---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bark beetle-program funding."
description: "AN ACT relating to state lands; authorizing expenditures for bark beetle mitigation projects; specifying requirements for the expenditure of funds; providing a repeal date; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 26"
citation: "Wyoming HB 26 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-12-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dfa6d14-159b-4c31-a42a-815a634e7b1c"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0026.pdf"
source_hash: "b59ede714c0a1874f4fc4b1354202086bfbc9b2365c4e64b7dcc97a18b09ae8c"
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 26 (2017) — Bark beetle-program funding.

AN ACT relating to state lands; authorizing expenditures for bark beetle mitigation projects; specifying requirements for the expenditure of funds; providing a repeal date; 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/HB0026.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0026.pdf)
3. **HEA0051** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0026.pdf)

## Votes

- H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 22-8-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 38-20-2-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Interim Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-09T07:00:00+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 H05 - Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 38-20-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 22-8-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0051
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0051
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0051
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0051 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+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/3dfa6d14-159b-4c31-a42a-815a634e7b1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).