Wyoming

2026 Budget Session·264 bills·Adjourned March 6, 2026

Track legislation moving through Wyoming. Browse 264 bills and resolutions during the 2026 Budget Session, each with a plain-language summary, current status from introduction to enactment, sponsors, and voting history.

Bills

Oil and gas bonding pool-investment and earnings.

AN ACT relating to oil and gas; providing for the investment of bonding pool assessment proceeds; specifying the disposition of investment earnings; and providing for an effective date.

Sales and use tax reorganization.

AN ACT relating to sales and use tax; revising the sales tax chapter to include the administration of the use tax; repealing duplicative provisions; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for effective dates.

Eligibility for Medicaid-criteria.

AN ACT relating to medical assistance and services; codifying current state criteria for Medicaid eligibility; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Uniform mortgage modification act.

AN ACT relating to mortgages; implementing the Uniform Mortgage Modification Act; specifying the priority of mortgages; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

State management-federal mineral leases.

A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress to introduce a bill and enact law to amend the federal Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the state of Wyoming to administer and manage mineral leasing on federal lands located in Wyoming.

911 funding.

AN ACT relating to emergency telephone service; requiring a study on next generation 911 service; authorizing a grant program to fund shortfalls in current 911 service; requiring rulemaking; making a conforming amendment; requiring a report; specifying applicability; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Absconding for criminal purposes-criminal offense.

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; creating the criminal offense of absconding for criminal purposes; specifying penalties; and providing for an effective date.

Department of revenue-electronic communication.

AN ACT relating to sales and use taxes; removing the requirement for specified notices related to sales and use taxes to be sent by mail; authorizing electronic notices; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Good neighbor authority-amendments.

AN ACT relating to state lands; removing the restriction on the number of authorized good neighbor authority employee positions; requiring employee positions to be funded only using funds from the Wyoming state forestry good neighbor authority revolving account; authorizing gifts, donations and bequests to be deposited into the account; prohibiting the acceptance of real property for purposes of the good neighbor authority; and providing for an effective date.

Lottery tickets-acceptance of debit card payments.

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming lottery; authorizing debit card payments for lottery ticket purchases; and providing for an effective date.

Water districts-funds for maintenance projects.

AN ACT relating to irrigation projects; authorizing irrigation districts, watershed improvement districts and water conservancy districts to direct a portion of annual district funding for major maintenance projects; authorizing investments of major maintenance accounts; authorizing water conservancy districts to assess mills for major maintenance projects as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Birthing centers-Medicaid coverage.

AN ACT relating to medical assistance and services; authorizing payment for services rendered by a birthing center under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act; and providing for an effective date.

Theft amendments.

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; amending the penalties for theft and related offenses as specified; amending the number of theft offenses needed for a felony theft offense; and providing for an effective date.

Hospital bankruptcy proceedings.

AN ACT relating to counties; authorizing county memorial hospitals and hospital districts to file for bankruptcy under chapter 9 of the United States bankruptcy code as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Elections-voter registration revisions.

AN ACT relating to elections; clarifying the definition of "qualified elector"; making conforming changes related to voter registration and voter qualifications; and providing for an effective date.

Firefighters-paid leave and hazard pay.

AN ACT relating to the office of state lands and investments; authorizing firefighters to receive hazard pay and paid time off as specified; providing appropriations; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Post-election audit procedures.

AN ACT relating to elections; requiring minutes to be taken for the post-election ballot audit; requiring observation of the post-election ballot audit procedures and results; specifying requirements for observation by representatives of political parties and independent candidates; and providing for an effective date.

Wyoming business council-amendments.

AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; amending programs, functions and operations of the Wyoming business council; specifying requirements for the Wyoming business council; making conforming amendments; specifying limitations of the Wyoming business council; specifying applicability; requiring reports; creating a task force; providing appropriations; and providing for effective dates.

Surface water drainage utilities.

AN ACT relating to cities and towns; clarifying that cities and towns are required to comply with provisions applicable to surface water drainage utilities as specified; specifying applicability; requiring elections; and providing for an effective date.

Conservation district supervisor contracting.

AN ACT relating to conservation districts; repealing a provision requiring conservation district supervisors to have funds immediately available to satisfy the entirety of a contract prior to entering into the contract; and providing for an effective date.

The Christian Smith Safety Act.

AN ACT relating to governmental claims; amending the maximum liability amounts for claims authorized under the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act; providing for an adjustment to maximum liability amounts based on inflation; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Free speech for health care providers.

AN ACT relating to health care providers; prohibiting state agencies and boards from discriminating against health care providers based on the providers' speech and expressions; prohibiting state agencies and boards from contracting with or requiring health care providers to be licensed by specified boards and agencies; requiring health care providers to be notified of specified complaints; authorizing causes of action as specified; providing definitions; amending the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act; and providing for an effective date.

Cardiac events in schools-planning and training.

AN ACT relating to education; requiring school districts to develop cardiac emergency response plans as specified; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Veteran's exemption.

AN ACT relating to property taxation; expanding the veteran's property tax exemption for veterans who are certified as having permanent or total service connected disability; making conforming changes; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

State engineer-consumptive water use study.

AN ACT relating to water; requiring the state engineer to conduct a study on water use as specified; requiring a report; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

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