---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado River drought contingency amendments"
description: "Colorado River drought contingency amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1227"
citation: "Arizona SB 1227 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATING MONIES", "ARIZONA SYSTEM CONSERVATION FUND", "COLORADO RIVER DROUGHT CONTINGENCY AMENDMENTS", "DELAYED REPEAL", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "LEGISLATIVE INTENT", "SEVERABILITY", "TEMPORARY GROUNDWATER AND IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY PROJECTS FUND", "WATER", "WATERS - TITLE 45"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karen Fann"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-01-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/340984e5-d464-4e46-8c90-2c7f9e07925f"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71807?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "4f64a8a907c6316568c0ddb3decd9f6f33b31b5dd14f2ab9a995e9fd60a3b043"
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 SB 1227 (54th-1st-regular) — Colorado River drought contingency amendments

## 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/0001.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1227P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Fann flr amend (ref WAG) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1227FLOORFANN.docx.htm)
4. **SENATE - Water and Agriculture** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1227WAG.DOCX.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1227S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **27–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karen Fann — primary (person)
- Lisa Otondo — cosponsor (person)
- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-29** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-31** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-31** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-31** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-01-31** transmit to house
- **2019-01-31** transmit to senate
- **2019-01-31** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/340984e5-d464-4e46-8c90-2c7f9e07925f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).