Liquor licenses-airport exemption.
HB 55 exempts airports in Wyoming counties outside incorporated cities or towns from a rule limiting retail liquor licenses within five miles of city limits. Normally, such counties could issue no more than three retail liquor licenses in that 5-mile zone, but airports are now allowed to operate liquor sales without counting toward that cap. The bill directly affects airports seeking liquor licenses in rural or unincorporated areas, removing a barrier to serving alcohol on-site. It became effective July 1, 2022, and makes no other changes to liquor licensing rules.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Feb 16, 2022
Signed Mar 15, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 7, 2022 · House Feb 28, 2022
How they voted
23–1
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 30
Mar 7, 2022
D
Democratic2
50% Yea
R
Republican28
78% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
2
Mar 15, 2022
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEA No. 0038
legislature
Mar 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
H Concur:Passed 44-14-2-0-0
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 23-1-2-0-4
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
S07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-0-0-1
upper
Mar 1, 2022
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations
upper
Feb 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 44-15-1-0-0
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
H07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0
lower
Feb 16, 2022
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations 41-18-1-0-0
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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