KEY LEGISLATION FROM THE 2019 WYOMING STATE LEGISLATURE
To find all 2019 legislation, including those listed below, visit the Wyoming Legislature’s website.
For past year’s bills: 2016, 2017, 2018
BILLS WE SUPPORTED:
HB 1, General government appropriations (Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee) PASSED
HB 2, Regulation of hunting methods (Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee) PASSED
HB 12, Shed antlers and horns (Sponsor: Rep. Sommers) DIED in Senate (but is largely covered in HB 38)
HB 26, Limited mining operations — amendments (Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee) PASSED
HB 28, Regulation of shed antler and big game horn collection (Sponsor: Rep. Haley) PASSED
HB 32, EQC amendments (Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee) PASSED
HB 99, Wyoming public lands day (Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz) PASSED
HB 228, Highway and wildlife safety studies and improvements (Sponsor: Rep. Crank) DIED in Senate (but is an interim study topic)
HB 231, Net metering amendments (Sponsor: Rep. Yin) DIED in Senate (but is an interim study topic)
HB 305, Land access study (Sponsor: Rep. Roscoe) DIED
SF 29, Cease and transfer priority list (Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee) PASSED
SF 57, Public records (Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee) PASSED
SF 77, 2019 large project funding (Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust Funding) PASSED
SF 118, Tax liability mineral production (Sponsor: Sen. Driskill) PASSED
SF 121, Municipal solid waste cease and transfer appropriation (Appropriations Committee) PASSED
SF 162, State funded capital projects (Appropriations Committee) DIED
SJ 01, State-federal school trust lands exchange (Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee) DIED in House
Budget amendment to increase WWNRT Fund by $5 million (Budget bill) PASSED
BILLS WE OPPOSEd:
HB 10, Crimes against critical infrastructure (Sponsor: Rep. Larsen) DIED
HB 50, Legislative review of state land transfers (Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee) DIED
HB 51, Lawful fence standards county preemption (Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee) DIED
HB 139, Uranium taxation rates (Sponsor: Rep. Burkhart) DIED
HB 167, Severance tax on coal (Sponsor: Rep. Hallinan) DIED
HB 194, School trust land studies (Sponsor: Rep. Harshman) DIED
HB 248, Sage-grouse game bird farms — extension (Sponsor: Rep. Harshman) DIED
SF 134, Severance tax — exemption (Sponsor: Sen. Perkins) DIED
SF 145, State trust land revenues (Sponsor: Sen. Hicks) DIED
SF 148, Federal facilities seizure (Sponsor: Sen. Scott) DIED
BILLS WE TRACKED:
HB 54, Federal natural resource policy account — amendments (Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee) PASSED (Amended)
HB 96,Wind energy production tax (Sponsor: Rep. Clem) DIED
HB 142, Wildlife and natural resources trust account — board duties (Sponsor: Rep. Paxton) PASSED
HB 166, Electric vehicle fees (Sponsor: Rep. Brown) PASSED (Amended)
HB 217, Wyoming camping act (Sponsor: Rep. Gray) DIED
HB 239, Wind energy production tax rate (Sponsor: Rep. Loucks) DIED
HB 241, Wind energy production tax — repeal (Sponsor: Rep. Loucks) DIED
HB 261, Application for permit to drill (Sponsor: Rep. Ekland) DIED (potentially an interim study topic)
HB 272, Oil and gas flaring waste (Sponsor: Rep. Burkhart) DIED
HB 285, Eminent domain in wind energy collector systems (Sponsor: Rep. Henderson) DIED
SF 13, Eminent domain — wind energy collection systems (Sponsor: Sen. Case) DIED
SF 87, Temporary instream flow use (Sponsor: Sen. Case) DIED
SF 159, New opportunities for Wyoming coal fired generation (Sponsor: Sen. Dockstader) PASSED (Amended)