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House approves prescriptive‑easements bill after clarifying amendment to block industrial upgrades
Summary
The House passed Senate File 99, which formalizes prescriptive easements for longstanding utility lines but, after floor amendments, clarifies that industrial or manufacturing increases in wattage are excluded. The bill passed 47‑14.
The Wyoming House approved Senate File 99 on March 5, 2026, clarifying how prescriptive easements for electricity delivery work and limiting the ability to use historic easements for industrial or manufacturing upgrades. The bill passed the House on a recorded vote of 47‑14.
Lawmakers debated whether two exception phrases in the bill could be read to permit a future developer or industrial user to supersize existing small residential lines and place larger towers in homeowners’ yards. Representative Bratton (speaker 11), who explained the bill’s…
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