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HB2641 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session
AMENDED
FACT SHEET FOR
H.B. 2641
PFAS; firefighting
foam; prohibition
Purpose
Effective
January 1, 2029, prohibits a person, local government or state agency from
discharging or using class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally
added PFAS chemicals for any purpose, unless required by federal regulation.
Background
Laws 2019, Chapter
222
prohibits a person, local government or state agency from discharging
or using class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals
for training or testing purposes unless required by law or federal regulation
or if a testing facility using the foam for testing purposes implements
appropriate containment, treatment and disposal measures to prevent
uncontrolled releases into the environment. The outlined prohibition on class B
firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals does not restrict the manufacture,
sale or distribution of class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally
added PFAS chemicals or the discharge or other use of class B firefighting foam
in emergency firefighting or fire prevention operations.
Class B
firefighting foam
means foam designed to extinguish a fire that involves a
flammable liquid.
PFAS chemicals
means perfluoroalkyl and
polyfluoroalkyl substances that are a class of fluorinated organic chemicals
containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom, that are designed to be
fully functional in class B firefighting foam formulations and that are used as
a firefighting agent.
There is no
anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1.
Expands the prohibition on a person, local government or state agency
discharging or using class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS
chemicals to apply to any purpose, rather than only training purposes, unless
required by federal regulation.
2.
Exempts the owner or operator of a public airport from the outlined
prohibition on class B firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals until
January 1, 2031.
3.
Removes the stipulation that the outlined prohibition on class B
firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals does not restrict the manufacture,
sale or distribution of class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally
added PFAS chemicals or the discharge or other use of class B firefighting foam
in emergency firefighting or fire prevention operations.
4.
Defines
public airport
as an airport that is owned by a political
subdivision of the state or that is otherwise open to the public.
5.
Makes technical and conforming changes.
6.
Becomes effective on January 1, 2029.
Amendments Adopted by
Committee of the Whole
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Adds a delayed effective date of January 1, 2029.
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Chapter 0103 - 572R - S Ver of HB2641
Senate Engrossed
House Bill
PFAS; firefighting
foam; prohibition
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
CHAPTER 103
HOUSE BILL 2641
AN
ACT
Amending section 36-1696, Arizona Revised
Statutes; relating to firefighting foam.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 36-1696, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
36-1696.
Firefighting foam; prohibition; public airport exception;
definitions
A.
Beginning January 1, 2020,
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
a person,
local government or state agency may not discharge or otherwise use for
training purposes
any purpose
class B
firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals unless
otherwise required by
law or
federal regulation.
The owner or operator of a public airport is not required to comply
with this subsection until from and after December 31, 2030.
B. Beginning January 1, 2020, a
person, local government or state agency may not discharge or otherwise use for
testing purposes class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added
PFAS chemicals unless otherwise required by law or federal regulation or the
testing facility has implemented appropriate containment, treatment and
disposal measures to prevent uncontrolled releases of firefighting foam into
the environment.
C. This section does not restrict the
manufacture, sale or distribution of class B firefighting foam that contains
intentionally added PFAS chemicals or the discharge or other use of class B
firefighting foam in emergency firefighting or fire prevention operations.
D.
B.
For
the purposes of this section:
1. "Class B firefighting foam" means foam
designed to extinguish a fire that involves a flammable liquid.
2. "Local government" includes any county,
city, town, fire district or other special district that provides firefighting
services.
3. "PFAS chemicals" means perfluoroalkyl
and polyfluoroalkyl substances that are a class of fluorinated organic
chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom, that are
designed to be fully functional in class B firefighting foam formulations and
that are used as a firefighting agent.
4. "Testing" includes
calibration testing, conformance testing and fixed system testing.
4. "Public airport" means
aN AIRPORT THAT IS OWNED BY A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE or that is
otherwise open to the public.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 2.
Effective date
This act is effective from and after
December 31, 2028.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR JUNE 4, 2026.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 5, 2026.