WyomingWyoming grazing lessees may host outside livestock under notice and fee rules
Starting July 1, 2026, Wyoming law lets state grazing lessees host livestock they do not own without director approval, if they give notice and pay a monthly fee.
What it does
State grazing lessees may let livestock they do not own graze without the director’s approval. They must give notice and pay a monthly fee, unless the reported common-ownership exception applies.
Argument forLessees could let livestock they do not own graze without waiting for the director’s approval, if they follow the notice and fee rules.
Argument againstThe monthly fee could make it harder for lessees to arrange grazing by livestock they do not own.
More detail
A state grazing lessee may let livestock they do not own graze on leased state land without the director’s approval. This applies to a state land lessee whose lease allows grazing. The lessee must notify the Board of Land Commissioners on an office form within 30 days after the livestock arrives. The lessee must pay a monthly fee for each animal, set by the board at no more than half the annual animal-unit-month rental rate. Payment is due within 30 days after the livestock leaves. No sublease or livestock fee is required if the lessee tells the Office of State Lands and Investments that the entities holding the lease and owning the livestock have at least 80% common ownership. The law takes effect July 1, 2026. Notice is due within 30 days after the livestock arrives, and payment is due within 30 days after it leaves.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Mar 3Assigned Chapter Number 22Latest
- Mar 3Governor Mark Gordon Signed SEA No. 0011Became Law
- Feb 26H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0011
- Vote recorded S Concur:Passed 29-0-1-0-1. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 26S President Signed SEA No. 0011
- Feb 26Assigned Number SEA No. 0011
- Feb 26S Concur:Passed 29-0-1-0-1
- Feb 25S Received for Concurrence
- Vote recorded H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-2-3-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 25H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-2-3-0-0Passed 2nd Chamber
- Feb 24H 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Feb 23H COW:PassedMinor
- Feb 19H Placed on General File
- Vote recorded H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-2-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 19H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-2-0-0Minor
- Feb 16H Introduced and Referred to H05 - AgricultureMinor
- Feb 13H Received for IntroductionMinor
- Feb 12S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-1Passed 1st Chamber
- Vote recorded S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-1. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 11S 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Feb 10S COW:PassedMinor
- Vote recorded S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 10S Placed on General File
- Feb 10S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0Minor
- Feb 9S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 28-2-0-0-1Minor
- Vote recorded S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 28-2-0-0-1. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 5S Received for IntroductionMinor
- 2025
- Dec 4Bill Number AssignedIntroduced
Agriculture