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AZ SB1382

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/26/2026

Primary Sponsor

Priya Sundareshan

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Expands water measuring device requirements to all nonexempt wells statewide, not just those in active management areas and irrigation non-expansion areas

  • Establishes new annual reporting requirements for groundwater withdrawals from nonexempt wells located outside active management areas and irrigation non-expansion areas

  • Exempts small-scale users from measuring and reporting: non-irrigation users withdrawing 10 or fewer acre-feet annually, and irrigation users with 10 or fewer contiguous acres not part of an integrated farming operation

  • Requires annual reports to include well registration number, location, quantity withdrawn, fuel/electricity consumed, and how groundwater was used or to whom it was delivered

  • Maintains existing $25 per month penalty (up to $150 maximum) for failure to file required annual reports by March 31 deadline

Legislative Description

Groundwater pumping; measuring; reporting

Last Action

Senate read second time

1/27/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules1/26/2026
Natural Resources1/26/2026

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