---
type: "Bill"
title: "New opportunities for Wyoming coal fired generation."
description: "2019/Summaries/SF0159.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SF 159"
citation: "Wyoming SF 159 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dockstader"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-24T18:21:29+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-08T22:31:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/479ccff0-ecb9-4e41-aa25-8c81b238fcf1"
source_url: "http://lso.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2019/SF0159"
source_hash: "2f18a0e68e12ef471ce672d07bbb1a8f9913f98def893affdd1cabf7f5348a3d"
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 SF 159 (2019) — New opportunities for Wyoming coal fired generation.

2019/Summaries/SF0159.pdf

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2019/Introduced/SF0159.pdf)
2. **Amendment SF0159HW001 (Committee of the Whole) - Representative Burlingame (Divided)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2019/Amends/SF0159HW001.pdf)
3. **Amendment SF0159HW001.01 (Committee of the Whole) - Representative Burlingame (Corrected, Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2019/Amends/SF0159HW001.01.pdf)
4. **Amendment SF0159HW001.02 (Committee of the Whole) - Representative Burlingame (Corrected, Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2019/Amends/SF0159HW001.02.pdf)
5. **Amendment SF0159SS001 (Standing Committee) - Senate Minerals, Business and Economic Development (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2019/Amends/SF0159SS001.pdf)
6. **Amendment SF0159SW001 (Committee of the Whole) - Senator Dockstader (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2019/Amends/SF0159SW001.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2019/Enroll/SF0159.pdf)

## Votes

- S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-0-1-0-1 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- S09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 50-8-2-0-0 — **50–8** (pass) · lower
- S Concur:Passed 27-0-2-0-1 — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dockstader — primary (person)
- Barlow — cosponsor (person)
- Bebout — cosponsor (person)
- Crank — cosponsor (person)
- Driskill — cosponsor (person)
- Harshman — cosponsor (person)
- Perkins — cosponsor (person)
- Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- Von Flatern — cosponsor (person)
- Wasserburger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08T22:31:47+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 193
- **2019-03-08T22:31:38+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0074 `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-27T22:24:15+00:00** H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0074
- **2019-02-27T21:46:51+00:00** S President Signed SEA No. 0074
- **2019-02-27T19:53:25+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0074
- **2019-02-27T19:02:58+00:00** S Concur:Passed 27-0-2-0-1
- **2019-02-27T16:32:42+00:00** S Received for Concurrence
- **2019-02-26T23:15:29+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 50-8-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-02-25T22:13:06+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22T22:39:05+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Laid Back
- **2019-02-22T00:11:16+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2019-02-13T18:34:11+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2019-02-13T18:34:02+00:00** H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11T18:05:30+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08T16:24:06+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-06T21:33:47+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-0-1-0-1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-02-05T19:03:47+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04T22:14:51+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2019-02-01T23:20:51+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2019-02-01T23:20:43+00:00** S09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-25T20:35:53+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24T20:57:41+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-24T18:21:29+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/479ccff0-ecb9-4e41-aa25-8c81b238fcf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).