HB0070 • 2017

Occupational safety and health administration actions.

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; recognizing limitations on the regulatory authority of the occupational safety and health administration; providing legislative findings in relation to those limitations; specifying the policy of the state in regard to actions of the occupational safety and health administration; authorizing intervention by the attorney general to protect the interests of the state as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Fed Nat Res
Last action: 2017-03-06
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 3/1/2017

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2017-03-06 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0036
2017-03-06 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2017-02-21 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0036
2017-02-21 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0036
2017-02-16 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0036
2017-02-16 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-0-2-0-0
2017-02-15 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-02-14 Senate
S COW:Passed
2017-02-13 Senate
S Placed on General File
2017-02-13 Senate
S10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2017-01-31 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor
2017-01-23 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2017-01-23 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 56-3-1-0-0
2017-01-20 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-01-19 House
H COW:Passed
2017-01-18 House
H Placed on General File
2017-01-18 House
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
2017-01-16 House
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals
2017-01-09 House
H Received for Introduction
2016-12-28 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
HB0070
Effective
:
Immediately

LSO No.:
17LSO-0117

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0036

Chapter No.:
[Chapter Number_RO]

Prime Sponsor:
Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee

Catch Title:
Occupational safety and health administration actions.

Subject:
Actions of the f
ederal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
.

Summary/Major Elements:

This
act
recognizes limitations on the regulatory authority of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and makes relate
d legislative findings.

The act
also asserts the Wyoming Attorney General's authority to challenge OSHA actions when appropriate.

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
.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0070

ENROLLED ACT NO. 36,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2017 General Session

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section
1
.

W.S. 9
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14
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102
(
a) by creating a new paragraph (iv), by amending and renumbering (iv) as (v), (b) and (c)

is amended to read:

9
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14
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102
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Unauthorized federal agency actions.

(a)

The legislature finds:

(iv)

The
federal occupational safety and health administration has
expanded
its
regulation of
highly hazardous chemicals on questionable authority;

(iv)
(v)

When rulemaking and other actions of the federal environmental protection agency
or
the federal occupational safety and health administration
rest on questionable congressional authority the state is authorized to protect its interests and the interests of its citizens and should challenge those actions, including unlawful rulemaking.

(b)

The legislature declares it is the state's policy to vigorously defend its interests and those of its
citizens against rulemaking and other actions of the federal environmental protection agency
or
the federal occupational safety and health administration
which are not authorized by the United States congress or which rest upon questionable authority.

(c)

The attorney general may seek to take action before the federal environmental protection agency
, the federal occupational safety and health administration
or in any state or federal court to stop the enforcement, administration or implementation of rulemaking or other actions taken by
that agency

tho
se agencies
if, in his judgment, the rulemaking or other action exceeds the authority granted by the United States congress or otherwise rests on questionable authority. Before intervening in or initiating any lawsuit pursuant to this section, the attorney general shall obtain the approval of the governor.

Section 2
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the
Wyoming Constitution
.

(END)