---
type: "Bill"
title: "assured water supply; subdivisions."
description: "assured water supply; subdivisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1274"
citation: "Arizona SB 1274 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREAS", "AREA OF IMPACT STORAGE", "ASSURED WATER SUPPLY", "AUTHORITY (H)", "CERTIFICATE OF ASSURED WATER SUPPLY", "DEFINITIONS", "DIRECTOR (H)", "GROUNDWATER CODE", "LEGISLATIVE INTENT", "LONG-TERM STORAGE CREDIT", "MATERIAL CHANGE", "PINAL ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREA", "PLATS", "STORED WATER", "SUBDIVISIONS", "WATERS - TITLE 45"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Shope"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-02-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5e135e3-375f-4091-a320-bb9e4dabe0dc"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75052?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "5ef20780cc261562dd26c758dfca484e7261e14d18ed6f781fac9ffb958396ea"
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 1274 (55th-1st-regular) — assured water supply; subdivisions.

## 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/0017.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1274P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Natural Resources, Energy and Water** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1274NREW.DOCX.htm)
4. **SENATE - Shope flr amend (ref NREW) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1274SHOPE0424.docx.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1274S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **47–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas Shope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** Transmit to House
- **2021-02-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-08** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-12** 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/e5e135e3-375f-4091-a320-bb9e4dabe0dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).