---
type: "Bill"
title: "State land oil and gas leases-operator requirement."
description: "2024/Summaries/HB0141.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 141"
citation: "Wyoming HB 141 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Western"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-10T01:53:33+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-08T20:33:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6942656b-9343-4648-a167-eeb94e902303"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2024/HB0141"
source_hash: "3e4ef97f9db91956a1c4e52d0eb76c4b85efe9b10b337305e0028f7a6d77c181"
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 141 (2024) — State land oil and gas leases-operator requirement.

2024/Summaries/HB0141.pdf

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2024/Introduced/HB0141.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2024/Enroll/HB0141.pdf)

## Votes

- H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-1-0-0-0 — **61–1** (pass) · lower
- H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-3-3-0-0 — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals 55-6-1-0-0 — **55–6** (pass) · lower
- S09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Western — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Banks — cosponsor (person)
- Boner — cosponsor (person)
- Burkhart — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Ellis — cosponsor (person)
- Henderson — cosponsor (person)
- Walters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-08T20:33:54+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 64 `became-law`
- **2024-03-08T20:33:38+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0034 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-05T17:17:02+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0034
- **2024-03-05T01:01:27+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0034
- **2024-03-04T23:36:39+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0034
- **2024-03-04T22:09:31+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-3-3-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01T16:26:27+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29T18:40:10+00:00** S COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28T23:14:24+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2024-02-28T23:14:11+00:00** S09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-24T01:18:39+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23T21:17:28+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-23T20:28:28+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-1-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-23T01:02:47+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21T18:28:08+00:00** H COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19T17:26:54+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2024-02-19T17:26:46+00:00** H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14T22:36:29+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals 55-6-1-0-0 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T15:51:16+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-10T01:53:33+00:00** Bill Number Assigned `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6942656b-9343-4648-a167-eeb94e902303`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).