All Roll Calls
Yes: 156 • No: 6
WyomingHB 22026 Budget SessionHouseWALLET
AN ACT relating to city, county, state and local powers; requiring local government entities to comply with deadlines for reviewing specified residential building permits; allowing deadlines to be suspended and extended as specified; requiring local government entities to provide notice; providing definitions; providing penalties; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored By: Lee Filer (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Deadlines protect Wyoming home permit applicants
Beginning July 1, 2026, the law sets deadlines for qualifying home construction permit applications filed that day or later. It covers Wyoming local governments that regulate land use under the covered state laws and have adopted the International Residential Code. Eligible dwellings contain one or two living units and follow the local government's most recently adopted version of that code. Homes and accessory structures cannot exceed three stories above ground level. Finished floor area cannot exceed 3,000 square feet per dwelling unit or townhouse unit. Local governments must give written notice within 10 business days after receipt stating whether an application is complete. An incomplete notice must explain what information is missing. Completed applications must be approved or denied within 30 calendar days after submission. That clock pauses while requested information or required state or federal approvals are pending, until all required approvals arrive. Applicants and local governments can agree in writing to extend the deadline. A missed decision deadline means approval as submitted the next day, but safety and code inspections remain required before an occupancy certificate. After a denial, the government must give written reasons within seven calendar days. Notices can arrive through permitting software or an email address the applicant agrees to use.
Home permit applicants get fee protection
Beginning July 1, 2026, fee protection applies to qualifying Wyoming home construction permit applications filed that day or later. It covers local governments that regulate land use under the covered state laws and have adopted the International Residential Code. Eligible dwellings contain one or two living units and follow the local government's most recently adopted version of that code. Homes and accessory structures cannot exceed three stories above ground level. Finished floor area cannot exceed 3,000 square feet per dwelling unit or townhouse unit. Local governments must cut application fees by 10% when they add requirements after approval that were absent from initial review and approval. The cut does not apply when unexpected property conditions require measures to address those conditions.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Lee Filer
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Rob Geringer
Republican • House
Taft Love
Republican • Senate
Tara Nethercott
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/2/2026
S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
Yes: 31 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/25/2026
S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
Yes: 4 • No: 0
House vote • 2/18/2026
H 3rd Reading:Passed 53-4-5-0-0
Yes: 53 • No: 4
House vote • 2/13/2026
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
Yes: 9 • No: 0
House vote • 2/10/2026
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals 59-2-1-0-0
Yes: 59 • No: 2
Actions Timeline
Assigned Chapter Number 42
3/5/2026Governor Signed HEA No. 0016
3/5/2026GovernorS President Signed HEA No. 0016
3/2/2026SenateH Speaker Signed HEA No. 0016
3/2/2026HouseAssigned Number HEA No. 0016
3/2/2026S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
3/2/2026SenateS 2nd Reading:Passed
2/27/2026SenateS COW:Passed
2/26/2026SenateS Placed on General File
2/25/2026SenateS07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
2/25/2026SenateS Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations
2/23/2026SenateS Received for Introduction
2/19/2026SenateH 3rd Reading:Passed 53-4-5-0-0
2/18/2026HouseH 2nd Reading:Passed
2/17/2026HouseH COW:Passed
2/16/2026HouseH Placed on General File
2/13/2026HouseH09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2/13/2026HouseH Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals 59-2-1-0-0
2/10/2026HouseH Received for Introduction
1/9/2026HouseBill Number Assigned
12/1/2025
Bill Text
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