Bill > HB2452

This bill amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 11-804 to update county comprehensive plans, which are long-term strategies for development. Specifically, it requires that these plans include provisions for electric power production and demand, including considerations for small modular reactors (a type of smaller, factory-built nuclear reactor) and data centers, and mandates that counties designate land suitable for their construction and operation. The bill also adds "energy" and "mining" as categories for land use planning and removes a previous requirement for policies on greater use of renewable energy, instead focusing on designating land for thermal and nonthermal electric generating units, including small modular reactors. Counties with over 125,000 residents will need to amend their comprehensive plans to comply with these changes within two years of the bill's effective date.