State Legislation

AN ACT relating to oil and gas; requiring the oil and gas conservation commission to promulgate rules to provide bonding options for oil and gas operators as specified; specifying bonding requirements; requiring reports; specifying uses of the conservation fund; authorizing the imposition of fees; making conforming amendments; and providing for effective dates.

AN ACT relating to education; requiring students at the University of Wyoming and Wyoming community colleges to compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions based on their biological sex; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to banks, banking and finance; providing for the conversion of special purpose depository institutions into state banks; providing for the conversion of state banks into special purpose depository institutions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

AN ACT relating to medical assistance and services; codifying current state criteria for Medicaid eligibility; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

AN ACT relating to state lands; allowing the fencing of state lands and maintenance of fencing as specified; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

AN ACT relating to environmental quality; clarifying the applicability of the property tax exemption for property used to eliminate, control or prevent air, water or land pollution; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

AN ACT relating to charter schools; allocating school district central office nonpersonnel expenses to charter schools as specified; allocating school district central office personnel to charter schools on a proportional basis as specified; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to taxation; establishing a homeowner property tax exemption; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to gaming; limiting the licensed liquor establishments where skill based amusement games may be located; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to education; requiring amateur status for participation in high school athletic activities; specifying requirements for amateur status; providing exceptions; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; authorizing physicians to recommend and perform stem cell therapy on patients as specified; allowing health care insurers to cover stem cell therapy as specified; prohibiting the state board of medicine from taking action against a physician's license due to the use or promotion of stem cell therapy; prohibiting the state of Wyoming from denying patients access to stem cell therapy; providing that no cause of action is created against a person properly performing stem cell therapy; requiring compliance as specified; amending the powers of the Wyoming state board of medicine; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to agriculture, livestock and other animals; providing policies on identification of livestock for disease traceability; specifying that buyers of livestock in receiving states are responsible for the usage of electronic ear tags; requiring the Wyoming livestock board to inform livestock producers of their livestock identification options; providing legislative findings; and providing for an effective date.