HB4100 , HCR2020 , HCR2057
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
water storage, long-term storage credits, groundwater management, drought contingency, Arizona water regulations, Colorado River, replenishment, groundwater savings facility, groundwater storage, underground water storage, active management area, irrigation non-expansion area, Arizona water law, water rights, water replenishment, recharge, water conservation district, multi-county water conservation district, CAP water, Central Arizona Project
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Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/20/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- , or improvements for the efficiency of use of water, or improvements in water reliability.
- Finance Authority.
- Finance Authority.
- and the water supply being conserved.
- , surface water, or public health.
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
water conservation, grants, infrastructure, environmental protection, sustainability, grant fund, Arizona water law, A.R.S. 49-1332, water efficiency, water reuse, education programs, public outreach, rainwater harvesting, gray water, graywater, drought-resistant landscaping, xeriscaping, turf removal, groundwater recharge, aquifer health
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Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill gives the Arizona Department of Water Resources clear authority to assess reasonable fees consistent
- This bill gives the Arizona Department of Water Resources clear authority to assess reasonable fees consistent
- Water is life, and we need to be cautious and not let Arizona give away and kneel to promising water
- My name is David Fernandez with the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
- water authority.
Bills:
HB2026 , HB2027 , HB2028 , HB2031 , HB2078 , HB2094 , HB2095 , HB2101 , HB2102 , HB2103 , HB2260 , HB2278 , HB2827 , HB2932 , HB2933 , HB2934 , HB2986 , HCM2009 , HCR2038
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply, written commitment of water service, groundwater savings credits, gray water reuse, replenishment district, Central Arizona Project
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Transcript Highlights:
- The bill requires the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, on receipt The bill requires
- the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, on receipt of an administratively complete
- Chair and members, Senate Bill 1202 requires the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources
- Chair and Members, Senate Bill 1202 requires the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources
- Members, for the record, my name is David Fernandez with the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
Keywords:
cosmetics, animal testing, prohibition, manufacturers, sales regulation, state preemption, groundwater, water conservation, Arizona water resources, drought management, water quality, solar radiation management, environment, regulation, Arizona Revised Statutes, weather modification, licensing, environmental impact, public safety, cloud seeding
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Transcript Highlights:
- Texas Water Bank was established in 1993 to facilitate the transfer, sale, or lease of water rights.
- Four years later, the legislature created the Texas Water Trust, a program within the bank to. accept
- And what it really does is expands the use of the water trust and the water bank. So, let's say...
- put it in the water bank or water trust to help other folks.
- Making the water bank and water trust more flexible will not only help the state meet its water needs
Committee:
House Natural Resources
Keywords:
water filtration, public drinking water, health and safety, well maintenance, water quality, Edwards Aquifer, water conservation, reclaimed water, aquifer storage, environmental protection, public utility agency, dissolution, local government, regulatory framework, municipal authority, Texas Water Bank, Texas Water Trust, water rights, water banking, instream flow
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Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair, members, Senate Bill 1202 requires the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources
- I'm a water attorney, and I work regularly with recharge topics.
- to be recovered is Colorado River water?
- This essentially creates a water mound in the aquifer, saying there's more water here because it's been
- , whether that's surface water effluent.
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
groundwater, water conservation, Arizona water resources, drought management, water quality, irrigation, active management area, domestic use, stock watering, water rights, small modular reactors, energy regulation, environmental compatibility, utility construction, agricultural use, industrial users, water storage, recovery well, Arizona Revised Statutes, water management
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Transcript Highlights:
- Water Banking Authority or La Paz County by an eligible entity in the total cumulative volume not to
- That bill said cities can no longer import water from rural Arizona to urban Arizona, with three exceptions
- Rural Arizona and urban Arizona have tension for a lot of reasons. Water is one of them. Mr. Chair?
- state of Arizona, or private water companies.
- For the record, Barry Arons on behalf of the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association.
Bills:
HB2014 , HB2031 , HB2078 , HB2102 , HB2103 , HB2117 , HB2261 , HB2262 , HB2264 , HB2278 , HB2428 , HB2494 , HB2756 , HB2758 , HB2762 , HB2782 , HB2932 , HB2933 , HB2986
Keywords:
air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, water rights, groundwater, Willcox, active management area, certificate of grandfathered rights, Arizona legislature, aggregate mining, reclamation plans, environmental protection, public safety, land use, domestic water, improvement district, water delivery, water hauling
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Transcript Highlights:
- Arizona demand is a major driver.
- Arizona is growing.
- Commerce Authority isn’t present.
- And as I mentioned to the Commerce Authority, this is not an anti-Commerce Authority move.
- Commerce Authority. This is not an anti-Commerce Authority move.
Keywords:
trade offices, committee, Arizona commerce authority, stakeholder input, efficiency, Arizona competes fund, economic development, fund repeal, state finances, state appropriations, Arizona Commerce Authority, job creation, business incentives, commerce authority, public-private partnership, business regulation, Arizona governance
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Richards with the Arizona Department of Economic Security. Good morning, Mr.
- Melanie Richards with the Arizona Department of Economic Security.
- I'm a town council member for Payson, Arizona.
- They're increasing water and wastewater rates.
- They're increasing water and wastewater rates.
Bills:
HB2070 , HB2129 , HB2227 , HB2439 , HB2667 , HB2745 , HB2773 , HB2825 , HB2873 , HB2876 , HCR2005 , HCR2044 , SB1002 , SB1036 , SB1054 , SB1271 , SB1432 , SB1435 , SB1437 , SB1439 , SCR1022 , SCR1031 , SCR1033
Keywords:
flood relief, Gila County, emergency funding, public safety, environmental cleanup, municipal libraries, annual reporting, state legislation, transparency, government accountability, chiropractic, chiropractor, chiropractic board, state board of chiropractic examiners, license discipline, unprofessional conduct, patient records, record retention, HIPAA, conflict of interest