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The bill, Griffin said, addresses irrigation grandfathered rights for the Phoenix and Pinal active management areas (AMAs), establishes licensing time frames, and creates a voluntary mechanism for irrigators to pledge \"groundwater savings credits\" to assured water supply applications. \"It's a win win,\" Representative Griffin said, adding the program would \"give value of ag land and gives property rights to farmers that want to relinquish the pumping\" and help address a housing shortfall.

The bill sets key dates for program reliance and agency action: an applicant may rely on pledged groundwater savings credits through Dec. 31, 2030, and the director must identify quantified groundwater to be withdrawn and used by Dec. 31, 2033, the sponsor said. Griffin said the program is expected to save 9,600,000 acre-feet of water over the next 100 years and cited Department of Housing figures showing a shortage of about 270,000 housing units.

Representative Gillette raised concerns about the bill's future scope if other basins are designated AMAs. \"Since it is not an AMA now, it doesn't apply. But if it does become an AMA, this bill could be changed down the road and the tenants of this bill would apply to the Hualapai Basin,\" Gillette said, warning the bill could \"create an incentive to make an AMA if you could extract water and move it to Maricopa County.\" Gillette also named national groups and foundations she said have sought to influence basin designations.

Griffin and other supporters characterized the proposal as voluntary for agriculture, a property-rights recognition, and a tool to support housing: \"Most recent data available to the Department of Housing estimates there's a shortage of 270,000 housing units,\" Griffin said, arguing the credits could help meet housing demand while conserving aquifers.

On procedure, the committee approved the Griffin floor amendment and then moved the bill as amended to be returned with a do-pass recommendation; an additional committee later recommended HB22-98 as amended do pass, and the report was adopted and the bill referred to engrossing. The record in the transcript shows committee recommendations and referral to engrossing; it does not show a final, floor passage vote in open session in the provided excerpt.

The bill includes provisions that, as described on the floor, prohibit municipalities from imposing certain additional water-use requirements for parks and similar uses, allow a person to pledge groundwater savings credits to an assured water supply application, and prescribe limits on acreage within a mile of associated uses.

Supporters named stakeholders and staff involved in negotiations, and Griffin thanked \"the stakeholders, the legislators, the farmers, the builders, the agriculture industries, the water communities, and the agencies and departments,\" specifically mentioning Dan Schwager and Grant Hannah.

The committee action advances the bill to the next legislative step; lawmakers debating the measure emphasized both water conservation goals and concerns about future geographic scope if basin designations change.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","06/19/2025 - House Floor Session","oneSentenceSummary","Representative Griffin said the committee recommended House Bill 22-98, a voluntary groundwater-savings-credit program affecting the Phoenix and Pinal active management areas, be returned with a \"do pass\" recommendation after adopting a floor amendment.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature Arizona, Arizona","taxId",78572,"location","Arizona","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6190505,"Representative raises procedural objection as House swiftly passes HB 2054; members split on process",186,1897000,2083000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5049016-b42a651e2b43864446d402c33ddd1de0&start=1897&end=2083","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5049016-b42a651e2b43864446d402c33ddd1de0/thumbnail_1897000.jpg","/articles/6190505/Arizona/Representative-raises-procedural-objection-as-House-swiftly-passes-HB-2054-members-split-on-process","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6190505-9424d77e20a5db6e9cbbc35d14e4d43b/orig.mp4?Expires=1770819855&Signature=hPAb3O~2i0~sTcKDcZC9WtN-q91a11DLV09guT4GWZz-1hfV97rsQ2hoebsqfaFaeTbMRWvrvSy-OkUZXeExBHVfoSwRklV3yfkT3B5zQ0I9atQCHBQ1PxbxtF-ZvckvxybNBiPS8aoxEEgjD3lV0N40qwXjaWtqurCt4nk4CNYsLb9Gn-Qci73YFNJFZ3DPaZmXQWSSuQ9IGyuKu9PUTajmiyKEYSIcgm12iotK409pX1offvZ1-wyCTP3m3VsK8oESEW0LaJQSxQ0mlrDLi1kjMDMuXQDF4L9RJmCagBVPAXeTVRxogc3YDaCXi9el1U0lc~F1B4FIuNSCOB53ow__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Collin raised a point of order on final reading of House Bill 2,054, saying she did not see the bill on any floor calendars received for floor action and that colleagues had not seen it either. \"I believe that bills are required to be, put on a floor calendar the day before they're voted,\" Collin said, arguing members lacked sufficient notice.

The Speaker Pro Tem asked for a citation to a rule; a brief exchange followed in which Collin insisted the practice was customary and complained that the bill \"snuck its way onto the floor without being placed on a calendar\" and that she had not had time to read it. \"I have to vote no because of the way that this process has worked,\" Collin said.

The presiding officer responded that for final reading of bills there was no calendar requirement and asked for a rule citation; the transcript records a sharp floor exchange but no definitive ruling on a specific rule in the provided excerpt.

Despite the point of order and floor explanations, the House proceeded to a recorded vote and the clerk announced the result: House Bill 2,054 passed by a vote of 39 ayes and 16 nays. The clerk was instructed to record the action and convey the bill to the governor.

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Representative Marquez, explaining her vote, said the bill \"looks like a good bill for veterans, but it does not have the support of the majority of our veterans caucus and, would ask folks to vote no on it.\" Representative Kupper explained his vote similarly: \"I spoke with, not the legislator, but the lobbyist who's running this bill. And every question I asked this individual about this bill, he couldn't answer anything for me. I don't feel comfortable with this.\"

After roll call and explanations, the clerk recorded the vote and announced the bill had failed.

The transcript shows third-reading debate and explanations for votes by multiple members and records the final tally and failure of SB 11-51; it does not include additional floor motions tied to the bill in the provided excerpt.","Senate Bill 11-51, amending provisions related to the Arizona Department of Housing, failed on third reading after several representatives explained 'no' votes, citing lack of support from the veterans caucus and unanswered questions from the bill's lobbyist.","actionData","errors"]

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