---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oil and gas tax-new production."
description: "2020/Summaries/HB0243.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 243"
citation: "Wyoming HB 243 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burkhart"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-02-12T21:03:08+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-26T21:45:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b70dc21-a824-4391-baf4-f70ad6f05585"
source_url: "http://lso.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2020/HB0243"
source_hash: "b90305dac8049c568e3397cdf0f5513f85bcdc6c17077dc715979f92b320fe17"
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 243 (2020) — Oil and gas tax-new production.

2020/Summaries/HB0243.pdf

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Introduced/HB0243.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0243H3001 (3rd reading) - Representative Burkhart (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Amends/HB0243H3001.pdf)
3. **Amendment HB0243HS001 (Standing Committee) - House Appropriations Committee (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Amends/HB0243HS001.pdf)
4. **Amendment HB0243JC001 (Conference Committee)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Amends/HB0243JC001.pdf)
5. **Amendment HB0243JC002 (Conference Committee)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Amends/HB0243JC002.pdf)
6. **Amendment HB0243S2001 (2nd reading) - Senator Bebout (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Amends/HB0243S2001.pdf)
7. **Amendment HB0243SW001 (Committee of the Whole) - Senator Anderson (Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Amends/HB0243SW001.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Enroll/HB0243.pdf)

## Votes

- H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations 48-9-3-0-0 — **48–9** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 21-8-1-0-0 — **21–8** (pass) · upper
- HB0243JC002: H Adopted HB0243JC002: 39-16-5-0-0 — **39–16** (pass) · lower
- HB0243JC002: S Adopted HB0243JC002: 21-6-3-0-0 — **21–6** (pass) · upper
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-2-0-0-0 — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 40-17-3-0-0 — **40–17** (pass) · lower
- H Concur:Failed 15-44-1-0-0 — **15–44** (fail) · lower
- HB0243JC001: H Did Not Adopt HB0243JC001: 25-25-10-0-0 — **25–25** (fail) · lower
- S09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 3-1-1-0-0 — **3–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burkhart — primary (person)
- Harshman — cosponsor (person)
- Sommers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-26T21:45:19+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 155
- **2020-03-26T21:45:02+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0097 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-13T03:36:13+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0097
- **2020-03-13T03:19:42+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0097
- **2020-03-13T03:16:43+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0097
- **2020-03-12T23:50:12+00:00** Pursuant to JR 2-1(c):S Appointed JCC02 Members
- **2020-03-12T20:32:58+00:00** Pursuant to JR 2-1(c): H Appointed JCC02 Members
- **2020-03-12T15:39:41+00:00** S Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2020-03-12T00:05:28+00:00** H Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2020-03-11T21:15:41+00:00** H Concur:Failed 15-44-1-0-0
- **2020-03-11T14:54:36+00:00** H Received for Concurrence
- **2020-03-10T21:11:19+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 21-8-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-09T18:08:26+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06T20:52:34+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2020-03-05T19:25:53+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2020-03-05T19:25:38+00:00** S09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 3-1-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-02T18:21:33+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02T16:33:48+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-28T21:46:26+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 40-17-3-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-28T02:27:58+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Laid Back
- **2020-02-26T23:51:32+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25T21:42:25+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2020-02-20T18:06:41+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2020-02-20T18:06:31+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-2-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-15T00:06:48+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations 48-9-3-0-0 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13T00:38:49+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-12T21:03:08+00:00** Bill Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b70dc21-a824-4391-baf4-f70ad6f05585`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).