---
type: "Bill"
title: "Storage tanks."
description: "AN ACT relating to storage tanks; providing licensure requirements for tank operators, installers and testers; providing closure requirements for temporarily out of use tanks; modifying provisions related to financial assurance coverage; clarifying provisions related to tank fees; providing replacement requirements for specified piping; requiring interstitial monitoring for the lifetime of specified tanks and piping; requiring automatic fuel shutoffs as specified; amending definitions; conforming provisions; providing rulemaking authority; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Wyoming HB 2 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-11-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7185c83-e345-4c1d-8241-787456c91f87"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0002.pdf"
source_hash: "769ec72c7d7fa1b3e8bc8d5f5a7e4802113e386226112c460070ded01fa15321"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wy"]
---

# Wyoming HB 2 (2017) — Storage tanks.

AN ACT relating to storage tanks; providing licensure requirements for tank operators, installers and testers; providing closure requirements for temporarily out of use tanks; modifying provisions related to financial assurance coverage; clarifying provisions related to tank fees; providing replacement requirements for specified piping; requiring interstitial monitoring for the lifetime of specified tanks and piping; requiring automatic fuel shutoffs as specified; amending definitions; conforming provisions; providing rulemaking authority; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Introduced/HB0002.pdf)
2. **HEA0026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0002.pdf)

## Votes

- S09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-2-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Joint Minerals, Business & Economic Development Interim Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-11-30T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** S09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0026
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0026
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0026
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0026 `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7185c83-e345-4c1d-8241-787456c91f87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).