Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona SB1785: water storage facility; withdrawals; area
Status: In committee, April 7, 2026
SB1785 - water storage facility; withdrawals; area
What the bill says
An act amending section 45-834.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to water storage.
From the engrossed text, March 3, 2026:
AN ACT amending section 45-834.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to water storage. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 45-834.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to recovery well permit; emergency temporary recovery well permit; well construction A. A person who holds long-term storage credits or who may recover water on an annual basis may recover the water stored pursuant to a water storage permit only: 1. If the person seeking to recover stored water has applied for and received a recovery well permit under this article. 2. For water stored within an active management area, if one of the following applies: (a) The proposed recovery well is located within the area of impact of the stored water, as determined by the director, and either the person recovering the water is the storer or the stored water to be recovered is Colorado River water. If the stored water to be recovered is effluent that is stored in a managed underground storage facility and if the proposed recovery well is not an already constructed well owned by the person recovering the water and is located within the exterior boundaries of the service area of a city, town, private water company or irrigation district, that city, town, private water …
Sponsors
- Warren Petersen (R, SD-014) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : House Committee of the Whole
- : do pass
- : House read second time
- : House read first time
- : Rules: constitutional and in proper form
- : Assigned to Rules
- : Natural Resources, Energy & Water: do pass
- : Assigned to Natural Resources, Energy & Water
- : Passed
- : Senate third reading passed (17 votes)
Votes
- RULES C&P (March 16, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- NREW DP (March 10, 2026): 6 yea, 3 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (March 3, 2026): 17 yea, 13 nay, passed
- NR DP (February 17, 2026): 5 yea, 3 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1785?
- SB1785 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): water storage facility; withdrawals; area.
- What does SB1785 do?
- In its own words: An act amending section 45-834.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to water storage.
- What is the status of SB1785?
- In committee as of April 7, 2026. Latest action: House Committee of the Whole (April 7, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1785?
- Warren Petersen (R, SD-014).
- Where is the official record for SB1785?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85446/?SessionId=130
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