HB 192 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

Public utilities-wildfire mitigation and liability limits.

HB 192 requires Wyoming electric utilities (excluding city or town-owned systems) to create and submit detailed wildfire mitigation plans to the Public Service Commission. These plans must cover risk areas, infrastructure inspections, vegetation management, facility upgrades, de-energization procedures, community outreach, and cost estimates for regulated utilities. The Commission must review and approve plans within 120 days, and utilities must update plans every five years with annual compliance reports. The bill also allows regulated utilities to seek cost recovery for approved mitigation measures, though plan approval does not automatically grant this right.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Signed Mar 6, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Enrolled · 4 edits · Mar 6, 2025
MODERATE
The bill was enrolled and finalized after passing both houses of the Wyoming legislature. The enrolled version includes minor formatting changes and reorganizes some sections for clarity, but the core policy content remains substantially the same as the introduced version.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on requiring electric utilities to prepare wildfire mitigation plans, with no changes to applicability or eligibility criteria.
TECHNICAL

Header information was updated to reflect the enrolled act number (58) and session details (68th Legislature, 2025 General Session).

Section numbering and layout were adjusted for final publication, with some subsections reorganized for better readability.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new subsection (b) to Section 37-3-403 requiring utilities to provide direct notice to conservation districts, municipalities, and counties within five business days after submitting a wildfire mitigation plan.

DEFINITION

Minor formatting adjustments to definition sections without substantive changes to the legal definitions.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2025 · House Feb 12, 2025

How they voted

290
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 31
Feb 28, 2025
D Democratic2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican29
27 Yea 2
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Mar 6, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEA No. 0058
legislature
Mar 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
H Concur:Passed 57-0-5-0-0
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-1
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
S07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 52-8-2-0-0
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors

Sponsors