Griffin Condemns Hobbs' Latest Veto
State Representative Gail Griffin (R-19) responded to Governor Katie Hobbs' (D-AZ) latest veto on another groundwater management bill, saying she is "missing an opportunity to provide easy, commonsense groundwater savings without much political effort."
Like the previous House Bill 2089, the latest bill, Senate Bill 1300, would have let residents of the San Simon Valley area vote to establish an irrigation non-expansion area (INA) in the groundwater basin there.
Irrigation non-expansion areas, as their name suggests, mark the boundaries of irrigable land. If SB1300 were signed into law, the INA measure for the San Simon Valley would be temporarily enacted until voters made their final say in the November 2026 elections.
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