---
type: "Bill"
title: "Underground water contested case hearings."
description: "2022/Summaries/HB0136.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 136"
citation: "Wyoming HB 136 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eklund"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-15T23:31:40+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-21T14:23:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0141c16-4ebf-46a1-a0ed-defbe7238eb3"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2022/HB0136"
source_hash: "b264fa3a1e70e3e1a5b7d09726f99d71bd4b45229d301a85419e1d57fc85f073"
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 136 (2022) — Underground water contested case hearings.

2022/Summaries/HB0136.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/HB0136.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0136H3001 (3rd reading) - Representative Laursen (Withdrawn)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2022/Amends/HB0136H3001.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2022/Enroll/HB0136.pdf)

## Votes

- H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 60-0-0-0-0 — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 41-16-3-0-0 — **41–16** (pass) · lower
- H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 6-2-1-0-0 — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eklund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-21T14:23:18+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 104
- **2022-03-21T14:23:07+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0039 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-09T17:38:05+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0039
- **2022-03-09T17:24:51+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0039
- **2022-03-08T21:04:29+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0039
- **2022-03-08T18:25:51+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T19:13:53+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T22:03:18+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2022-03-04T18:19:04+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2022-03-04T18:18:55+00:00** S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02T17:23:25+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T16:11:21+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2022-03-02T00:53:25+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 41-16-3-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-28T19:23:36+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25T17:52:57+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2022-02-25T02:03:03+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2022-02-25T02:02:54+00:00** H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 6-2-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18T17:44:21+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 60-0-0-0-0 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T15:58:33+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-15T23:31:40+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/e0141c16-4ebf-46a1-a0ed-defbe7238eb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).