Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona HB2975: state lands; solar score; maps
Status: In committee, April 13, 2026
HB2975 - state lands; solar score; maps
What the bill says
An act Amending title 37, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 37-111; RELATING to the state land department.
From the engrossed text, February 24, 2026:
AN ACT Amending title 37, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 37-111; RELATING to the state land department. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 37, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 37-111, to read: START_STATUTE37-111. State land department; prohibition of use of solar scores; resource scoring maps; mining; housing; posting A. Notwithstanding any other law, beginning on the effective date of this section, the department shall suspend the use of solar scores or other similar solar evaluators. The commissioner may not use solar scores or other similar solar evaluators in the decision making of the department. b. Every ten years or earlier as determined necessary by the commissioner, the department shall develop the following resource scoring maps: 1. A mining resource scoring map that takes known and proven resources into consideration. 2. A housing resource scoring map that takes development into consideration. c. The department shall cooperate with stakeholders to create and update the resource scoring maps. During the stakeholder process, the department may consider comments only from the applicable industry when updating the resource scoring maps. d. The commissioner shall consider the resource scoring maps when creating the department's conceptual land use plans and …
Sponsors
- Ralph Heap (R, HD-010) · primary sponsor
- Marshall, Sr., David (R, HD-007)
Latest actions
- : Senate Committee of the Whole
- : do pass
- : Senate read second time
- : Senate read first time
- : Rules: proper for consideration
- : Assigned to Rules
- : Natural Resources: do pass
- : Assigned to Natural Resources
- : Passed
- : House third reading passed (31 votes)
Votes
- NR DP (March 24, 2026): 4 yea, 3 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (February 26, 2026): 31 yea, 22 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (February 16, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- NREW DPA (February 12, 2026): 6 yea, 4 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB2975?
- HB2975 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): state lands; solar score; maps.
- What does HB2975 do?
- In its own words: An act Amending title 37, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 37-111; RELATING to the state land department.
- What is the status of HB2975?
- In committee as of April 13, 2026. Latest action: Senate Committee of the Whole (April 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2975?
- Ralph Heap (R, HD-010), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB2975?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85199/?SessionId=130
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