State Legislation

AN ACT relating to education; requiring school districts to adopt policies governing students' possession and use of cell phones and smart devices in schools; requiring the adopted policies to be submitted to the state superintendent of public instruction; providing definitions; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to the Hathaway scholarship program; amending award timing for the Hathaway scholarship program; amending eligibility requirements as specified; eliminating satisfactory academic progress requirements; eliminating continuous enrollment requirements; eliminating minimum credit hour requirements; amending the calculation of scholarship amounts; deleting obsolete language; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; repealing provisions; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to K-12 public school finance; increasing the allowable education square footage utilized to calculate routine and major maintenance for school districts; providing appropriations; and providing for effective date.

AN ACT relating to agriculture, livestock and other animals; authorizing the assessment of a management fee for services provided to the Wyoming beef council as specified; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to taxation; repealing the sunset date of the property tax exemption for long-term homeowners; revising the deadline to apply for the property tax exemption for long-term homeowners; providing a method to claim the property tax exemption in subsequent years; amending the amount of the long‑term homeowner property tax exemption; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to medical assistance and services; providing for increased reimbursement for emergency medical services under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act as specified; providing appropriations; specifying applicability; requiring reports; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to environmental quality; establishing a process by which the environmental quality council may designate lands as lands with significant community value; specifying required considerations for the board of land commissioners when considering lands with significant community value; specifying duties; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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.

AN ACT relating to counties; amending and clarifying the authority for counties to implement zoning regulations for specified purposes; amending the ability of counties to enact zoning resolutions associated to the extraction and production of specified minerals; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to conservation districts; repealing a provision requiring conservation district supervisors to have funds immediately available to satisfy the entirety of a contract prior to entering into the contract; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; amending exceptions to the offense of gambling; amending and creating definitions; and providing for an effective date.

AN ACT relating to pari-mutuel wagering; specifying requirements for simulcasting permits, including historic horse racing terminals; requiring approval by a city, town or county for the issuance of a simulcasting permit as specified; authorizing conditions and revocation of approval; authorizing appeals; amending enforcement requirements; conforming provisions; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.