Arizona 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 1 R cosponsors

SB 1287 — stock watering; active management areas

Last action — DP

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

59 added · 70 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Senate Bill 1287, the term "stock watering" has been emphasized to clarify its inclusion in regulations concerning water use in designated areas. The bill now specifies that water drawn for domestic purposes as well as for stock watering cannot exceed a total of ten acre-feet per year. Additionally, if water withdrawals for these purposes are measured separately using approved devices, they are exempt from certain conservation rules. These changes aim to clarify water management policies and promote responsible use while ensuring that both domestic and agricultural needs are met within active management areas.

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Fifty-seventh Legislature Natural Resources Second Regular Session S.B.
Senate Engrossed stock watering;
1287 PROPOSED SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B.
active management areas State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session SENATE BILL 1287 AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 45-465.03, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;
1287 (Reference to printed bill) Amendment instruction key:
RELATING TO GROUNDWATER.
[GREEN UNDERLINING IN BRACKETS] indicates text added to statute or previously enacted session law.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) - i - S.B.
[Green underlining in brackets] indicates text added to new session law or text restoring existing law.
1287 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
[GREEN STRIKEOUT IN BRACKETS] indicates new text removed from statute or previously enacted session law.
[Green strikeout in brackets] indicates text removed from existing statute, previously enacted session law or new session law.
<<Green carets>> indicate a section added to the bill.
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The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows:
On the same land on which groundwater withdrawn from the well or wells was being used for domestic purposes or stockwatering STOCK WATERING as of [June 12, 1980] [THE DATE OF THE DESIGNATION OF THE ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREA].
On the same land on which groundwater withdrawn from the well or wells was being used for domestic purposes or stockwatering STOCK WATERING as of June 12, 1980 THE DATE OF THE DESIGNATION OF THE ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREA.
Senate Amendments to S.B.
C.
1287 C.
If the withdrawals for domestic purposes or stockwatering STOCK WATERING are not separately measured with a water measuring device approved by the director pursuant to section 45-604, the withdrawals shall be deemed to be withdrawals for irrigation use on the certificated acres for purposes of determining debits and credits to the flexibility account established pursuant to section 45-467 and for THE purposes of reporting the use to which the groundwater was applied in the annual reports required by section 45-632.
If the withdrawals for domestic purposes or stockwatering STOCK WATERING are not separately measured with a water measuring device approved by the director pursuant to section 45-604, the withdrawals shall be deemed to be withdrawals for irrigation use on the certificated acres for purposes of determining debits and credits to the flexibility account - 1 - S.B.
1287 established pursuant to section 45-467 and for THE purposes of reporting the use to which the groundwater was applied in the annual reports required by section 45-632.
Enroll and engross to conform Amend title to conform -2- Senate Amendments to S.B.
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1287 TIMOTHY "TIM" DUNN 12871140.docx 02/02/2026 11:40 AM S:
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Action History

  1. DP

  2. House Second Reading

  3. House First Reading.

  4. Transmit to House

  5. PASSED

  6. DPA

  7. DPA

  8. Senate Second Reading

  9. Senate First Reading

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 92 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (92)

92 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Passed

Passed 27 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 11002
Republican 16001
Total 27003
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (30)
Member Party Vote
Analise Ortiz Democrat Yea
Brian Fernandez Democrat Yea
Catherine Miranda Democrat Yea
Denise “Mitzi” Epstein Democrat Yea
Eva Diaz Democrat Not Voting
Flavio Bravo Democrat Yea
Kiana Sears Democrat Yea
Lauren Kuby Democrat Yea
Lela Alston Democrat Yea
Priya Sundareshan Democrat Yea
Rosanna Gabaldón Democrat Yea
Sally Ann Gonzales Democrat Yea
Theresa Hatathlie Democrat Not Voting
Carine Werner Republican Yea
David C. Farnsworth Republican Yea
David Gowan Republican Yea
Frank Carroll Republican Yea
Hildy Angius Republican Yea
J.D. Mesnard Republican Yea
Jake Hoffman Republican Yea
Janae Shamp Republican Not Voting
John Kavanagh Republican Yea
Kevin Payne Republican Yea
Mark Finchem Republican Yea
Shawnna Bolick Republican Yea
Thomas "T.J." Shope Republican Yea
Timothy "Tim" Dunn Republican Yea
Venden "Vince" Leach Republican Yea
Warren Petersen Republican Yea
Wendy Rogers Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 1287?
SB 1287 is sponsored by Timothy "Tim" Dunn (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 1287?
This bill died with 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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