Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona SB1610: groundwater; transporting requirements; technical correction
Status: In committee, June 12, 2026
SB1610 - groundwater; transporting requirements; technical correction
What the bill says
From the introduced text, January 29, 2026:
SB1610 - 572R - I Ver REFERENCE transporting requirements; technical correction State of ArizonaSenateFifty-seventh LegislatureSecond Regular Session2026 SB 1610 Introduced bySenator Shope amending section 45-557, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to groundwater. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section 1. Section 45-557, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE45-557. Requirements for transporting groundwater to an initial active management area; exception A. Except as provided in subsections B and C of this section: 1. The director shall not consider groundwater that is being or will be withdrawn in a groundwater basin or sub-basin pursuant to this article or the Pinal active management area and transported to an initial active management area for purposes of determining or providing an assured water supply pursuant to section 45-576 if the groundwater is being or will be used by a city, town or private water company that was offered but did not sign a central Arizona project water delivery subcontract. 2. A city, town or private water company that has signed a central Arizona project water delivery subcontract may not use groundwater withdrawn in a groundwater basin or sub-basin pursuant to this article or the Pinal active management area and transported to an initial active management area until it has both: (a) Demonstrated that it has the physical capacity, including the water treatment plant …
Sponsors
- Thomas Shope (R, SD-016) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Assigned to Rules
- : Introduced and first read
Common questions
- What is SB1610?
- SB1610 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): groundwater; transporting requirements; technical correction.
- What does SB1610 do?
- SB1610 - groundwater; transporting requirements; technical correction
- What is the status of SB1610?
- In committee as of June 12, 2026. Latest action: Assigned to Rules (June 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1610?
- Thomas Shope (R, SD-016).
- Where is the official record for SB1610?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85242/?SessionId=130
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