Wild horse and burro management.
HB 5 requires Wyoming to seek reimbursement from federal agencies for grazing costs of wild horses on state, county, or municipal lands. It establishes a tiered cost calculation method: standard rates for herds within federal management limits, and triple the rate for herds exceeding those limits. The bill authorizes Wyoming to use court orders to compel federal agencies to remove horses from nonfederal lands and creates a $2 million appropriation for state-led management, including cooperative agreements with tribes (like the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho) and federal agencies. This directly affects state and local landowners, federal land managers, and tribal governments by shifting grazing cost responsibility and enabling state-led management efforts.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Feb 15, 2022
Signed Mar 17, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 9, 2022 · House Feb 28, 2022
How they voted
30–0
Passed
Total votes 30
Mar 9, 2022
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican28
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Mar 17, 2022
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEA No. 0045
legislature
Mar 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
H Concur:Passed 49-10-1-0-0
lower
Mar 9, 2022
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0
upper
Mar 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Mar 4, 2022
Upper · Passed
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Committee
:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Mar 1, 2022
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture
upper
Feb 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-2-1-0-0
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Committee
:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 58-2-0-0-0
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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