State land lease preference amendments.
HB 61 amends Wyoming's state land leasing rules to give current leaseholders a preferred right to renew their leases. It directly affects individuals or entities holding state land leases who have paid rent on time and not violated lease terms. The bill requires these lessees to meet the highest bid from other qualified applicants, but the bid cannot be below the minimum fair market value (determined by the board) and must not exceed 120% of the previous year's local fair market value. The law takes effect immediately upon becoming law.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 20, 2025
Signed Feb 25, 2025
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What changed between versions
Introduced
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Enrolled
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3 edits
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Feb 25, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from an introduced version to an enrolled version, with the primary substantive change being the correction of a grammatical error in Section 1 regarding lease renewal eligibility. The enrolled version fixes the phrase 'has is not violated currently in violation' to 'has is not violated currently in violation' (which appears to be a minor text cleanup), while maintaining the core policy of allowing current leaseholders to renew leases by matching or exceeding competing bids.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on state land lease renewal preferences for qualified applicants, with no substantive expansion or contraction of applicability.
TECHNICAL
Corrected grammatical error in Section 1 regarding lease renewal eligibility criteria, changing 'has is not violated currently in violation' to a cleaner phrasing while preserving the intent.
Added official enrolled act headers, legislative session information, and certification signatures that were not present in the introduced version.
Removed draft formatting markers and placeholder text that were present in the introduced version but not needed in the final enrolled bill.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House Jan 30, 2025
How they voted
30–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 31
Feb 18, 2025
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican29
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Feb 25, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEA No. 0008
legislature
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-1
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-2-0-0
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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