State Legislation

AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; amending the calculation of investment performance for purposes of performance compensation for investment staff; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; specifying that school district vehicles that are not school buses and are used for transporting students may display flashing lights as specified; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to public property and buildings; amending and creating provisions related to budgeting, planning and reporting for capital construction projects, major maintenance and routine maintenance for public buildings, facilities and sites; conforming and repealing definitions; amending requirements for contracting for public works; specifying duties related to capital construction projects, major maintenance and routine maintenance for the state construction department, the state building commission, the school districts, the board of trustees of the University of Wyoming and the community college commission; repealing major maintenance funding requirements; requiring reports; requiring rulemaking; specifying applicability; and providing for effective dates.

AN ACT relating to welfare; amending the intervals at which the department of health and department of family services shall determine specified information of an applicant for or recipient of public welfare and assistance; making conforming amendments; amending the requirements for public welfare and assistance qualification and participation; establishing citizen, noncitizen and qualified alien eligibility for public welfare and assistance; requiring the reporting of illegal alien status; requiring specified hospitals to collect citizenship status information; requiring rulemaking; requiring reporting; providing definitions; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; exempting specified real property owned by the Wyoming game and fish commission from property taxation; amending a special tax on real property owned by the Wyoming game and fish commission that is used for other purposes; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to public funds; repealing the budget reserve account; providing for the transfer from and the reversion of funds from the budget reserve account; making conforming amendments; repealing obsolete language; requiring reports; and providing for an effective date.

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

AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; creating the Wyoming energy dominance fund; specifying authorized uses and requirements of the fund; authorizing grants and loans from funds within the Wyoming energy dominance fund as specified; requiring reports; providing findings; modifying distribution of severance tax revenues; providing for the deposit of funds into the Wyoming energy dominance fund; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to state lands; amending provisions and creating exemptions regarding the subleasing of state grazing lands; providing definitions; establishing a non-owned livestock fee; repealing obsolete provisions; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; amending provisions related to the involuntary hospitalization of mentally ill persons; expanding the list of examiners qualified to perform involuntary hospitalization examinations; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; authorizing the board of chiropractic examiners to obtain criminal background checks as specified; requiring applicants for licensure and licensees subject to investigation and disciplinary action by the board of chiropractic examiners to submit fingerprints and other necessary information for a criminal background check; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing county treasurers to accept applications and payment for wildlife conservation license plates; amending application requirements; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.