---
type: "Bill"
title: "Palo Verde; economic impact analysis"
description: "Palo Verde; economic impact analysis"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1498"
citation: "Arizona SB 1498 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANALYSIS", "ECONOMIC IMPACT", "PALO VERDE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sine Kerr"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73edfe6a-245c-45f6-9781-a7ec410c20ec"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72160?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "9a70d7dcfadc080c95d4474c55a285ffee6aad15af72fcf00e3cd9949f856ad8"
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 1498 (54th-1st-regular) — Palo Verde; economic impact analysis

## 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/0147.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Land & Agriculture - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.1498LAND  AGRICULTURE.DOCX.htm)
3. **HOUSE - Natural Resources, Energy & Water - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/proposed/H.1498ENGEL SE.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1498H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1498P.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1498S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **26–4** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **48–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sine Kerr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** transmit to house
- **2019-02-26** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** w/d `withdrawal`
- **2019-02-27** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** dpa/se `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** transmit to senate
- **2019-04-16** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-23** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-29** 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/73edfe6a-245c-45f6-9781-a7ec410c20ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).