2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-05161HB0150
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0150
Meat processors-composted materials.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Andrew, Banks, Davis,
Neiman, Provenza, Strock and Winter and
Senator(s) Boner, Ide, Pearson and Steinmetz
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to agriculture, livestock and other
2 animals; authorizing federal and state-licensed meat
3 processors to sell composted material as fertilizer, soil
4 amendment or soil conditioner; making conforming
5 amendments; and providing for an effective date.
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9. W.S. 11-14-119 is created to read:
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14 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05162HB01501 (a) Meat processors that are licensed federally or by
2 the state shall be permitted to compost nonedible portions
3 of processed animals from their processing plants,
4 excluding specified risk materials, and distribute the
5 composted material as fertilizer, soil amendment or soil
6 conditioner.
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8 (b) Meat processors that distribute their compost as
9 fertilizer, soil amendment or soil conditioner shall
10 register the fertilizer, soil amendment or soil conditioner
11 with the department of agriculture pursuant to W.S.
12 11-14-104 and follow any other requirements for
13 distributing commercial fertilizer, soil amendment or soil
14 conditioner under W.S. 11-14-101 through 11-14-118.
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16 (c) As used in this section, "specified risk
17 materials" means:
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19 (i) The brain, skull, eyes, trigeminal ganglia,
20 spinal cord, vertebral column (excluding the vertebrae of
21 the tail, the transverse processes of the thoracic and
22 lumbar vertebrae, and the wings of the sacrum), and dorsal 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05163HB0150
1 root ganglia from cattle thirty (30) months of age and
2 older; and
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4 (ii) The distal ileum of the small intestine and
5 the tonsils from all cattle.
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7. W.S. 11-14-103(a)(xxv) is amended to read:
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11 (a) As used in this act:
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13 (xxv) "This act" means W.S. 11-14-101 through
1411-14-119.
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16This act is effective July 1, 2025.
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18 (END)