HJ 3

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would require Wyoming voters to approve any storage, siting, or placement of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel within the state through a statewide referendum. The amendment would add a new provision to Wyoming's Constitution mandating that such nuclear waste storage cannot be authorized under state law or occur without first receiving an affirmative vote from the state's electorate. If passed by two-thirds of both legislative chambers and subsequently approved by a majority of Wyoming voters in the next general election, this measure would give citizens direct control over whether their state can become a storage site for nuclear waste materials, effectively creating a democratic safeguard against unwanted nuclear waste facilities.