Representative Gail Griffin Archives

Geoengineering Bills Languish in Committee ‘Graveyard’

March 27, 2025 2:28 pmApril 1, 2025 9:40 am

Two legislative efforts to prohibit geoengineering practices in Arizona have failed to advance, as the Energy & Water Committee of the House Natural Resources declined to hear either bill. Geoengineering is defined as the “deliberate large-scale manipulation of an environmental...

Kerr and Gibson Win Salvo in State Water Wars

March 1, 2024 5:00 amMay 14, 2024 9:15 am

For years, an “underground war has literally been bubbling up over Arizona’s precarious water situation, with Republicans winning the latest salvo with the passage of Senate Bill SB1221. Western Maricopa Senator Sine Kerr (R-LD13), herself a farmer operating a 4th-generation...

State Republicans, AZ Farm Bureau Resign Over EDF Groundwater Takeover Bid

October 16, 2023 12:49 pm

In a dramatic display of unified opposition, Arizona Republicans, led by Representative Gail Griffin (R19), and the Arizona Farm Bureau announced their resignations from Gov. Hobbs’ Water Policy Council and Rural Groundwater Committee. The action was prompted by growing concerns...

Gail Griffin Releases Stark Warning About Arizona Groundwater Legislation

October 13, 2023 8:18 amJune 17, 2024 10:38 am

Arizona Representative Gail Griffin (R19) issued a warning to fellow legislators about a matched pair of state bills (HB2731 and SB1306) that would transfer control of rural groundwater management to a “small group of unelected bureaucrats” backed by out-of-state environmental...

Rep. Griffin and Sen. Kerr Chair Water Security Hearing after Sackett v. EPA

September 26, 2023 10:30 amNovember 21, 2024 1:09 pm

On May 25, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court sent shockwaves through the nation by stripping the ability of the EPA to override state control of non-navigable waters by designating wetlands, sub-surface flows, and other small waterways such as overflows as...