Reversion of funds-emergency fire suppression account.
HB 49 requires that any unspent or uncommitted general funds allocated to Wyoming's Division of Forestry at the end of a two-year budget cycle (biennium) must automatically transfer to the state's Emergency Fire Suppression Account. This directly affects the Division of Forestry's budget management, ensuring unused funds are redirected to wildfire response efforts rather than remaining in the forestry account. The bill amends state law to mandate this reversion process, overriding previous provisions about fund handling. It became effective July 1, 2019, creating a concrete policy change for state fund allocation.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Feb 2019
Introduced Jan 9, 2019
Signed Feb 26, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 8, 2019 · House Jan 29, 2019
How they voted
21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Feb 8, 2019
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Feb 26, 2019
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEA No. 0060
legislature
Feb 8, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (21-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Jan 30, 2019
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture
upper
Jan 29, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (22-0)
house
Jan 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Jan 23, 2019
Lower · Passed
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Committee
H COW:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations
lower
Jan 17, 2019
Lower · Passed
H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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