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HB2985 • 2026
HB2985 - CAP water; state land; allocation
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HB2985 - CAP water; state land; allocation
Governor vetoed
Transmitted to House
Senate third read passed
Senate committee of the whole
Senate minority caucus
Senate majority caucus
Senate consent calendar
Senate second read
Senate Rules: PFC
Senate Natural Resources: DP
Senate first read
Transmitted to Senate
House third read passed
House minority caucus
House majority caucus
House consent calendar
House second read
House Rules: C&P
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water: DP
House first read
HB2985 - CAP water; state land; allocation
HB2985 - 572R - H Ver House Engrossed CAP water; state land; allocation State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2026 HOUSE BILL 2985 AN ACT providing for the allocation of water from the state land department. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Water rights; allocation Within one hundred twenty days after the effective date of this act, the state land department shall initiate a public stakeholder process to adopt a procedure for allocating central Arizona project water that is currently allocated to the state land department pursuant to the United States secretary of the interior's final allocation of central Arizona project water dated January 10, 1983 to parcels of state trust land that may be sold or leased.