# Arizona HB 2201: technical correction; electricity; power authority

Arizona HB 2201, technical correction; electricity; power authority, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session House bill sponsored by Gail Griffin (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Final Reading: Passed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

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- As of: 2026-10-27
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## Facts
- Bill: Arizona HB 2201
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: technical correction; electricity; power authority
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-03
- Last action: 2025-05-06, Final Reading: Passed
- Sponsor: Gail Griffin (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: approval, cause of action, definitions (s), electricity, exclusive means of recovery (s), exemption from rulemaking (s), fees (s), hearing (s), legal duty (s), liability for causing wildfires (s), power - title 30, power authority, public lands - title 37 (s), public utilities and carriers - title 40, rules (s), severability (s), strike everything amendment, technical correction, utilities, wildfire management planning, wildfire mitigation, wildfire mitigation plan (s), wildfire mitigation planning (s)
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 8 (141 yes, 85 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 4

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Utilities must plan for wildfire risks: benefit, low. Public power entities generally must get governing-body approval and State Forester approval by May 1, 2026, then update plans every even-numbered year. Electric utilities generally must submit plans to the Forester on the same schedule. Public power entities with fewer than 40,000 Arizona meters o…
- Wildfire plan approval does not set rates: benefit, low. State Forester approval of an electric utility’s wildfire plan does not approve charging customers for the plan’s costs. The law does not set utility rates or decide whether a utility can recover those costs through another process.
- Wildfire victims face tighter claim limits: cost, medium. For wildfire claims against public power entities and electric utilities, this law sets the exclusive path to seek recovery, except when a written agreement or federal law provides otherwise. It creates no new claim or legal duty. Following an approved plan meets the negligence standard, but a clai…
- New fees for utility wildfire plans: cost, low. The State Forester may charge public power entities and electric utilities reasonable fees to review wildfire plans. Fees may reflect review time and materials, the entity’s size and resources, and its service area’s complexity. The law sets no fee amount and does not directly change household util…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Gail Griffin (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-06 | House | FINAL: Passed | pass | 41 | 15 |   |
| 2025-05-06 | House | CONCUR: Passed | fail |   |   |   |
| 2025-04-29 | House | THIRD: Passed | pass | 22 | 7 |   |
| 2025-03-24 | House | DPA | pass | 5 | 2 |   |
| 2025-02-25 | House | THIRD: Passed | pass | 35 | 25 |   |
| 2025-02-18 | House | THIRD: failed to pass | fail | 28 | 32 |   |
| 2025-02-10 | House | C&P | pass | 5 | 2 |   |
| 2025-02-03 | House | DPA/SE | pass | 5 | 2 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2025-05-06: Final Reading: Passed (House)
- 2025-05-06: Concurrence: Passed (House)
- 2025-04-29: Third Reading: Passed (House)
- 2025-04-22: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (House)
- 2025-04-08: undefined: PFC (House)
- 2025-03-24: undefined: DPA (House)
- 2025-02-25: Third Reading: Passed (House)
- 2025-02-24: Additional Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (House)
- 2025-02-24: Miscellaneous Motion: Passed (House)
- 2025-02-18: Motion to Reconsider Third: Passed (House)
- 2025-02-18: Third Reading: failed to pass (House)
- 2025-02-12: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (House)
- 2025-02-10: undefined: C&P (House)
- 2025-02-03: undefined: DPA/SE (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0167.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530403)
- House Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2201H.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/524083)
- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2201P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/520925)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2201S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529673)

## Related bills

- HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio (signed)
- HB 2077: ASRS; long-term disability (signed)
- HB 2034: ASRS; supplemental employee deferral plan (signed)
- HB 2036: ASRS; temporary personnel service (signed)
- HB 2035: ASRS; termination incentive programs (signed)
- SB 1537: transitional housing; reentry programs; licensure (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0167.htm)
- [Chaptered Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530403)
- [House Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2201H.htm)
- [House Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/524083)
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2201P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/520925)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2201S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529673)

## Related
- [HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2015-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2077: ASRS; long-term disability](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2077-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2034: ASRS; supplemental employee deferral plan](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2034-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2036: ASRS; temporary personnel service](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2036-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2035: ASRS; termination incentive programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2035-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1537: transitional housing; reentry programs; licensure](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1537-57th-1st-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2201-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-27).