McMullen Valley Water

After having failed and then three subsequent readings and various amendments later, HB 2758 allowing WAM to transfer and sell water from McMullen Valley did pass the House.  The bill, with amendments passed 32 in favor and 24 nays and 4 abstentions.  It passed pretty much along party lines with just a couple of Democrats voting for the bill.  Both of our Representatives voted against passage.  Below is how each member of the House voted.

What does this mean now?

On the 19^th, the bill was transmitted to the AZ Senate.  It will now go through the process, and the Senate will vote on the bill.  Since pretty much all of the Republicans in the Senate support development of Central AZ rather than rural AZ it is likely to pass the Senate.  That means that it will then go to the Governor.  WAM, through their lobbyist has stated repeatedly that the Governor will approve the bill as long as there is a plan to “mitigate the damage” caused by WAM transferring water from the Valley.  As you all know, there are no such plans at this point so we need to encourage the Governor to veto the bill when it hits her desk.

We will keep monitoring the bill and communicate its process so each member of our community can take the action that they feel is appropriate.  You can visit Resources on the website to get addresses and phone numbers of our officials.

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