# Arizona SB 1549: conservation easements; valuation

Arizona SB 1549, conservation easements; valuation, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Venden "Vince" Leach (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-19 (Third Reading: Passed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1549-57th-1st-regular
- As of: 2026-10-27
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1549
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: conservation easements; valuation
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-17
- Last action: 2025-03-19, Third Reading: Passed
- Sponsor: Venden "Vince" Leach (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: acceptance, conservation easements, conveyance, county assessor, creation, duration, impairment, property - title 33, recording, valuation
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 5 (106 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Appraisal rules for conservation easements: mixed, low. When valuing a conservation easement created under this law, the Arizona Department of Revenue or county assessor must use standard appraisal methods. A statutory formula takes precedence when one applies. The law sets no specific value, so the result may be higher or lower depending on the propert…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Venden "Vince" Leach (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-19 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 55 | 2 |   |
| 2025-03-17 | Senate | C&P | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-12 | Senate | DP | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-27 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 29 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | DP | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (6)

- 2025-03-19: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: undefined: C&P (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: undefined: DP (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: undefined: PFC (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: undefined: DP (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chaptered Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0011.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528461)
- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1549P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/522711)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1549S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/526250)

## Related bills

- SB 1496: tax credit; qualifying charitable organizations (signed)
- SB 1281: adjutant general; duties (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [Chaptered Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0011.htm)
- [Chaptered Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528461)
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1549P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/522711)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1549S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/526250)

## Related
- [SB 1496: tax credit; qualifying charitable organizations](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1496-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1281: adjutant general; duties](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1281-57th-1st-regular)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1549-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-27).