Governor Mark Gordon signed nine bills into law on March 12th, including a bill that supports enhanced oil recovery, one that takes steps to survey and protect petroglyphs on state lands and a student-driven bill that establishes “Wyoming Wednesday”.

Senate File 17 - Carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery stimulus supports Wyoming's all-of-the- above energy policy and fights back against what have been anti-fossil fuel policies coming out of Washington, DC. The bill provides a stimulus for the use of carbon dioxide in enhanced oil recovery. The new stimulus narrows the gap between oil and gas recovery uses and the higher federal tax credit offered for permanent CO2 storage.

At a public signing, Governor Gordon heard from students from Cheyenne’s Triumph High School, where a school effort to encourage statewide community spirit and unity culminated in House Bill 246 Wyoming Wednesday. The bill reads, in part, “In celebration of the state of Wyoming and in an effort to bring unity to the state's communities, the second Wednesday of every month shall be known as ‘Wyoming Wednesday – Brown and Gold Day’. Wyoming citizens may wear brown and gold in recognition of Wyoming Wednesday.”

The Governor also signed Senate File 91 - Petroglyph, pictograph and historic inscription protection. Sponsored by the Select Committee on Tribal Relations, the bill directs the Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources to begin surveying and documenting petroglyphs and pictographs found on Wyoming state lands. It also makes damaging those historic inscriptions a misdemeanor offense. 

The Governor signed the following bills on March 12, 2025:

Enrolled Act Bill # Bill Title

HEA0059 HB0219 County and municipal roads on state lands-easements granted.

HEA0063 HB0136 Volunteer first responder health insurance-revisions.

HEA0078 HB0246 Wyoming Wednesday.

SEA0070 SF0051 Wyoming telecommunications act revisions.

SEA0071 SF0043 Temporary water use agreements amendments.

SEA0076 SF0108 Recreation safety-agritourism.

SEA0091 SF0091 Petroglyph, pictograph and historic inscription protection.

SEA0095 SF0017 Carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery stimulus

SEJR0002 SJ0004 Resolution on commercial base power