# Wyoming SF 16: 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. Wyoming SF 16, 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., is a 2026 Budget Session Senate bill sponsored by null Agriculture; status signed, last action 2026-03-02 (Assigned Chapter Number 22); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF16-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Wyoming SF 16 - State: Wyoming - Session: 2026 Budget Session - Title: 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. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-12-04 - Last action: 2026-03-02, Assigned Chapter Number 22 - Sponsor: null Agriculture - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (155 yes, 5 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Shared ownership exempts ranchers from grazing fees: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Wyoming grazing leaseholders qualify for an exemption when the leaseholding and livestock-owning entities share at least 80% ownership. The leaseholder must notify the Office of State Lands and Investments and can do so at any time. Qualifying leaseholders do not have to sub… - Ranchers must report and pay for others’ livestock: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Wyoming state grazing leaseholders must report livestock they do not own. They must notify the Board of Land Commissioners within 30 days after arrival, using the state land office’s form. Leaseholders also owe a monthly fee for each head, in addition to annual rent. The Boa… - State land subleases require sharing extra rent: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Wyoming state grazing land subleases require paying the state half of the excess rental. This applies when a leaseholder subleases all or part of the land. Excess rental means total money received solely for land use minus the leaseholder’s current annual grazing and agricul… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: null Agriculture ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-26 | Senate | S Concur:Passed 29-0-1-0-1 | pass | 29 | 0 | 1 | | 2026-02-25 | House | H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-2-3-0-0 | pass | 57 | 2 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-2-0-0 | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2026-02-12 | Senate | S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-1 | pass | 29 | 1 | 1 | | 2026-02-10 | Senate | S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2026-02-09 | Senate | S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 28-2-0-0-1 | pass | 28 | 2 | 1 | ## Actions (22) - 2026-03-02: Assigned Chapter Number 22 - 2026-03-02: Governor Signed SEA No. 0011 (Governor) - 2026-02-26: H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0011 (House) - 2026-02-26: S President Signed SEA No. 0011 (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Assigned Number SEA No. 0011 - 2026-02-26: S Concur:Passed 29-0-1-0-1 (Senate) - 2026-02-25: S Received for Concurrence (Senate) - 2026-02-25: H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-2-3-0-0 (House) - 2026-02-24: H 2nd Reading:Passed (House) - 2026-02-23: H COW:Passed (House) - 2026-02-19: H Placed on General File (House) - 2026-02-19: H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-2-0-0 (House) - 2026-02-16: H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture (House) - 2026-02-13: H Received for Introduction (House) - 2026-02-12: S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-1 (Senate) - 2026-02-11: S 2nd Reading:Passed (Senate) - 2026-02-10: S COW:Passed (Senate) - 2026-02-10: S Placed on General File (Senate) - 2026-02-10: S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 (Senate) - 2026-02-09: S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 28-2-0-0-1 (Senate) - 2026-01-05: S Received for Introduction (Senate) - 2025-12-04: Bill Number Assigned ## Bill text - Enrolled: [PDF](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Enroll/SF0016.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Introduced/SF0016.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 178: AN ACT relating to labor and employment; prohibiting public employers and specified organizations from automatic deductions of dues and uniform assessments as… (vetoed) - SF 101: AN ACT relating to the protection of constitutional rights; amending the Second Amendment Protection Act as specified; creating exceptions to the Second Amendm… (vetoed) - SF 1: AN ACT to make appropriations for the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2028; providing definitions; providing for appropriations and… (signed) - SF 81: AN ACT relating to K-12 public school finance; implementing the 2025 cost of education study as modified by the legislature; modifying the education resource b… (became law) - HB 145: AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; amending the collection of and process for alternative fuel taxes; providing a per kilowatt hour license tax on electr… (signed) - HB 102: AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; specifying that using artificial intelligence to commit a criminal offense shall not be a defense to the offense; estab… (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Enroll/SF0016.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Introduced/SF0016.pdf) ## Related - [HB 178: AN ACT relating to labor and employment; prohibiting public employers and speci…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-HB178-2026) - [SF 101: AN ACT relating to the protection of constitutional rights; amending the Second…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF101-2026) - [SF 1: AN ACT to make appropriations for the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2026 a…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF1-2026) - [SF 81: AN ACT relating to K-12 public school finance; implementing the 2025 cost of ed…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF81-2026) - [HB 145: AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; amending the collection of and process…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-HB145-2026) - [HB 102: AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; specifying that using artificial intell…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-HB102-2026) - [Wyoming bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/wyoming/bills) - [Wyoming state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/wyoming) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF16-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).