SF0179

Official summary

Bill Summary - 25LSO-0765 Bill No.: SF0179 Effective: 7/1/2025 LSO No.: 25LSO-0765 Enrolled Act No.: SEA No. 0038 Chapter No.: 71 Prime Sponsor: Barlow Catch Title: Sage grouse compensatory mitigation-amendments. Has Report: No Subject: Authorizing operator-offered mitigation measures for greater sage-grouse. Summary/Major Elements: The Wyoming Greater Sage Grouse Compensatory Mitigation Act establishes a compensatory mitigation credit system to allow for development while avoiding, minimizing, and mitigating impacts to ensure the long-term sustainability of greater sage-grouse populations and habitats. This act provides that, for purposes of compensatory mitigation of greater sage-grouse habitats, an operator may perform compensatory mitigation measures in a service area that includes the same or reasonably equivalent property in Wyoming to where the impacts occur and receive credit for those measures. The act provides that the operator retains responsibility for the mitigation measures for the entire period of the expected impact and can only delegate the responsibility to a mitigation credit provider if the Board of Land Commissioners approves. The act specifies that no person has the right of eminent domain for compensatory mitigation activities. The act requires the Board of Land Commissioners to promulgate necessary rules to implement the act. The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.