SF 73 Wyoming House · 2023 Regular Session

Lawful fences.

SF 73 updates Wyoming's fence laws to clarify responsibility when livestock damages property. It increases fines for unlawful wire fences and changes liability from "animals" to "livestock" for damage claims. For subdivisions, it requires adjacent landowners to pay half the cost of perimeter fences (not full cost), while the subdivision covers additional construction expenses. This directly affects ranchers, landowners with fences, and developers building near grazing areas.
Bill status failed 2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Jan 2023
Senate Failed
Jan 2023
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2023 Last action Jan 17, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jan 17, 2023

How they voted

426
Failed
Total votes 30
Jan 17, 2023
D Democratic2
2 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican28
4 Yea 24 Nay
85% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jan 17, 2023
Vote failed
Senate Vote: fail (4-26)
senate
Jan 11, 2023
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Jan 11, 2023
Upper · Passed
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Jan 10, 2023
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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