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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
- on what is or is not appropriable water.
- Arizona is one of the few states that does not do this.
- One is conforming to state income tax laws to the federal tax law changes.
Committee:
House Appropriations
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
AZ
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.
- We have Arizona Water wants to speak. Good afternoon, Madam Chair.
- Dean Miller representing Arizona Water.
- This is from his Ten Water Laws of the West. Number seven is the law of expropriation.
- The seventh water law of the West focuses on how water is obtained for Western civilization.
Bills:
HB2099 , HB2263 , HB2264 , HB2330 , HB2341 , HB2492 , HB2757 , HB2782 , HB2843 , HB2889 , HB2912 , HB2915 , HB2918 , HB4025 , HB4100 , HCR2020 , HCR2057
Committee:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
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
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/27/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- our water constraints in Arizona."
- We object overall to giving private water interests even more control of our water in Arizona."
- So the physics of simply taking less water out, because the law says you can only move so much water,
- as having an assured water supply in an initial AMA that receives Central Arizona Project water.
- Dean Miller, representing the Water Utilities Association of Arizona, and that includes about 40 water
Committee:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
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
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Arizona already has a process under federal law that allows ADEQ to submit special event demonstrations
- 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.
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources
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
AZ
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.
- need to take care of our water here in Arizona and it's I know people don't think we're running out of
- water here in Arizona but this is a good thing for Arizona to have so that's all I want to say mahala
- It's a simple sentence: go find water somewhere else and bring it into Arizona.
- There's no way around the fact that Arizona needs more water.
Committee:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
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
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- convey the associated water duty.
- high-water-use crops.
- Members, for the record, my name is David Fernandez with the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
- scarce water state.
- scarce water state.
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, stormwater, water storage, replenishment credits, groundwater, aquifer, Arizona Revised Statutes, irrigation rights, water duty, water allocation, management areas, Arizona beef council, beef promotion, agricultural marketing
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- For the record, Barry Arons on behalf of the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association.
- You will not see any more designated providers outside of the Arizona Water application.
- You will not see any more designated providers outside of the Arizona Water application.
- 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.
Bills:
HB2026 , HB2027 , HB2028 , HB2031 , HB2078 , HB2094 , HB2095 , HB2101 , HB2102 , HB2103 , HB2260 , HB2278 , HB2827 , HB2932 , HB2933 , HB2934 , HB2986 , HCM2009 , HCR2038
Committee:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
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
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/10/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- So I'm trying to understand this federal law.
- That would be a violation of federal law.
- We're not going to violate federal law to hide out.
- Stop breaking the law.
- Maybe they shouldn't be flying in Arizona anymore.
Keywords:
driver education, instruction permit, underage drivers, motorcycle licenses, traffic regulations, corrections oversight, appropriation, independent office, public safety, funding, driver license, examinations, motorcycle awareness, traffic laws, HB2116, Colorado River, litigation fund, water rights, Arizona water law, general fund appropriation
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/24/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- Arizona Water Banking Authority and its role today.
- The Arizona Water Banking Authority is housed within the Department of Water Resources.
- Is the Arizona Water Banking Authority obligated to purchase water from the tribal communities?
- You mentioned that the Arizona Water Banking Authority hasn't had excess water to bank since 2020.
- Trent Blomberg, Arizona Department of Water Resources.
Committee:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Keywords:
underground utilities, utility locating, dig safe, call before you dig, 811, 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
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Conservation Grant Fund that receives water from a multi-county water conservation district.
- water savings and the water supply being conserved.
- Let me... ...water savings and the water supply being conserved.
- Municipal Water Users Association.
- We need continued water security. We need continued water security.
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources
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
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, on receipt of an administratively complete
- It does not place Arizona in the past, but moves our state forward by aligning our laws with science,
- 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.
Committee:
Senate Natural 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
AZ
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.
Committee:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
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
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill requires the director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, if a recovery well permit
- 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
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources
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
AZ
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.
- We are here neutral on House Bill 2029, the water conservation grant fund.
- and the water supply being conserved.
- All projects have to have some level of water savings involved.
- and the Drinking Water Revolving Fund.
Committee:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
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
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- 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.
- 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
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources
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
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/17/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairs, members, Senate Bill 1200 requires the Arizona Department of Water Resources...
- Members, Senate Bill 1200 requires the Arizona Department of Water Resources, when requested by an applicant
- the law.
- In December of 2023... ...the Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, inspected the Tortosa irrigation
- Judah Waxbaum, Chief of Government Affairs for the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona.
Committee:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Keywords:
underground utilities, utility locating, dig safe, call before you dig, 811, 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
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/17/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- Because that's Arizona law. For driver's license, yes, sir.
- Arizona is following the law.
- Under existing federal law, can any Arizona law enforcement officer stop a CDL driver and do these tests
- Chair, Senator Epstein, again, I believe Arizona is following the law today, and the Arizona CDLs that
- Bradley informed us of what the current law is concerning when an Arizona police officer can pull over
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
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- , and any employee of Arizona or an agency or political subdivision of Arizona acting in the employee's
- things in this committee deals with: how do we do that and get more volume of those resources here in Arizona—water
- I'm not sure if the Commerce Authority... ...resources here in Arizona, water, natural gas, fuel, to
- What about the water? We're constantly talking about the issues of water.
- 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
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources
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
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- law enforcement.
- Arizona is already facing law enforcement staffing shortages. Departments need qualified officers.
- This legislation is pro-veteran, pro-law enforcement, and pro-Arizona.
- This legislation is pro-veteran, pro-law enforcement, and pro-Arizona.
- We love Pluto here in Arizona.
Committee:
Senate Public Safety
Keywords:
special plates, Arizona Space Commission, transportation, funding, space exploration, peace officer certification, police certification, law enforcement licensing, Arizona POST, peace officer standards and training, military police, veterans, honorably discharged, veteran hiring, abbreviated academy, law enforcement recruitment, public safety, community policing, background investigation, psychological fitness
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I would say my driving, being very obedient to try to live in Arizona law, it took me about...
- Of Arizona right now.
- I have practiced nuclear law before coming back home to Arizona.
- Arizona.
- Authority of Arizona.
Bills:
SB1041 , SB1363 , SB1418 , SB1419 , SB1445 , SB1447 , SB1488 , SB1519 , SB1523 , SB1560 , SB1580
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, marijuana, rural opportunity, dispensary, economic development, licensing, social equity, unserved communities, Arizona, small modular reactors, energy regulation, environmental compatibility, utility construction, agricultural use