---
type: "Bill"
title: "lower Colorado basin; forbearance authority."
description: "lower Colorado basin; forbearance authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HJR 2002"
citation: "Arizona HJR 2002 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COLORADO BASIN", "COLORADO RIVER", "DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f807be9-9bbd-4aea-8311-255ebca68bad"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69408?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "8662ab79d798d283bf666c412ec8bc9100ba33618ab7feb549e53d2d96cc3262"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
---

# Arizona HJR 2002 (53rd-1st-regular) — lower Colorado basin; forbearance authority.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HJR2002H.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HJR2002P.htm)
3. **Transmitted to Governor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/laws/hjr2002.htm)

## Sponsors

- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-02** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-02-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-06** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-28** transmit to house
- **2017-02-22** transmit to senate
- **2017-02-28** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-02** signed by governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f807be9-9bbd-4aea-8311-255ebca68bad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).