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Introduced
01/15/2025
01/15/2025
In Committee
02/27/2025
02/27/2025
Crossed Over
02/03/2025
02/03/2025
Passed
03/04/2025
03/04/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
03/12/2025
03/12/2025
Introduced Session
2025 General Session
Bill Summary
AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses and state lands; creating a misdemeanor offense for injury to petroglyphs, pictographs and historic inscriptions; providing penalties; requiring the surveying of petroglyphs and pictographs on state lands; providing an appropriation; and providing for effective dates.
AI Summary
This bill creates stronger legal protections for petroglyphs, pictographs, and historic inscriptions on state lands in Wyoming. Specifically, the bill establishes a new misdemeanor offense for anyone who damages, defaces, marks, removes, or otherwise harms these cultural artifacts without consent from the state board of land commissioners. The penalty for such an offense is a fine of up to $750, up to six months in jail, or both. Additionally, the bill authorizes the department of state parks and cultural resources to conduct surveys and document known petroglyphs and pictographs on state, school, and institutional lands, with a strict provision that private lands can only be accessed with the landowner's explicit permission. The legislation aims to preserve important archaeological and historical sites by creating clear legal consequences for their intentional destruction or alteration, while also supporting systematic documentation of these cultural resources across Wyoming's public lands.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Business and Industry
Sponsors (0)
No sponsors listed
Other Sponsors (1)
Tribal Relations
Last Action
Assigned Chapter Number 131 (on 03/12/2025)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/SF0091 |
| Analysis - Summary as Passed | https://www.wyoleg.gov/2025/Summaries/SF0091.pdf |
| BillText | https://www.wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/SF0091.pdf |
| Representative Allemand | https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/SF0091H2002.pdf |
| Representative Larsen, L | https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/SF0091H2001.pdf |
| House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Re | https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/SF0091HS001.pdf |
| BillText | https://www.wyoleg.gov/2025/Engross/SF0091.pdf |
| Senator Rothfuss | https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/SF0091S2001.pdf |
| Senator Boner | https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/SF0091SW001.02.pdf |
| Senator Boner | https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/SF0091SW001.01.pdf |
| Senator Boner | https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/SF0091SW001.pdf |
| Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural R | https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/SF0091SS001.pdf |
| BillText | https://www.wyoleg.gov/2025/Introduced/SF0091.pdf |
| Fiscal Note | https://www.wyoleg.gov/2025/Fiscal/SF0091.pdf |
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