---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disposition of water rights."
description: "2022/Summaries/HB0002.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Wyoming HB 2 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-09T18:06:35+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-22T19:37:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4112ec1-c31e-464a-a4ae-25906c99190f"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2022/HB0002"
source_hash: "3d3cafdc8a5a9538d4a3056f5d8e8deafdd04173b189e6372764be760e29d7ec"
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 (2022) — Disposition of water rights.

2022/Summaries/HB0002.pdf

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2022/Introduced/HB0002.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0002H3001 (3rd reading) - Representative Laursen (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2022/Amends/HB0002H3001.pdf)
3. **Amendment HB0002HW001 (Committee of the Whole) - Representative Simpson (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2022/Amends/HB0002HW001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2022/Enroll/HB0002.pdf)

## Votes

- S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 59-0-1-0-0 — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-0-1-0-0 — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-2-0-0-0 — **28–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Water — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-22T19:37:03+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 107
- **2022-03-22T19:36:51+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0044 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-10T18:52:56+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0044
- **2022-03-10T17:37:29+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0044
- **2022-03-10T00:28:05+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0044
- **2022-03-09T23:24:19+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-2-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T17:55:35+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07T22:31:09+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2022-03-04T18:16:49+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2022-03-04T18:16:32+00:00** S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25T00:33:48+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T21:38:06+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-24T17:38:13+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-0-1-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T17:32:58+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23T00:04:56+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2022-02-18T23:15:09+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2022-02-18T23:15:01+00:00** H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15T00:28:23+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 59-0-1-0-0 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11T18:28:16+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2021-12-09T18:06:35+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/f4112ec1-c31e-464a-a4ae-25906c99190f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).