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HB 97 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

Property conveyances near critical infrastructure.

HB 97 requires county clerks to report all real estate transactions (including sales, leases, and mineral rights) within 5 miles of designated critical infrastructure zones to homeland security agencies. This affects property buyers/sellers in those areas and county clerks who must submit these reports. The law enables investigations to determine if such transactions involve foreign adversaries (as defined by federal regulations) or threaten national/state security. It repeals prior requirements for counties to maintain lists of critical infrastructure zones. The bill takes effect July 1, 2025.
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
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Signed Feb 27, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 6 edits · Feb 27, 2025
MODERATE
This bill modifies Wyoming's homeland security laws to improve how property transfers near critical infrastructure are monitored. It clarifies reporting requirements for county clerks, expands investigation powers for security threats, and adds new definitions for critical infrastructure zones. The changes aim to enhance national security by allowing better tracking of property transactions in sensitive areas.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of investigations to include property transfers within five miles of critical infrastructure zones, up from the previous requirement to only report transfers within designated zones. It also adds new powers for the Office of Homeland Security to access criminal intelligence databases.
REQUIREMENT

County clerks must now report all property transfers within five miles of critical infrastructure zones, not just those within designated zones.

New subsection requiring the Office of Homeland Security to consult with the governor on designating critical infrastructure zones.

ENFORCEMENT

New authority added for the Office of Homeland Security to access and share criminal identification and intelligence information from law enforcement agencies.

DEFINITION

Added new definition for 'real property' to explicitly include surface interests, mineral interests, and pore space interests.

Updated the definition of 'designated country or person' to reference updated federal regulations (15 C.F.R. 791.4(a)).

TIMELINE

Bill becomes effective on July 1, 2025.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2025 · House Feb 5, 2025

How they voted

29–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 31
Feb 24, 2025
D Democratic2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican29
27 Yea 1 Nay 1
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Feb 27, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEA No. 0032
legislature
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
H Concur:Passed 58-0-4-0-0
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-1-0-0
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-2-0-0
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.