---
type: "Bill"
title: "water use; criminal penalty; wells"
description: "water use; criminal penalty; wells"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2475"
citation: "Arizona HB 2475 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL PENALTY", "VIOLATIONS", "WATERS - TITLE 45", "WELLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell \"Rusty\" Bowers"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a26be51-1600-4f28-aea5-895c376bb87a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71612?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "02a9b1bd0790f94b2fc81fd543b46faa31fa147b6a7deade5a0d43fcaa9efcdc"
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 HB 2475 (54th-1st-regular) — water use; criminal penalty; wells

## Version chain

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

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/laws/0274.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2475H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2475P.htm)
4. **SENATE - Water and Agriculture** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2475WAG.DOCX.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2475S.htm)

## Votes

- failed to pass — **29–31** (fail) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **32–28** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **17–13** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Russell "Rusty" Bowers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** dp `passage`
- **2019-02-20** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-03-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-05** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** transmit to house
- **2019-05-21** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** failed `failure`
- **2019-05-21** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** 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/3a26be51-1600-4f28-aea5-895c376bb87a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).