
The Wyoming Legislature’s 2023 general session ran from Jan. 10 to March 3, and lawmakers confronted a lot of new faces (including 29 new representatives and five new senators), a $913 million budget surplus, and perhaps as many as 700 individual bills. During this 40-day sprint, legislators crafted, debated, and passed legislation can impact Wyoming’s communities, economy, environment, and quality of life for years or generations to come.
You can read our preview of the session here to learn more about how the Outdoor Council was engaged in Cheyenne, as well as how you can get involved and make your voice heard at the Capitol.
CONSERVATION VOTE REPORT
After each session, we publish our Conservation Vote Report, where you can see how your legislators voted on conservation issues and find analysis of the year’s most significant bills.
Here’s a look at the past few years’ reports so you can compare legislative issues and your representative’s votes, year over year.
GET INVOLVED
As in year’s past, whether in person or virtually, the Wyoming Outdoor Council will be here to make sure you have a voice for conservation at the Capitol. Since our founding, we’ve advocated and defended a range of conservation issues at the legislature that matter to Wyomingites, families, and communities, and that protect the Wyoming we love. Read our citizen’s guide below for more tips, tricks and resources for staying engaged during the session, the interim, or anytime in between.
2023 Bill Tracker
This bill tracker was updated weekly during the session to show you what bills we were actively lobbying for or against, as well as bills we were watching but have not yet taken a stance on. It currently shows which bills passed and were signed into law, and which bills died.
BILLS WE SUPPORT
HB0003 State assessment of independent power producers — Died
HB0048 Active transportation and recreation grant program — Died
HB0074 Outdoor recreation trust fund — Passed, now law
HB0147 Unlawful trespass signage-taking of wildlife — Passed, now law
HB0170 Public funds-reserves and funding policy — Died
HB0193 Carbon capture energy standards-repeal — Died
SF0028 Livestock infectious disease control-tribal inclusion — Passed, now law
SF0029 Brucellosis management updates — Passed, now law
SF0031 Adjacent land resource data trespass-repeal — Passed, now law
SF0058 Sutton archaeological site administration — Passed, now law
SF0087 Natural resource funding – large project threshold increase — Passed, now law
SF0106 2023 Large Project Funding — Passed, now law
BILLS WE OPPOSE
HB0069 Coal-fired facility closures litigation funding-amendments — Passed, now law
HB0126 Trespass – removal of trespasser — Died
HB0163 Mineral royalties-proportional severance tax refunds — Died
HB0210 Financial institution discrimination — Died, laid back for interim study
HB0288 Electrical generation tax and rebate program — Died, laid back for interim study
SF0092 Small customer electrical generation — Died
SF0142 Carbon Capture and Sequestration — Died
SF0159 Stop ESG-Eliminate economic boycott act — Died
SF0172 Stop ESG-State funds fiduciary duty act — Died
SJ0004 Phasing out new electric vehicle sales by 2035 — Died
BILLS WE’RE TRACKING
HB0016 State land leasing-improvements — Passed, now law
HB0020 Land exchanges-priority — Passed, now law
HB0021 State lands-use of land qualification requirements — Passed, now law
HB0022 State land lease deficiencies-cure process — Passed, waiting for the governor
HB0060 Colorado river authority — Died
HB0061 Source material associated with mining-agreement — Passed, now law
HB0072 Sales tax revisions — Died
HB0083 Tribal agreements to hunt and fish — Died
HB0084 Regulation of commercially guided boats — Died
HB0093 Omnibus Water Bill – Construction — Died
HB0106 Eminent domain-wind energy collector systems — Passed, now law
HB0114 Leasing and sale of state lands-amendments — Died
HB0123 Collection of antler or horns by residents and nonresidents — Passed, now law
HB0124 Electricity generation-taxation — Died
HB0133 Electrical installation by licensed electricians — Died
HB0178 State land parcels-event hosting — Died
HB0190 Wyoming value added energy and industrial plan — Died
HB0196 Wyoming infrastructure protection act — Died
HB0213 Energy production inventory exemption — Died
HB0214 General regulatory sandbox program — Died
HB0217 Trophy game animal-change to large carnivore game animal — Died
HB0222 Colorado river advisory committee — — Passed, waiting for the governor
HB0242 Consumer merchandise-packaging regulation prohibitions — Died
HB0255 Game and fish-partners — Died
HB0257 Mine permit and reclamation plan changes-landowner approval — Died
HB0275 Highway maintenance equity-electric vehicle metering — Died
HB0282 Critical infrastructure resiliency — Died
SF0033 Defining aircraft for purposes of hunting prohibitions — Passed, now law
SF0034 Trespass by small unmanned aircraft — Died
SF0056 Prohibiting travel across private land for hunting purposes — Passed, now law
SF0060 Nonresident hunting license application fees — Died
SF0105 Utilities-point of consumption and allocation agreements — Died
SF0107 Acquisition, exchange and sale of trust lands — Died
SF0128 Transfer of state lands-exchange — Passed, now law
SF0140 Building code requirements-refrigerants — Passed, now law
SF0154 Energy authority project financing-refineries — Passed, now law
SF0156 Oil and gas forced pooling-good faith negotiations — Died
SF0157 Weed and pest mitigation-tribal inclusion-2 — Passed, now law
SF0170 Specifying additional beneficial uses of water — Died
SF0180 Corner crossing-trespass exception — Died
SJ0001 Act Of Admissions Amendment Resolution — Died