HB 117 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

Omnibus water bill-construction.

HB 117 authorizes state funding for specific water development projects in Wyoming, directly affecting regional water districts and the state's water development office. It allocates $405,000 for the Big Horn Regional JPB South Transmission Project (to provide municipal/rural water supply), $875,000 for aerial cloud seeding in the Medicine Bow/Sierra Madre ranges, and $322,143 for ground-based cloud seeding in the Wind River/Sierra Madre ranges. The bill provides grants from Water Development Account I, requires project sponsors to cover 50% of costs for the Big Horn project and 63% of operational costs for cloud seeding from other sources, and sets expiration dates for unspent funds. These provisions aim to enhance water infrastructure and snowpack augmentation through targeted state funding and cost-sharing agreements.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 24, 2025 Signed Mar 5, 2025

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Enrolled → Chaptered Law with Final Veto Actions · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended after the Governor's veto to restore deleted project details and funding provisions. Key changes include reinserting budget amounts, grant allocations, and special conditions for multiple water infrastructure projects that were previously removed.

FISCAL

Restored specific budget amounts and grant allocations for the Big Horn Regional JPB South Transmission Project, including the $810,000 total budget and $405,000 state grant.

Reinserted the requirement that unexpended funds from the Big Horn project revert to the water development account on July 1, 2030.

Added budget and grant details for the Hoback Junction Public Water System project, including a $548,900 total budget.

REQUIREMENT

Restored the special condition requiring sponsors to acquire 50% of total project budgets from non-state sources for multiple projects.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting adjustments to section numbering and spacing throughout the document.

Introduced → Enrolled · 8 edits · Mar 4, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was transitioned from its introduced draft to its final enrolled version, incorporating several substantive changes to water development projects. The most significant changes include renaming a cloud seeding project from Medicine Bow/Sierra Madre to Wind River/Sierra Madre, adding a new Hoback Junction Public Water System project, and modifying the SAWS JPB Upper Road Transmission Main project to include construction rather than just design. Funding amounts were adjusted for multiple projects, with the Hoback Junction project receiving $274,450 in grants and the SAWS project receiving $2,206,750 in grants. Several projects now require sponsors to secure 50% of their budget from other sources, while the Wind River cloud seeding project requires 100% of operational costs to be secured from other parties before beginning work.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include a new Hoback Junction Public Water System project and modified the scope of existing cloud seeding projects to different geographic areas. The SAWS JPB project scope was expanded to include construction activities beyond just design.

SCOPE

Added a new Hoback Junction Public Water System 2025 project for rural domestic water supply with $548,900 total budget and $274,450 state grant

Changed cloud seeding project location from Medicine Bow/Sierra Madre to Wind River/Sierra Madre mountain ranges

Expanded SAWS JPB Upper Road Transmission Main Phase I project to include construction of pipelines and structures, not just design

REQUIREMENT

Modified Wind River cloud seeding project special conditions to require 100% of operational costs secured from other parties before operations begin

Added requirement for SAWS JPB sponsor to acquire 50% of total project budget from other sources

FISCAL

Adjusted SAWS JPB project grant from $875,000 appropriation to $2,206,750 grant with $4,413,500 total budget

Modified Big Horn Regional JPB South Transmission Project grant amount to $405,000 from $875,000

TIMELINE

Updated fund reversion dates for several projects from July 1, 2027 to July 1, 2030

Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2025 · House Feb 12, 2025

How they voted

29–2

Passed

Total votes 31

Feb 28, 2025

D Democratic2

2 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican29

27 Yea 2 Nay

93% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 5, 2025

Vetoed

Governor Line-Item Vetoed HEA No. 0056

legislature

Mar 5, 2025

Vetoed

Veto Message Received

legislature

Mar 4, 2025

Signed into law

Governor Signed HEA No. 0056

legislature

Feb 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

H Concur:Passed 34-26-2-0-0

lower

Feb 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0

upper

Feb 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

S COW:Passed

upper

Feb 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Committee

:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Introduced

S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-2-2-0-0

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

H COW:Passed

lower

Feb 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

lower

Jan 24, 2025

Introduced

H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture

lower

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