HB 2059 Summary

• Prohibits Arizona state employees, agencies, and political subdivisions from using personnel or financial resources to enforce or cooperate with five specified federal environmental and wildlife programs.

• Banned federal programs include: Clean Air Act provisions (Good Neighbor Plan Rule, ozone and PM2.5 nonattainment areas), Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Energy Independence and Security Act housing standards, Mexican wolf reintroduction program, and Endangered Species Act incidental take permits.

• Exempts the livestock loss program administered by the Arizona livestock loss board from the Mexican wolf reintroduction prohibition and allows compliance with court orders.

• Establishes civil penalties up to $3,000 for first violations and class 1 misdemeanor for subsequent violations, with mandatory 60-day jail time for misdemeanor convictions without probation eligibility.

• Prohibits agencies and political subdivisions from receiving grant monies from any source in the fiscal year following a court determination that they violated this section.