HB 78 Wyoming 2026 session
Forest health grant program.
This bill establishes the Forest Health Grant Program, administered by the State Forester, to fund projects improving forest health, water quality, wildfire risk reduction, forest product production and wildlife habitat. Specifies that grants can cover up to seventy‑five percent (75%) of project costs on state, local or private lands, and up to 50% on federal lands, with matching funds required. Creates the Forest Health Grant Program Account to fund the program and appropriates funds to the account. Requires the Attorney General to review and approve all grants issued under the program. Comments: Requires the State Forester to annually report to the Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Interim Committee not later than September 1 on all grants awarded under this act including the amounts of the grants and the projects the grants were authorized to fund.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Enacted — last recorded action March 8, 2026
Assigned Chapter Number 99
Recorded votes
HB0078JC001: H Adopted HB0078JC001: 52-0-9-1-0
52 yes · 0 no · pass March 6, 2026
HB0078JC001: S Adopted HB0078JC001: 29-0-2-0-0
29 yes · 0 no · pass March 6, 2026
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
4 yes · 0 no · pass February 25, 2026
Decided by five votes or fewer.
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
5 yes · 0 no · pass February 24, 2026
Decided by five votes or fewer.
Passage likelihood
Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Assigned Chapter Number 99
- Governor Signed HEA No. 0041
- S President Signed HEA No. 0041
- H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0041
- Assigned Number HEA No. 0041
- S Appointed JCC01 Members
- H Appointed JCC01 Members
- H Concur:Failed 26-33-3-0-0
- H Received for Concurrence
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-1-0-0
- S 2nd Reading:Passed
- S COW:Passed
- S Placed on General File
- S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
- :Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations
- S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
- S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture
- S Received for Introduction
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0
- H 2nd Reading:Passed
- H COW:Passed
- H Placed on General File
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
- :Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations
- H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
- H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 62-0-0-0-0
- H Received for Introduction
- Bill Number Assigned