All Roll Calls
Yes: 162 • No: 2
WyomingSF 412026 Budget SessionSenate
AN ACT relating to labor and employment; authorizing the creation and use of portable benefit accounts; specifying requirements and conditions for portable benefit accounts; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
Sponsored By: Jared Olsen (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New benefit accounts for independent contractors
Beginning July 1, 2026, Wyoming independent contractors can open portable benefit accounts with eligible providers and name a beneficiary. Accounts fund health, vision, dental, life insurance, income replacement insurance, or retirement benefits. Anyone, including hiring companies and app-based platforms, can contribute voluntarily; no contribution amount is guaranteed. Hiring parties can contribute their own money or withhold an agreed percentage of a contractor’s pay. Both arrangements require the contractor’s clear written agreement, prominently displayed in the work contract or a separate agreement. Pay withholding starts only after the contractor opts in, and the contractor can opt out at any time. Hiring parties can opt out with at least 60 days’ notice. Contributions cannot be used to decide worker classification under Wyoming law. Eligible providers include financial institutions, investment firms, and technology providers or program managers working through those institutions or firms. Other providers must demonstrate compliance to the state banking commissioner. The Department of Workforce Services must issue implementation rules; that requirement took effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jared Olsen
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Lee Filer
Republican • House
JD Williams
Republican • House
Brian Boner
Republican • Senate
Barry Crago
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/2/2026
S Concur:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
Yes: 31 • No: 0
House vote • 2/26/2026
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-2-0-0
Yes: 60 • No: 0
House vote • 2/23/2026
H07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-2-0-0
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/19/2026
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-1-0-0-0
Yes: 30 • No: 1
Senate vote • 2/16/2026
S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/10/2026
S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor 29-1-1-0-0
Yes: 29 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Assigned Chapter Number 63
3/6/2026Governor Signed SEA No. 0030
3/6/2026GovernorH Speaker Signed SEA No. 0030
3/3/2026HouseS President Signed SEA No. 0030
3/2/2026SenateAssigned Number SEA No. 0030
3/2/2026S Concur:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
3/2/2026SenateS Received for Concurrence
2/26/2026SenateH 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-2-0-0
2/26/2026HouseH 2nd Reading:Passed
2/25/2026HouseH COW:Passed
2/24/2026HouseH Placed on General File
2/23/2026HouseH07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-2-0-0
2/23/2026HouseH Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
2/20/2026HouseH Received for Introduction
2/19/2026HouseS 3rd Reading:Passed 30-1-0-0-0
2/19/2026SenateS 2nd Reading:Passed
2/18/2026SenateS COW:Passed
2/17/2026SenateS Placed on General File
2/16/2026SenateS10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2/16/2026SenateS Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor 29-1-1-0-0
2/10/2026SenateS Received for Introduction
1/14/2026SenateBill Number Assigned
1/13/2026
Bill Text
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