KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We start with Wyoming, keep the source links front and center, and leave the decision up to you.

Back to Wyoming

HB0133 • 2026

Conservation districts-contracting and supervisors.

AN ACT relating to conservation districts; amending provisions relating to the election of conservation district supervisors; providing definitions; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Representative Davis
Last action
2026-02-23
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2026

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide a detailed summary or digest text for this bill.

Changes to Conservation District Supervisors Elections

The bill changes how conservation district supervisors are elected and defines what 'production agriculture' means.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends the way conservation district supervisors are first elected after a new district is created, requiring at least two of the five initial supervisors to be rural residents involved in production agriculture.
  • Defines 'production agriculture' as farming or ranching for commercial purposes, including raising animals.
  • Sets all future supervisor elections to four-year terms.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Conservation district supervisors and the residents of conservation districts in Wyoming.

Terms To Know

production agriculture
Any owner, operator or tenant of a farm or ranch used to produce food, fiber, crops or livestock for commercial purposes, including animal husbandry.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and was not considered by the Committee of the Whole.
  • It is unclear how many conservation districts will be affected by these changes.
  • The effective date mentioned in the bill (July 1, 2026) cannot occur since the bill did not pass.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-23 House

    H COW:H Did not consider for COW

  2. 2026-02-18 House

    H Placed on General File

  3. 2026-02-18 House

    H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  4. 2026-02-11 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 42-19-1-0-0

  5. 2026-02-10 House

    H Received for Introduction

  6. 2026-02-09 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
26LSO-0226
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0226
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0133

Conservation districts-contracting and supervisors.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Davis, Connolly, Geringer, Provenza, Williams and Wylie and Senator(s) Cooper, Crum and Hicks

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to conservation districts; amending provisions relating to the election of conservation district supervisors; providing definitions; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 11
‑
16
‑
120(a)(i) and by creating a new subsection (b) is amended to read:

11
‑
16
‑
120.

District supervisors; elections under Election Code and for new districts.

(a)

District supervisors shall be elected in subsequent elections under the Special District Elections Act of 1994 and as hereinafter provided for new districts:

(i)

At the first subsequent director election following establishment of a new district, five (5) supervisors, who reside within the district shall be elected at large by a nonpartisan ballot.
Three (3) supervisors shall be rural residents, one (1) shall be a resident of an urban area and one (1) shall be elected at large. At the first subsequent director election, the at large candidate receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected for a four (4) year term, the urban candidate receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected for a four (4) year term, the rural candidate receiving the largest number of votes shall serve a four (4) year term and the two (2) candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for two (2) year terms.

Residency shall be determined at the time a supervisor is elected and shall run for the length of the supervisor's term. Not less than two (2) supervisors elected at large shall reside in a rural area located in the district and shall be directly participating in production agriculture. The other supervisors shall be elected at large. Candidates shall designate if they are running for a production agriculture position or general position.
In succeeding elections all supervisors shall be elected for four (4) year terms.

(b)

For purposes of this section, "production agriculture" means any owner, operator or tenant of a farm or ranch used to produce food, fiber, crops or livestock, for commercial purposes, including animal husbandry.

Section 2.

This act shall apply to elected conservation district supervisors whose terms commence on or after the effective date of this act.

Section 3.

This act is effective July 1, 2026
.

(END)

1
HB0133