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Senate advances bill to criminalize defacing petroglyphs on state land, funds surveys and 3-D modeling
Summary
The Wyoming Senate advanced Senate File 91 to create a misdemeanor for damaging petroglyphs, pictographs and historic inscriptions on state land, authorize a roughly $441,340 appropriation for surveys and 3-D modeling and add restrictions and procedures for site documentation after debate over private‑land access and penalties.
The Wyoming Senate on Jan. 29 advanced Senate File 91, a bill that would make injury to petroglyphs, pictographs and historic inscriptions on state land a misdemeanor and provide money for surveying and three‑dimensional documentation.
Senator Landon, chairman of the committee that returned the bill, told senators the measure "is creating a misdemeanor offense for injury to petroglyphs, pictographs and historic inscriptions, providing some penalties and, allowing for a survey of these pictographs on state lands." He said the standing committee recommended the bill with an amendment that adjusted penalties and other details.
The bill as discussed creates a misdemeanor with potential jail time and forfeiture of artifacts and funds $441,340 to the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources for surveying, documentation, payment for archaeologists and three‑dimensional modeling. "With this money, they'll be surveying, documenting, and creating three‑dimensional modeling," Landon said.
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