# Wyoming HB 78: AN ACT relating to state forestry; creating the forest health grant program; specifying duties of the state forester; creating an account; requiring the attorney general to approve grants; requiring reports; creating an account; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Wyoming HB 78, AN ACT relating to state forestry; creating the forest health grant program; specifying duties of the state forester; creating an account; requiring the attorney general to approve grants; requiring reports; creating an account; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date., is a 2026 Budget Session House bill sponsored by null Water; status signed, last action 2026-03-07 (Assigned Chapter Number 99) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Wyoming HB 78
- State: Wyoming
- Session: 2026 Budget Session
- Title: AN ACT relating to state forestry; creating the forest health grant program; specifying duties of the state forester; creating an account; requiring the attorney general to approve grants; requiring reports; creating an account; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-02-02
- Last action: 2026-03-07, Assigned Chapter Number 99
- Sponsor: null Water
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 10 (285 yes, 33 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New forest grants for Wyoming organizations: benefit, low. Wyoming creates a forest health grant program with $3.5 million from the general fund for grants and program costs. Only nonprofits and government organizations can receive grants, not households directly. Projects can take place on state, federal, local government, or private land and must serve t…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: null Water

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-06 | House | H Adopted HB0078JC001: 52-0-9-1-0 | pass | 52 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-06 | Senate | S Adopted HB0078JC001: 29-0-2-0-0 | pass | 29 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-04 | House | H Concur:Failed 26-33-3-0-0 | fail | 26 | 33 |   |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-1-0-0 | pass | 30 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-24 | Senate | S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-21 | House | H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0 | pass | 61 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | House | H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-10 | House | H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-09 | House | H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 62-0-0-0-0 | pass | 62 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- Enrolled: [PDF](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Enroll/HB0078.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Introduced/HB0078.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Enroll/HB0078.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Introduced/HB0078.pdf)

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- [SF 81: AN ACT relating to K-12 public school finance; implementing the 2025 cost of ed…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF81-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-HB78-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).