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1		-	ORIGINAL SENATE
2		-	FILE NO. SF0138
3		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 43, SENATE
4		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
5		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
6		-	1
7		-	AN ACT relating to energy; requiring the Wyoming energy
8		-	authority to complete a study on the economic impacts of
9		-	the energy industry in Wyoming; specifying requirements of
10		-	the study; authorizing and requiring assistance from state
11		-	agencies and higher education institutions; requiring
12		-	reports; specifying deadlines; and providing for an
13		-	effective date.
14		-	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
15		-	Section 1.
16		-	(a) Not later than October 1, 2025, the Wyoming
17		-	energy authority shall complete a study on the economic
18		-	impact of energy and the energy industry in Wyoming. The
19		-	study shall include, at a minimum:
20		-	(i) General information on the various types of
21		-	mineral production and energy production and generation
22		-	that take place throughout the state;
23		-	(ii) A determination of the economic impact of
24		-	energy production in Wyoming, by:
25		-	(A) Each major region in Wyoming and the
26		-	state as a whole;
27		-	(B) Each individual type of energy or
28		-	mineral production.
29		-	(iii) The amount of state and local taxes that
30		-	Wyoming's energy producers and generators contribute on an
31		-	annual basis for each of the last ten (10) years; ORIGINAL SENATE
32		-	FILE NO. SF0138
33		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 43, SENATE
34		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
35		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
36		-	2(iv) The number of employees in Wyoming that
37		-	Wyoming's energy producers and generators have employed in
38		-	the state in each of the last ten (10) years;
39		-	(v) A measure of the amount in payroll that
40		-	Wyoming's energy producers and generators have paid out to
41		-	Wyoming employees and residents in each of the last five
42		-	(5) years;
43		-	(vi) A measure of other tangible and intangible
44		-	economic benefits and impacts that energy production and
45		-	the energy industry has had on Wyoming in the last five (5)
46		-	years;
47		-	(vii) A brief description of innovations in
48		-	energy that Wyoming producers and generators have developed
49		-	in the last ten (10) years;
50		-	(viii) Any other information that the Wyoming
51		-	energy authority deems necessary to quantify the impact of
52		-	energy on Wyoming's economy.
53		-	(b) The Wyoming energy authority may request the
54		-	assistance of any state agency and any higher education
55		-	institution in Wyoming in completing the study required by
56		-	this section. Upon receiving a request for assistance, each
57		-	state agency and institution of higher education shall
58		-	provide support and information to the Wyoming energy
59		-	authority.
60		-	(c) Not later than October 1, 2025, the Wyoming
61		-	energy authority shall submit a report of the study to the
62		-	joint appropriations committee, the joint revenue interim
63		-	committee and the joint minerals, business and economic
64		-	development interim committee. ORIGINAL SENATE
65		-	FILE NO. SF0138
66		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 43, SENATE
67		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
68		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
	1	+	2025
	2	+	STATE OF WYOMING
	3	+	25LSO-0637
	4	+	ENGROSSED
	5	+	1SF0138
	6	+	SENATE FILE NO. SF0138
	7	+	Energy impact on Wyoming economy-study.
	8	+	Sponsored by: Senator(s) Dockstader and Anderson and
	9	+	Representative(s) Heiner
	10	+	A BILL
	11	+	for
	12	+	1 AN ACT relating to energy; requiring the Wyoming energy
	13	+	2 authority to complete a study on the economic impacts of
	14	+	3 the energy industry in Wyoming; specifying requirements of
	15	+	4 the study; authorizing and requiring assistance from state
	16	+	5 agencies and higher education institutions; requiring
	17	+	6 reports; specifying deadlines; and providing for an
	18	+	7 effective date.
	19	+	8
	20	+	9
	21	+	10
	22	+	11.
	23	+	12
	24	+	13 (a) Not later than October 1, 2025, the Wyoming
	25	+	14 energy authority shall complete a study on the economic 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0637
	26	+	ENGROSSED
	27	+	2SF0138
	28	+	1 impact of energy and the energy industry in Wyoming. The
	29	+	2 study shall include, at a minimum:
69	30		3
70		-	Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
71		-	completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
72		-	as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
73		-	Constitution.
74		-	(END)
75		-	Speaker of the HousePresident of the SenateGovernorTIME APPROVED: _________DATE APPROVED: _________
76		-	I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.
77		-	Chief Clerk
	31	+	4 (i) General information on the various types of
	32	+	5 mineral production and energy production and generation
	33	+	6 that take place throughout the state;
	34	+	7
	35	+	8 (ii) A determination of the economic impact of
	36	+	9 energy production in Wyoming, by:
	37	+	10
	38	+	11 (A) Each major region in Wyoming and the
	39	+	12 state as a whole;
	40	+	13
	41	+	14 (B) Each individual type of energy or
	42	+	15 mineral production.
	43	+	16
	44	+	17 (iii) The amount of state and local taxes that
	45	+	18 Wyoming's energy producers and generators contribute on an
	46	+	19 annual basis for each of the last ten (10) years;
	47	+	20
	48	+	21 (iv) The number of employees in Wyoming that
	49	+	22 Wyoming's energy producers and generators have employed in
	50	+	23 the state in each of the last ten (10) years; 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0637
	51	+	ENGROSSED
	52	+	3SF01381
	53	+	2 (v) A measure of the amount in payroll that
	54	+	3 Wyoming's energy producers and generators have paid out to
	55	+	4 Wyoming employees and residents in each of the last five
	56	+	5 (5) years;
	57	+	6
	58	+	7 (vi) A measure of other tangible and intangible
	59	+	8 economic benefits and impacts that energy production and
	60	+	9 the energy industry has had on Wyoming in the last five (5)
	61	+	10 years;
	62	+	11
	63	+	12 (vii) A brief description of innovations in
	64	+	13 energy that Wyoming producers and generators have developed
	65	+	14 in the last ten (10) years;
	66	+	15
	67	+	16 (viii) Any other information that the Wyoming
	68	+	17 energy authority deems necessary to quantify the impact of
	69	+	18 energy on Wyoming's economy.
	70	+	19
	71	+	20 (b) The Wyoming energy authority may request the
	72	+	21 assistance of any state agency and any higher education
	73	+	22 institution in Wyoming in completing the study required by
	74	+	23 this section. Upon receiving a request for assistance, each 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0637
	75	+	ENGROSSED
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	77	+	1 state agency and institution of higher education shall
	78	+	2 provide support and information to the Wyoming energy
	79	+	3 authority.
	80	+	4
	81	+	5 (c) Not later than October 1, 2025, the Wyoming
	82	+	6 energy authority shall submit a report of the study to the
	83	+	7 joint appropriations committee, the joint revenue interim
	84	+	8 committee and the joint minerals, business and economic
	85	+	9 development interim committee.
	86	+	10
	87	+	11. This act is effective immediately upon
	88	+	12 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
	89	+	13 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
	90	+	14 Constitution.
	91	+	15
	92	+	16 (END)