SF 179 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

Sage grouse compensatory mitigation-amendments.

Wyoming's SF 179 modifies rules for compensatory mitigation related to greater sage-grouse habitat. It allows operators (like energy or development companies) to use their own mitigation measures on equivalent lands within Wyoming instead of purchasing credits, requiring them to maintain responsibility for these measures throughout the impact period. The bill prohibits using eminent domain for mitigation activities and mandates the Board of Land Commissioners to create implementing rules. This law, effective July 1, 2025, directly affects businesses with land impacts in sage-grouse habitat areas.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Signed Feb 28, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Enrolled · 3 edits · Feb 28, 2025
MINOR
This bill was finalized and enrolled as Act No. 38, moving from draft to official state law. The substantive policy content remains unchanged from the introduced version, maintaining provisions for sage grouse habitat mitigation, operator-offered credits, and prohibitions on eminent domain for mitigation activities.
TECHNICAL

Header information was updated to reflect final enrollment status, including Act number 38, Senate designation, and legislative session details (Sixty-Eighth Legislature, 2025 General Session).

Page numbering and formatting were adjusted to match enrolled bill standards, with page headers and footers reorganized for official publication.

Signatures and certification blocks were added at the end, including spaces for the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, Governor, Chief Clerk, and approval dates.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2025 · House Feb 25, 2025

How they voted

300
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 31
Feb 11, 2025
D Democratic2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican29
28 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Feb 28, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed SEA No. 0038
legislature
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
H06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-1-0-0
upper
Feb 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
S09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors