Online sports wagering amendments.
HB 299 amends Wyoming's gaming laws to allow the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes (on the Wind River Reservation) to operate online sports betting as "qualified gaming entities," directly affecting these tribes. It modifies geolocation requirements by exempting tribal operators from needing to verify a patron's physical location within Wyoming for wagers made on tribal lands. The bill also adds tribes to the definition of eligible operators and specifies that tribal online betting is not subject to the same location restrictions as other operators. The changes take effect July 1, 2025.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2025
Last action Feb 28, 2025
Floor votes · House Feb 10, 2025
How they voted
42–13
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 58
Feb 10, 2025
D
Democratic6
100% Yea
R
Republican52
69% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Feb 28, 2025
Committee
S COW:Failed 12-12-7-0-0
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
S06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 45-14-3-0-0
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
H06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ivan Posey
DDemocratic
Co
Ken Chestek
DDemocratic
Co
Lloyd Larsen
RRepublican
Co
Mike Yin
DDemocratic
Co
Tara Nethercott
RRepublican
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