WY Legislature – Nuclear Related Bills History
Below is the history, from 2001 to the present, of WY Legislative Nuclear Related Bills. We are not including any legislative actions related to the WY-NRC Agreement State. (Legislative bills and budget appropriations for the Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) can be found here.)
| Bill draft for 2026 by 2025 Minerals Interim Committee – Protection of nuclear reactors. |
| Bill draft for 2026 by 2025 Minerals Interim Committee – Advanced nuclear reactor manufacturers-fuel storage. Bill was tabled and not voted on. |
| 2025 HB0016 Used nuclear fuel storage-amendments. Bill died. (Sponsor: Minerals Committee) |
| 2025 SF0186 Advanced nuclear reactor manufacturers-fuel storage. Bill died. (Sponsor: Senator Ed Cooper) |
| 2022 SF0003/SEA No. 0035 – Radioactive materials transport fee. Bill passed. (Sponsor: Transportation Committee) |
| 2022 HB0131/HEA59 – Nuclear power generation and storage-amendments. Bill passed. (Sponsor: Rep Donald Burkhart)…(e) The legislature hereby authorizes the siting of temporary high-level radioactive waste storage facilities within this state subject to the following: (i) A facility is authorized if: (A) It is operated on the site of and to store the high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel produced by a nuclear power generation facility operating within the state;… |
| 2020 HB0074/HEA60 – Small modular nuclear reactor permitting. Bill passed. (Sponsor: Rep David Miller) |
| 2017 SF0006/SEA45 – Radioactive waste storage facilities-amendments. Bill passed. (Sponsor: Minerals Committee) |
| 2016 HB0146 – Solid and hazardous waste management rulemaking. Bill failed. (Sponsor: Campbell) |
| 2013 SF0026/SEA12 Authorization for certain radioactive waste facilities. Bill passed. (Sponsor: Minerals Committee) |
| 2011 HB0176 – Nuclear energy as carbon free renewable energy. Bill Failed Senate 3rd Reading. (Sponsor: Rep Miller) |
| 2011 HB0129/HEA66 – Nuclear energy production study. Bill passed. (Sponsor: Rep Steve Harshman) |
| 2005 HB0158 Radioactive materials transportation. Bill failed. (Sponsor: Rep Mike Gilmore) |
| 2004 HB0014 Radioactive materials transportation amendments. Bill failed. (Sponsor: Transportation Committee) |
| 2003 HB0183 Radioactive materials transportation. Bill failed. (Sponsor: Rep Mike Gilmore) |
| 2002 HB0120 Omnibus Revenue Bill (Pg 27 Nuclear fuel rod storage) Bill Failed. (Sponsor: Revenue Committee) |
| 2001 SF0108 Nuclear Fuel Rod Storage. Bill failed. (Sponsor: Senator Robert Peck) |
WY Legislature – Nuclear Discussions, Studies & Special Committees
| 2025 Joint Transportation Interim Committee Oct 20, 2025: Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel |
| 2025 Joint Minerals Interim Committee July 29 – 30, 2025: Nuclear Facilities-Physical Security; Spent Fuel Storage; Radiant; TRISO Nuclear Fuel Market; BWXT; |
| 2025 Joint Minerals Interim Committee May 22, 2025: Spent Nuclear Fuel; Radiant; Physical Security – Terra Power; |
| 2024 Joint Minerals Interim Committee Oct 8, 2024: Nuclear Regulatory Commission-Licensing; Used nuclear fuel storage; |
| 2023 Joint Minerals Interim Committee May 19, 2023: Nuclear Industry/Uranium Supply Issues; Terra Power and Naughton;July 18, 2023: Rocky Mtn Power update on Integrated Resource Plan; Terra Power Update; |
| 2021 Joint Minerals Interim Committee June 25, 2021: Nuclear Power Generation in Wyoming – Rocky Mtn Power, Terra Power;August 12, 2021: Nuclear Issues – Idaho National Laboratory, Terra Power; |
| 2021 Joint Transportation Committee November 29, 2021: Radioactive materials transport; |
| 2019 Joint Transportation Committee November 5, 2019: Spent Fuel Rods Subcommittee Report; Dry cask nuclear fuel storage; Thorium power generation; |
| 2019 Spent Fuel Rods Subcommittee/Joint Minerals Committee September 5, 2019: Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Spent fuel licensing; spent fuel management; spent fuel and waste disposition;November 4, 2019 Spent Fuel Rods Subcommittee Report & Recommendations |
| July 8, 2019 Secret email vote creates Spent Fuel Rods Subcommittee. See Lawmakers quietly explore storing spent nuclear fuel, WyoFile, July 12, 2019. |
| 2012 Task Force on Nuclear Energy Production August 29-30, 2012 Meeting minutes for this task force are for unknown reasons digitally tied to the Joint Education Committee. |
| 2011 Task Force on Nuclear Energy Production All 2011 meetings: April 25-25; June 22-23; September 21-22; October 17. |
| March 29, 2011 LSO Memo on Nuclear Waste Storage and Disposal |
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