Prescriptive easements for electricity delivery.
This bill creates a legal right for electric utilities to maintain existing power lines installed before 2006 across private land, without requiring written agreements. It directly affects landowners with pre-2006 lines and utilities that historically relied on informal neighborly cooperation for rural electrification. Key provisions require lines to be visibly installed, continuously used, and limit easements to 30 feet wide, while preventing utilities from expanding rights beyond original historic use. The law protects landowners from unreasonable utility burdens and ensures existing informal arrangements receive legal recognition.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Mar 2026
Introduced Feb 12, 2026
Signed Mar 8, 2026
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Enrolled
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Mar 8, 2026
MINOR
The bill was finalized and enrolled for the Governor's signature, retaining the core policy of establishing prescriptive easements for electric utilities in Wyoming. The text remains substantively identical to the introduced version, ensuring that utilities can legally maintain historical power lines on private land without new written agreements, provided specific conditions like continuous use since 2006 are met.
Scope change
The scope of the bill remains unchanged; it applies to electric utilities in Wyoming seeking to maintain existing distribution lines on private property based on historical usage.
TECHNICAL
The document format was updated from an introduced draft to the official enrolled version, including the addition of the enrolled act number, legislature session details, and certification signatures, while the legislative text itself saw no substantive policy modifications.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2026 · House Mar 5, 2026
How they voted
29–2
Passed
Total votes 31
Feb 24, 2026
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican29
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Mar 8, 2026
Signed into law
Governor Signed SEA No. 0063
legislature
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
S Concur:Passed 28-3-0-0-0
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 47-14-1-0-0
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-2-0-0
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0
upper
Feb 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 23-8-0-0-0
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
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