# Arizona SB 1425: rural groundwater management areas; establishment.

Arizona SB 1425, rural groundwater management areas; establishment., is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Priya Sundareshan (Democratic); status failed (as of 2026-10-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1425-57th-1st-regular
- As of: 2026-10-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1425
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: rural groundwater management areas; establishment.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-30
- Last action: unknown
- Sponsor: Priya Sundareshan (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: active management areas, adequacy, adwr (see also: department of water resources), applicability, certificate of groundwater use, civil penalties, compliance account, conveyances, counties - title 11, definition, definitions, delayed repeal, department of water resources (adwr), designation, establishment, exemptions, expansion of groundwater use, fee, groundwater, groundwater use, hearing, indian water rights settlements, intention to drill, irrigation non-expansion areas, judicial review, maps, membership, notice, professions and occupations - title 32, property - title 33, public record, publication, retirement, rural groundwater management act, rural groundwater management area council, rural groundwater management area fund, rural groundwater management areas, state government - title 41, stored water, violation, water measuring devices, water supply, waters - title 45, willcox basin
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Priya Sundareshan (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Christopher Mathis (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Rosanna Gabaldón (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (2)

- undated: undefined: None (Senate)
- undated: undefined: None (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1425P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/522327)

## Related bills

- SB 1740: 2025-2026; environment (signed)
- HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio (signed)
- SB 1735: 2025-2026; general appropriations act (signed)
- SB 1741: 2025-2026; health care (signed)
- SB 1744: 2025-2026; K-12 education (signed)
- SB 1743: 2025-2026; human services (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1425P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/522327)

## Related
- [SB 1740: 2025-2026; environment](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1740-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2015-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1735: 2025-2026; general appropriations act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1735-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1741: 2025-2026; health care](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1741-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1744: 2025-2026; K-12 education](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1744-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1743: 2025-2026; human services](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1743-57th-1st-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1425-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-12).