---
type: "Bill"
title: "aquifer protection permits; injection wells"
description: "aquifer protection permits; injection wells"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2042"
citation: "Arizona HB 2042 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AQUIFER PROTECTION PERMITS", "EXEMPTION", "INJECTION WELLS", "THE ENVIRONMENT - TITLE 49", "WATER QUALITY CONTROL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gail Griffin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d427943d-d896-403b-be27-5062dd99330b"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74374?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "a7e0b1e3cab6080117d51f9b8e3d84b6add688198c4e6faf1090fcd8fab22340"
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 2042 (55th-1st-regular) — aquifer protection permits; injection 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/55leg/1R/laws/0032.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2042H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2042P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **41–18** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gail Griffin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2021-01-12** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-12** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-13** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-01-28** DP `passage`
- **2021-01-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-17** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-02-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** Transmit to House
- **2021-02-18** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-24** 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/d427943d-d896-403b-be27-5062dd99330b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).