HB 93 Wyoming House · 2023 Regular Session

Omnibus water bill-construction.

HB 93 authorizes specific water development projects in Wyoming, including cloud seeding operations to enhance snowpack in the Medicine Bow/Sierra Madre (aerial) and Wind River/Sierra Madre (ground-based) mountain ranges, and infrastructure projects for municipal water supply in Happy Valley and Sheridan. The bill appropriates $825,000 for aerial cloud seeding, $301,000 for ground-based cloud seeding (requiring 63% cost-sharing from other users), and $308,200 for the Happy Valley water transmission project (requiring 33% local funding). It directs funds from water development accounts to these projects with specific budget limits and conditions, such as requiring local cost commitments before operations begin. These projects directly affect Wyoming water users, local districts (like Happy Valley WISD and the City of Sheridan), and the Wyoming Water Development Office. The bill also transfers funds between water development accounts and sets expiration dates for unspent appropriations.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2023
House Passage
Jan 2023
Senate Passage
Feb 2023
Signed into Law
Mar 2023
Introduced Jan 12, 2023 Signed Mar 10, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2023 · House Jan 25, 2023

How they voted

300
Passed
Total votes 30
Feb 14, 2023
D Democratic2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican28
28 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Mar 10, 2023
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEA No. 0092
legislature
Feb 14, 2023
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
upper
Feb 9, 2023
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 9, 2023
Upper · Passed
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-0-2-0-0
upper
Feb 8, 2023
Committee
:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations
upper
Feb 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
upper
Jan 31, 2023
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture
upper
Jan 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 56-5-1-0-0
lower
Jan 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Jan 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
lower
Jan 17, 2023
Committee
:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations
lower
Jan 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
lower
Jan 12, 2023
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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