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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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.
Benefits limited to citizens and qualified aliens
This law limits public welfare help to U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or certain lawfully present noncitizens under federal rules. For SNAP and the POWER program, only people who meet the federal “qualified alien” test can qualify. For Medicaid, eligibility is limited to aliens who meet both federal “eligible” and “qualified alien” rules. At application and recertification, agencies must verify status through SAVE or acceptable documents. If they cannot verify, Family Services reports SNAP/POWER cases to USDA and Health reports Medicaid cases to HHS. The departments must also report unlawfully present persons they identify to law enforcement, including Homeland Security.
Stricter Medicaid checks and back coverage limit
Medicaid enrollment now uses tighter verification. The Department of Health cannot rely on self‑attestation for income above $0, residency, identity, or citizenship/immigration status unless federal law requires it. Starting January 1, 2027, retroactive coverage for first‑time applicants is capped to two months before the month a completed application is filed. If status cannot be verified from data, applicants get one reasonable‑opportunity period to submit documents; coverage can be provisional, but failure ends or denies eligibility and there is no second chance. The department must check address changes and death records every month and start redeterminations when moves are flagged. It must add a citizenship/eligible‑alien attestation to presumptive eligibility forms and cannot approve presumptive coverage without it. Medicaid data must be sent to national multi‑state enrollment databases by October 1, 2029, and public reports due by August 31 each year must show flags, removals, and fiscal effects.
Tighter SNAP work rules and shorter terms
SNAP households face tighter timelines and work‑rule limits. The state cannot apply for or use broad federal work‑requirement waivers without a new state law, and it may grant exemptions only for family caregivers defined by federal law. Households with an able‑bodied adult without dependents or judged unstable get certification periods no longer than four months; those likely to become ineligible soon get one or two months; other non‑elderly, non‑disabled households get up to six months. If someone in the household is ineligible under federal alien rules, the state counts that person’s full income and resources when setting your SNAP benefit.
Hospitals must ask and report status data
Beginning April 1, 2027, hospitals that accept Medicaid must ask on admission forms whether a patient is a U.S. citizen, lawfully present, not lawfully present, or declines to answer. Hospitals must tell patients their answer will not affect care. Starting with the year ending 2027, hospitals must send deidentified yearly counts of admissions and ER visits by reported status within 30 days after year end. By April 1, 2028, the Department of Health must issue an annual statewide report that adds costs of uncompensated care and effects on hospitals and shows presumptive eligibility outcomes. The department will set standard wording and report formats by rule.
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
Governor Signed SEA No. 0068
3/7/2026GovernorAssigned Chapter Number 106
3/7/2026S Received for Concurrence
3/6/2026SenateS Concur:Passed 27-2-2-0-0
3/6/2026SenateAssigned Number SEA No. 0068
3/6/2026S President Signed SEA No. 0068
3/6/2026SenateH Speaker Signed SEA No. 0068
3/6/2026HouseH 3rd Reading:Passed 55-6-1-0-0
3/5/2026HouseH 2nd Reading:Passed
3/4/2026HouseH COW:Passed
3/3/2026HouseH10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
3/2/2026HouseH Placed on General File
3/2/2026HouseH Received for Introduction
2/25/2026HouseH Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor
2/25/2026HouseS 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0
2/24/2026SenateS 2nd Reading:Passed
2/23/2026SenateS COW:Passed
2/20/2026SenateS02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2/16/2026SenateS Placed on General File
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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