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HB2640 • 2026

fertilizer; PFAS; prohibition

HB2640 - fertilizer; PFAS; prohibition

Agriculture Crime
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Sarah Liguori, Leo Biasiucci, Lisa Fink, Nancy Gutierrez, Stephanie Stahl Hamilton
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
House second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official status indicates the bill passed both chambers, but no effective date is listed in the provided metadata; only the ban start date (December 31, 2027) is specified.

HB2640: Banning PFAS Chemicals in Fertilizers

This law requires Arizona to stop selling or using fertilizers that contain certain harmful fluorinated chemicals starting on December 31, 2027.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends state laws regarding the enforcement and rules for fertilizer distribution.
  • Gives the director power to ban substances proven to hurt agriculture from being used in fertilizers.
  • Requires a total prohibition on distributing or using fertilizers containing PFAS chemicals after December 31, 2027.
  • Includes biosolids and sewage sludge under the new chemical restrictions for fertilizer materials.
  • Sets penalties for knowingly violating these rules as a class 2 misdemeanor.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Distributors who sell or move fertilizers in Arizona
  • Farmers and others who use fertilizers, biosolids, or sewage sludge
  • The state director responsible for enforcing fertilizer laws

Terms To Know

PFAS
Perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances are a class of fluorinated organic chemicals.
Biosolids and sewage sludge
Materials treated from wastewater that can be used as fertilizer but are now restricted if they contain banned chemicals.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law does not specify the exact date it takes effect, only when the ban begins.
  • The text states penalties for violations but does not list specific fine amounts in this excerpt.
  • The bill defines the banned chemicals broadly as those with two or more fully fluorinated carbon atoms.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 House

    House second read

  2. 2026-01-20 House

    House Rules: None

  3. 2026-01-20 House

    House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs: None

  4. 2026-01-20 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2640 - fertilizer; PFAS; prohibition

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HB2640 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
fertilizer; PFAS; prohibition

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2640

Introduced by

Representatives
Liguori: Biasiucci, Fink, Gutierrez, Stahl Hamilton

AN
ACT

amending sections 3-264 and 3-283,
Arizona Revised Statutes; RELATING to fertilizer.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 3-264, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
3-264.

Enforcement and administrative powers

A. The associate director may refuse to license or
may cancel the license of any distributor who violates
any
provision of
this article. The director shall review the
associate director's action on request of any person
that is

adversely affected by the action.

B. The director may, after an opportunity for a
hearing:

1. Determine and publish at least annually the
values per unit of weight of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in commercial
fertilizers in
the

this
state for
the purpose of assessing penalties on commercial fertilizers under the
provisions of section 3-276.

2. Adopt rules that the director deems necessary for
the efficient administration and enforcement of this article, including the
collection and examination of samples of fertilizer materials, and rules
pertaining to composition and use of fertilizer materials, including, without
limiting the foregoing general terms, the establishment of tolerances,
deficiencies and penalties where not specifically provided for in this article.

3. Prohibit the sale or use in fertilizer materials
of any substance proven to be detrimental to agriculture.

4. Provide for incorporating into commercial
fertilizers other
such
substances as pesticides and
provide for proper labeling of the mixture.

5. Prescribe the information which shall appear on
the tag, other than as specifically set forth in this article.

C. Beginning from and after DECEMBER
31, 2027, the director shall prohibit the distribution and use of any
fertilizer, including biosolids and sewage sludge, that CONTAINS PERFLUOROALKYL
or POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES or any amount of a substance that belongs to the
class of fluorinated organic chemicals with two or more fully FLUORINATED
carbon atoms.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Section 3-283, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
3-283.

Violations; notice; criminal classification; injunctive relief

A. If it appears from the examination of any fertilizer
material that any of the provisions of this article or the rules adopted under
this article have been violated, the director shall pursue one or more of the
following courses of enforcement, as appropriate:

1.
The director may
Cause
notice of the violation to be given to the licensee or person responsible for
placing the fertilizer material on sale.� Any person so notified shall be given
opportunity to be heard. If the hearing officer finds, either in the
presence or absence of the person so notified, that any of the provisions of
this article or rules adopted under this article have been violated, the
director may certify the facts to the department legal counsel or the county
attorney.

2.
The director may
Request the
county attorney to initiate criminal prosecution under this
paragraph.
Except for a VIOLATION of section 3-264,
subsection C,
any person who knowingly violates any provision of this
article or the rules adopted under this article is guilty of a class 2
misdemeanor.

4.

3.

The director may
Apply for and the court may grant a temporary
or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to
violate any of the provisions of this article or any rule adopted under this
article notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law.

3.

B.

Nothing in
This article
shall be construed as
requiring

does not require
the director or the
director's representative to report for prosecution or for the institution of
seizure proceedings minor violations of this article if the director believes
that the public interest will be best served by a suitable notice of warning in
writing.

B.

C.
Any
monies collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited, pursuant to
sections 35-146 and 35-147, in the state general fund.
END_STATUTE