Bills & Legislation

AN ACT relating to the department of family services; creating a new duty for the director of the department of family services to review the effectiveness and impact of the department's programs; authorizing the sharing of data; creating exceptions for the sharing of confidential information; requiring rulemaking; requiring a report; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to courts; amending the Court Supervised Treatment Program Act to include mental health treatment; authorizing court supervised treatment programs to accept participants from any other jurisdiction in this state; amending the Public Defender Act to allow the public defender to participate as a team member in court supervised treatment programs and represent participants in those programs; changing the term "substance abuse" to "substance use"; amending definitions; creating definitions; making conforming amendments; authorizing rulemaking; repealing provisions; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to game and fish; authorizing the Wyoming game and fish commission to regulate commercially guided fishing boats; providing for registration of commercially guided fishing boats, vehicles and trailers operated by outfitters and professional fishing guides; providing an exception; creating an advisory board; specifying duties of the advisory board; requiring a report; providing definitions; providing rulemaking authority; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to administration of the government; authorizing the office of homeland security to access criminal identification and intelligence information as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to the Wyoming health care decisions act; amending the definition of advance health care directive to include dementia directives; and providing for an effective date.

Lloyd LarsenRepublican

AN ACT relating to education; modifying duties of school district boards of trustees to require access to a minimum of twelve (12) post secondary credit hours for high school students as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Steve HarshmanRepublican

AN ACT relating to school finance; modifying the definition of average daily membership as specified; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Steve HarshmanRepublican

AN ACT relating to counties, cities and towns; prohibiting counties, cities and towns from requiring a license, permit or other authorization for a business operated by a minor as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Steve HarshmanRepublican

AN ACT relating to the protection of constitutional rights; amending the Second Amendment Protection Act as specified; creating exceptions to the Second Amendment Protection Act; creating civil penalties; creating criminal penalties; creating an exception to the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Bo BitemanRepublican

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming energy authority; requiring the completion of a transmission study; specifying requirements of the study; requiring reports; and providing for an effective date.

Brian BonerRepublican

AN ACT relating to courts; amending requirements for the assignment of retired judges and justices to active cases; specifying limitations on the assignment of retired justices and judges to service; specifying duties of the Wyoming supreme court; requiring the use of three (3) judge panels for district courts to resolve the constitutionality of statutes and session laws as specified; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Brian BonerRepublican

AN ACT relating to higher education; providing funding for specified research projects at the University of Wyoming; allocating revenue generated by research as specified; specifying conditions and permitted uses for appropriated funds; authorizing fundraising to support research projects; requiring nonstate matching funds as specified; creating an account; requiring reports; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.

Charles ScottRepublican

AN ACT relating to real estate brokers and salespersons; amending the definition of "customer" for purposes of real estate transactions and licensing provisions; amending the disclosures that are required when establishing a broker relationship; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Stacy JonesRepublican

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.

Bo BitemanRepublican

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; creating a motor vehicle registration and license plate issuance system; requiring the department of transportation to implement and administer the system; requiring county treasurers to use the system; providing definitions; specifying that development of the system is part of the replacement of the revenue information system; requiring rulemaking; making conforming amendments; and providing for effective dates.

Tara NethercottRepublican

AN ACT relating to elections; providing for the hand counting of ballots; establishing statewide standards related to the handling and counting of ballots; providing for the reconciling of ballot numbers; prohibiting the use of voting machines for casting or tabulating ballots; providing duties for county clerks and the secretary of state; revising requirements for the post-election ballot audit; requiring rulemaking; revising offenses related to elections; providing penalties; making conforming amendments; repealing conflicting provisions; making legislative findings; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Dan LaursenRepublican

AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; creating the cowboy state agricultural trust fund; specifying requirements and authorized expenditures for the fund; creating the cowboy state agricultural trust fund committee; specifying duties and oversight responsibilities of the committee; requiring reporting; requiring the transfer of funds; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Brian BonerRepublican

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing for administration of the property tax; specifying property tax assessment rates for residential real property; limiting the applicability of specified mills to residential real property used as a primary residence by the owner of the property; repealing a related property tax exemption; making conforming amendments; providing an appropriation; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Larry HicksRepublican

AN ACT relating to the legislature; creating the select committee on gaming; providing for the appointment of members; specifying duties; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

John KolbRepublican

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; eliminating the requirement that license plates be reissued after a specified time; requiring replacement of license plates as specified; adding a fee for replacement license plates; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

John KolbRepublican

AN ACT relating to elections; requiring the completion of a hand count by the county clerk of each county in the 2026 primary and general elections; specifying requirements of the hand count; requiring reporting; and providing for an effective date.

Barry CragoRepublican

AN ACT relating to elections; providing for the election of representatives to the Wyoming house of representatives; specifying requirements for nominations and elections; specifying apportionment and counting procedures for elections of representatives; making conforming amendments; providing for the apportionment of house legislative districts and the number of representatives for each district; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Troy McKeownRepublican

AN ACT relating to community college districts; specifying requirements for the transition of the northern Wyoming community college to the Gilette community college district; and providing for an effective date.

Jim AndersonRepublican

AN ACT relating to cities and towns; clarifying that cities and towns are required to comply with provisions applicable to surface water drainage utilities as specified; specifying applicability; requiring elections; and providing for an effective date.

Gary CrumRepublican

AN ACT relating to cities and towns; amending the zoning protest process as specified; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Stephan PappasRepublican

AN ACT relating to eminent domain; requiring the legislature to approve the use of eminent domain for the construction of water projects that utilize state funds as specified; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Bob IdeRepublican

AN ACT relating to public funds; repealing the strategic investments and projects account; providing for the transfer from and the reversion of funds from the strategic investments and projects account; revising limits on budget recommendations; making conforming amendments; amending the disposition of investment earnings and deposits as specified; repealing obsolete provisions; and providing for an effective date.

Larry HicksRepublican

AN ACT relating to K-12 school facilities major maintenance; appropriating funds for major maintenance for the remainder of the current biennium ending June 30, 2026; appropriating funds for major maintenance for the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2028; and providing for an effective date.

Dan DockstaderRepublican

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Pharmacy Act; amending provisions related to the practice of pharmacy; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Dan DockstaderRepublican

AN ACT relating to the insurance code; amending the number of days a health insurer has to determine the medical necessity of a health care service; amending the number of days an independent review organization has to make an external review determination regarding medical necessity of a health care service; and providing for an effective date.

Dan DockstaderRepublican

AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; creating the Wyoming energy dominance fund; specifying authorized uses and requirements of the fund; authorizing grants and loans from funds within the Wyoming energy dominance fund as specified; requiring reports; providing findings; modifying distribution of severance tax revenues; providing for the deposit of funds into the Wyoming energy dominance fund; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Bo BitemanRepublican

AN ACT relating to tourism; providing an appropriation; specifying distribution and requirements for the appropriation; requiring reporting; and providing for an effective date.

Ogden DriskillRepublican

AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; amending programs, functions and operations of the Wyoming business council; specifying requirements for the Wyoming business council; making conforming amendments; specifying limitations of the Wyoming business council; specifying applicability; requiring reports; creating a task force; providing appropriations; and providing for effective dates.

Gary CrumRepublican

AN ACT relating to economic development; establishing the Wyoming-Ireland trade commission; providing for the purposes, membership and operation of the commission; amending a definition; and providing for an effective date.

Jim AndersonRepublican

A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress to introduce a bill and enact law to amend the federal Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the state of Wyoming to administer and manage mineral leasing on federal lands located in Wyoming.

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A JOINT RESOLUTION calling upon the members of the Wyoming congressional delegation to uphold the principles of federalism.

Ed CooperRepublican

A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution by eliminating the assessment of property tax on residential property.

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A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming constitution to amend the composition and qualifications of the judicial nominating commission, to specify that the legislature may define the actual practice of law for purposes of qualifications for supreme court justices and to require persons selected for the office of justice of the supreme court to be confirmed by the senate.

Cheri SteinmetzRepublican

A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments to the United States constitution as specified.

Ogden DriskillRepublican

A JOINT RESOLUTION designating April 26 of each year to be shared parenting day in the state of Wyoming.

Laura PearsonRepublican

A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution to specify that the Wyoming legislature may, by law, define "health care" for purposes of the right of health care access and to clarify when and how the legislature may impose restrictions on the right of health care access.

Tim SalazarRepublican

A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend the Wyoming Constitution to specify that the amount of the appropriation for school funding shall not be subject to judicial review.

Dan LaursenRepublican

A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress recognize the protection of Wyoming's freedom of access to public lands, to allow responsible development of resources, recreation, agriculture, hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation under multiple‑use frameworks, to protect local participation in land management decisions, and to keep public lands available to the people of Wyoming.

Eric BarlowRepublican

AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; creating a task force; specifying duties of the task force in evaluating the Wyoming business council; specifying additional ex officio members of the Wyoming business council board; specifying duties of the Wyoming business council; requiring reports; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.

Taft LoveRepublican

AN ACT relating to game and fish; creating requirements for the issuance of transferable landowner hunting licenses as specified; requiring rulemaking; providing a sunset date; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Funding Act; providing for the funding of large projects under that act; specifying large projects approved for funding in 2026; authorizing distributions from the Wyoming wildlife and natural resource trust income account for approved large projects; providing for the reversion of funds; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to education; requiring amateur status for participation in high school athletic activities; specifying requirements for amateur status; providing exceptions; and providing for an effective date.

Gary CrumRepublican

AN ACT relating to banks, banking and finance; providing for the conversion of special purpose depository institutions into state banks; providing for the conversion of state banks into special purpose depository institutions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Chris RothfussDemocrat

AN ACT relating to banks, banking and finance; amending special purpose depository institution initial capital stock requirements; amending requirements for special purpose depository institutions to commence business as specified; amending requirements for the application to charter special purpose depository institutions as specified; amending the timeline special purpose depository institutions must commence business; authorizing appeals of decisions of the commissioner; amending the appealable court for decisions relating to special purpose depository institutions; creating a special purpose depository institution resolution fund account; specifying authorized expenditures and the investment of funds in the account; requiring a portion of supervisory fees to be paid to the account; repealing the requirement that special purpose depository institutions maintain a contingency account; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Chris RothfussDemocrat

AN ACT relating to food and drugs; regulating the sale, testing and use of kratom products as specified; authorizing the department of health and local law enforcement to enforce compliance with kratom product regulation as specified; providing definitions; providing criminal penalties; providing appropriations; authorizing full-time positions; and providing for effective dates.

Bill LandenRepublican