WyomingWyoming law directs trust money to six habitat projects
Wyoming law authorizes grants from a wildlife trust account for six projects that restore streams and habitats or remove invasive grasses.
What it does
The law authorizes grants from the wildlife trust income account for six projects that restore streams and habitats or remove invasive grasses. Recipients must meet a state certification requirement.
Any money appropriated for the projects that remains unspent and uncommitted returns to the wildlife trust income account on June 30, 2030.
Argument forThe grants could help restore streams and habitats, control invasive grasses, and protect fish, wildlife, and ranch lands.
Argument againstFunding these projects could leave less money in the trust income account for other wildlife and natural resource needs.
More detail
The law authorizes grants for six wildlife and natural resource projects. The projects are Upper Greybull Fish Passage III, Baggs Valley Headwaters V, Absaroka Front Cheatgrass, Cody Canal Fish Screen, North Platte Cheatgrass, and Western Wyoming Cheatgrass. Grant funding is subject to each recipient's certification under state law. The act took effect when all required steps for it to become law were complete.
Unspent and uncommitted money appropriated under this act returns to the income account. This applies to money appropriated under this act for the six projects. Remaining funds return on June 30, 2030.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Feb 27Assigned Chapter Number 17Latest
- Feb 27Governor Mark Gordon Signed SEA No. 0016Became Law
- Feb 26H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0016
- Vote recorded H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-1-2-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 26S President Signed SEA No. 0016
- Feb 26Assigned Number SEA No. 0016
- Feb 26H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-1-2-0-0Passed 2nd Chamber
- Feb 25H 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Feb 24H COW:PassedMinor
- Feb 20H Placed on General File
- Vote recorded H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 20H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0Minor
- Feb 19H Introduced and Referred to H02 - AppropriationsMinor
- Feb 18H Received for IntroductionMinor
- Vote recorded S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-3-1-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 18S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-3-1-0-0Passed 1st Chamber
- Feb 17S 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Feb 16S COW:PassedMinor
- Feb 12S Placed on General File
- Vote recorded S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0Minor
- Feb 10:Rerefer to S02 - AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 10S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0Minor
- Feb 9S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel 28-3-0-0-0Minor
- Vote recorded S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel 28-3-0-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29S Received for IntroductionMinor
- Jan 21Bill Number AssignedIntroduced
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