HB0024 • 2022

Wild horse and burro management-2.

AN ACT relating to land management; providing for state management of wild horses and burros with tribes, other states and private entities; amending a definition and providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.

Agriculture

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Agriculture
Last action: 2022-02-25
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2022

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and was not considered for further action, leaving its implementation uncertain.

Managing Wild Horses and Burros on State Lands

This act allows the state to manage wild horses and burros on public lands if the federal government does not do so, with help from tribes, other states, or private groups.

What This Bill Does

Allows the state to take over managing wild horses and burros when the federal government doesn't manage them properly.
Lets the state work with tribes, other states, and private groups to control horse populations on public lands.

Who It Names or Affects

The state government
Tribes and other states involved in managing wild horses and burros
Private entities that want to help manage horse populations

Terms To Know

Wild Horse Training and Adoption Programs: Programs where trained wild horses are made available for adoption by the public, often involving state correctional facilities.
Cooperative Undertaking: A program or agreement between different groups to manage wild horse populations together.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and was not considered for further action.
It is unclear how many tribes, states, or private entities would actually participate in the management efforts.
Details about specific population reduction tactics are not provided in the summary.

Bill History

2022-02-25 House
H COW:H Did not consider for COW
2022-02-22 House
H Placed on General File
2022-02-22 House
H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
2022-02-15 House
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 59-1-0-0-0
2022-02-11 House
H Received for Introduction
2022-01-06 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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22LSO-0184
2022
STATE OF WYOMING
22LSO-0184
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0024

Wild horse and burro management-2.

Sponsored by: Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Interim Committee

A BILL

for

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

Section 1.

W.S.

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115(a) and by creating a new subsection (c) is amended to read:

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115
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Unlawful killing of wild horses and burros; state management with other agencies and tribes.

(a)

For purposes of this section "wild horse" means
a horse, mare, filly or colt which is
any
unbranded and unclaimed
and lives on state or
horse or burro on
public
land
lands
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(c)

Upon the failure or refusal of the federal government to manage in accordance with federal law the appropriate population of any wild horses claimed by the federal government as belonging to a herd management area, the state is authorized to manage wild horses on state lands, including, with agreement, on the Wind River Indian Reservation. The state is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements among state and local agencies and with the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the Northern Arapaho Tribe, an official cooperative tribal governing body, adjacent states, nongovernmental organizations or other private entities. A cooperative agreement under this subsection may provide for any cooperative undertaking to manage wild horses, including population reduction tactics, permanent and temporary fertility control techniques, and expanding or increasing the number of wild horse training
and adoption programs and other removal activities. As used in this subsection:

(i)

"Cooperative undertaking" includes an existing program, or a program created pursuant to this subsection, administered by a state agency or any party to the cooperative agreement;

(ii)

"Wild horse training and adoption programs" includes programs with any state correctional facility under W.S. 25
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104.

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
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