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AZ HB2941

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Consuelo Hernandez

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Requires all marijuana licensees to file water conservation plans with the director detailing cultivation methods, watering techniques, canopy size, and monthly water usage data.

  • Limits marijuana cultivation canopy to 30,000 square feet per licensee, with allowances for colocated licensees to share space if each maintains their own 30,000 square foot limit.

  • Imposes additional water cultivation fees on any licensee exceeding the 30,000 square foot canopy limit, with all collected fees deposited into the water conservation grant fund.

  • Amends the water conservation grant fund to include fees collected from marijuana cultivation operations exceeding the canopy limitation.

  • Requires the director to adopt rules implementing the section, including procedures for tracking portions of collective cultivation canopies.

Legislative Description

Marijuana cultivation; water usage

Waters - Title 45

Last Action

House read second time

2/13/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules2/12/2025
Natural Resources, Energy & Water2/12/2025

Full Bill Text

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