All Roll Calls
Yes: 156 • No: 10
WyomingSF 1062026 Budget SessionSenateWALLET
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.
Sponsored By: Bo Biteman (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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8 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 8 costs, 0 mixed.
SNAP counts ineligible household members’ money
Beginning January 1, 2027, Wyoming counts all income and financial resources of household members excluded under federal SNAP immigration rules. This money counts when the state decides the household’s eligibility and food benefit amount. Depending on household finances, the rule can reduce or end SNAP benefits.
Tighter benefit rules for Wyoming noncitizens
Beginning January 1, 2027, Wyoming limits noncitizen access to SNAP food benefits, Medicaid, and POWER assistance. Unless federal law requires otherwise, people who are not U.S. citizens or nationals must meet federal qualified-alien rules. Medicaid also requires them to meet federal eligible-alien rules. Agencies must check citizenship or eligible immigration status at enrollment and renewal. They may use the federal SAVE service or documents such as certified birth certificates, U.S. passports, or immigration papers.
Stricter proof rules for Medicaid applicants
Beginning January 1, 2027, Wyoming must verify Medicaid applicants’ income above $0, residency, identity, and citizenship or immigration status before enrollment. Applicant statements alone are allowed only when federal law expressly requires them; status verification has an exception during presumptive eligibility. This temporary coverage still requires applicants to certify U.S. citizenship, national status, or Medicaid-eligible immigration status. Authorized hospitals, clinics, and other groups must collect and send these certifications. When records cannot verify status, applicants get one documentation period, limited to the minimum federal law requires, with provisional coverage. Missing that deadline leads to denial or termination after required notice. Applicants previously denied for failing to verify citizenship or eligible-alien status get no additional documentation period.
Tighter SNAP work and renewal rules
Beginning January 1, 2027, Wyoming cannot seek, accept, or renew federal SNAP work waivers without specific authorization in state law. The state’s discretionary work exemptions are limited to family caregivers defined by federal law. Households with able-bodied adults without dependents, and households with unstable circumstances, get certification periods of four months or less. Households expected to become ineligible get one- or two-month periods. Other households without elderly or disabled members get periods of up to six months, subject to federal law.
Two-month limit on earlier Medicaid coverage
Beginning January 1, 2027, initial Medicaid coverage can reach back no more than two months before the completed application’s submission month. This limit applies only to initial applications, not ongoing eligibility. Applicants may be responsible for medical bills from earlier months that Medicaid no longer covers.
Monthly checks on Wyoming Medicaid enrollment
Beginning January 1, 2027, Wyoming checks address changes against Medicaid records at least monthly and starts eligibility reviews when moves are indicated. It also checks state vital records and Social Security death files monthly, promptly removing enrollees after confirming a death. Wyoming must submit enrollment data to a national multistate database by October 1, 2029. Annual public reports are due August 31, starting in 2029, with counts flagged or removed for multistate enrollment and estimated fiscal effects.
Wyoming agencies must report unlawful presence
Beginning January 1, 2027, Wyoming health and family services agencies must report household members they determine are unlawfully present. Reports go to appropriate law enforcement, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The rule covers household or assistance-unit members whether or not they seek public assistance. It creates an agency reporting duty, not a new personal reporting duty for households.
Wyoming hospitals must ask citizenship status
Beginning April 1, 2027, Wyoming hospitals accepting Medicaid must ask on admission or registration forms about citizenship or lawful presence. Hospitals must tell patients their response does not affect care. Annual reports must remove identifying details and count admissions and emergency visits by response, including declined answers. Reports are due within 30 days after each calendar year, starting with the year ending December 31, 2027. Beginning April 1, 2028, the Department of Health reports each April 1 on aggregate results, uncompensated care, hospital effects, and presumptive Medicaid eligibility.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Bo Biteman
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Lynn Hutchings
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/6/2026
S Concur:Passed 27-2-2-0-0
Yes: 27 • No: 2
House vote • 3/5/2026
H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-6-1-0-0
Yes: 55 • No: 6
House vote • 3/2/2026
H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/24/2026
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0
Yes: 29 • No: 2
Senate vote • 2/16/2026
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/12/2026
S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations 31-0-0-0-0
Yes: 31 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Assigned Chapter Number 106
3/7/2026Governor Signed SEA No. 0068
3/7/2026GovernorH Speaker Signed SEA No. 0068
3/6/2026HouseS President Signed SEA No. 0068
3/6/2026SenateAssigned Number SEA No. 0068
3/6/2026S Concur:Passed 27-2-2-0-0
3/6/2026SenateS Received for Concurrence
3/6/2026SenateH 3rd Reading:Passed 55-6-1-0-0
3/5/2026HouseH 2nd Reading:Passed
3/4/2026HouseH COW:Passed
3/3/2026HouseH Placed on General File
3/2/2026HouseH10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
3/2/2026HouseH Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor
2/25/2026HouseH Received for Introduction
2/25/2026HouseS 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0
2/24/2026SenateS 2nd Reading:Passed
2/23/2026SenateS COW:Passed
2/20/2026SenateS Placed on General File
2/16/2026SenateS02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2/16/2026SenateS Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations 31-0-0-0-0
2/12/2026SenateS Received for Introduction
2/11/2026SenateBill Number Assigned
2/10/2026
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