What to Expect From the 2026 Wyoming Legislative Session

Forty years ago on a spring day in a Chicago suburb, high school senior Ferris Bueller fakes an illness to stay home from school. In the movie, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” Ferris famously said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

The same can be said for the Wyoming Legislature’s upcoming 20-day Budget Session, which kicks off on Feb. 9, 2026—it moves really, really fast, and if you don’t pay attention, you could miss it. The state alternates between a 40-day General Session in odd-numbered years and a 20-day Budget Session in even-numbered years. During Budget Sessions, any non-budget bill must receive a two-thirds majority vote upon introduction to be considered. Historically, the legislature has given deference to committee-sponsored bills developed during the interim.

Wyoming is currently facing heightened political polarization, fiscal uncertainty and a significantly expanded role for the Wyoming Freedom Caucus in shaping legislative priorities. With control of the Wyoming House of Representatives and influence in Senate leadership, the Freedom Caucus is positioned to drive aggressive budget reductions, structural government reforms and policy changes extending well beyond traditional budgetary matters.

Although budget sessions typically limit non-appropriation legislation, committee-sponsored bills and Freedom Caucus priorities are likely to advance. Clients with interests in energy, health care, technology, education, gaming, infrastructure or local government finance should anticipate a dynamic session with meaningful policy and regulatory implications.

Key themes expected to dominate the session include:

• Significant scrutiny of state agencies and economic development programs;
  
• Continued efforts to reduce or restructure property taxes;
  
• Election integrity legislation expanding hand-counting and limiting absentee voting mechanisms;
  
• Increased resistance to renewable energy development and carbon management initiatives;
  
• Early-stage debates surrounding data center growth, water usage and power infrastructure; and
  
• Ongoing legal and policy fallout from a recent Wyoming Supreme Court decision on abortion.

The 2026 session marks the first full budget cycle with the Wyoming Freedom Caucus holding a majority in the House. As a result, there should be faster movement on bills emphasizing government downsizing, regulatory rollback and ideological policy priorities, including measures that may impact business operations, local government funding and public-private partnerships.

Here are some highlights leading to the 2026 budget session.

Budget Outlook

Wyoming’s biennial budget is about $11.1 billion. Of that, $8.4 billion funds communities, schools, hospitals and local providers. On Dec. 1, 2025, Gov. Mark Gordon (R-WY) presented his 2027-2028 biennial budget to the Joint Appropriations Committee (JAC). In a press release, Gordon called his request “The Essentials,” outlining a “conservative, balanced plan grounded in Wyoming values[.]” He explained that investment income was projected to be the largest revenue source, with $913.7 million in General Fund investment earnings for the biennium. His budget recommended: $250 million in permanent savings, split between the Permanent Mineral Trust Fund and the Common School Permanent Land Fund; $80 million left in the Strategic Investment Projects Account (SIPA); $130 million remaining in the School Foundation Program Account; and after accounting for judicial, legislative and statutory expenditures, leaving approximately $462 million in surplus for the legislature to save or allocate.

The JAC held hearings on the proposed budget during early December 2025 and January 2026. At the outset, Freedom Caucus members wore red blazers to highlight the state’s projected deficit of nearly $700 million over the next five years.

Highlights from the JAC’s budget hearing include:

• Secretary of State Chuck Gray presented his office’s requests and claimed that Gov. Gordon failed to adequately fund his office when he denied a $125,000 expenditure that was to be used to advertise a 50% property tax reduction ballot initiative that will be on the 2026 ballot.
  
• Although the governor’s budget recommended that the Wyoming Business Council receive half of the funds the agency asked for—one of the most significant suggested reductions ($57 million instead of $112 million)—the agency still faced scrutiny from Freedom Caucus lawmakers who were skeptical of the agency and its budget goals. The JAC voted 9-3 to defund the Wyoming Business Council and to dismantle the agency, also in a 9-3 vote. Both the budgeting action and the repeal bill will be heard by the full legislature during the session. Critics have described the speed of the action taken as unprecedented and a monumental move to eliminate a major state agency—Wyoming’s primary economic development agency.
  
• The JAC created a subcommittee to identify potential cuts within the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH), the state’s largest agency. The subcommittee operated with similar goals as the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). During budget hearings, lawmakers questioned Wyoming’s award for $205 million of the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHT), created from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. WDH seeks to create a perpetuity fund to avoid fiscal cliffs when the funding ends in five years. The JAC also received testimony regarding “Bear Care,” a proposed state-operated public health benefit plan. Despite WDH’s support, the JAC removed Bear Care from the immediate list of time-limited programs in the initial draft budget bill.
  
• The University of Wyoming’s (UW) standard budget is approximately $440 million. UW President Dr. Ed Seidel said his top priority is to raise salaries for faculty and staff. UW is the only four-year university in the state of Wyoming and has faced criticism from some legislators for adopting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Seidel has also faced scrutiny for removing the College of Engineering dean, who refused to transfer $500,000 from the College of Engineering to a new school of computing, headed by Seidel’s partner. Dr. Seidel has announced that he will step down when his contract ends in 2026.
  
  Amid these controversies, the JAC recommended nearly $61 million in budget cuts for the next biennium. Cuts include a $40 million general cut, defunding Wyoming Public Media, and rejecting funds for athletics and private fundraising. The JAC voted to exempt the College of Education and College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources from the cuts. The proposed cuts are largely supported by the Freedom Caucus, while other members of JAC have characterized the cuts as “crippling” and “will haunt the state.”
• The School of Energy Resources (SER) is a division of UW but operates with its own budget and presents its programs separately. It seeks to maintain its $21 million budget, requested an additional $10 million to support matching grants and requested more than $2 million for coal research projects.
  
• Although the JAC did not take any formal action on the budget bill related to wildfire response, it voted to sponsor three bills: establishing a 12-person wildfire suppression team; authorizing wildland firefighters to participate in the Wyoming retirement system; and authorizing firefighters to receive hazardous pay and time off.
  
• The Wyoming Department of Family Services asked lawmakers to use state funds to cover a reduction in federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP), which supports approximately 28,000 residents to buy groceries. Gordon urged legislators to spend $5.5 million to mitigate federal SNAP cuts.
  
• In 2023, the Wyoming Department of Corrections sent 240 inmates to a private prison in Mississippi due to staffing shortages; 128 remain. The Department of Corrections requested a one-time appropriation of $9.3 million to cover out-of-facility housing expenses.
  
• The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) requested $282.8 million. JAC members questioned the agency’s staffing shortfalls, snowplow collisions and the cost to outfit state troopers with tasers. WYDOT warned legislators that they face a $600-plus million shortfall over the next decade to maintain thousands of miles of state highways. In 2025, the legislature decided to transfer vehicles sales tax to WYDOT, effective in fiscal year 2027. However, it is not expected to generate enough revenue to address the shortfall.

The JAC will meet on Feb. 5 before the Budget Session begins on Feb. 9. At this meeting it will consider the general government appropriations bill (mirror bills in the Senate and House), as well as proposed legislation on the Wyoming Rural Health Transformation program and state-funded Capitol construction.

Property Tax

During the 2025 session, the legislature enacted a property tax relief bill that will provide single-family homeowners a 25% cut of the first $1 million of their home’s fair market value. Property tax revenue funds local municipalities, such as districts, cities, towns and conservation districts; property tax is not directed to the state government. In debating the bill, some legislators advocated that any tax relief must provide a backfill to local governments. Ultimately, the final version of the bill did not contain a local government backfill.

With that backdrop, the Joint Revenue Interim Committee continued to examine Wyoming’s tax structure and administration this past year. At its last meeting in November 2025, the committee voted to sponsor two bills: one to eliminate residential property taxes and one to raise the state sales tax from 4% to 6% to replace the lost revenue. Eliminating a residential property tax would require a constitutional amendment, which must receive a two-thirds majority approval in both chambers before being placed on the ballot for voter approval. The extra 2% state sales tax would be in addition to the local county sales tax. All but one of Wyoming’s 23 counties have an additional 1%‒3% sales tax. The increase would generate about $245 million, which the state would transfer to local governments. Critics note that sales tax is more volatile than real property tax, making it harder for local officials to budget effectively.

In addition to these bills, the Joint Revenue Interim Committee advanced bills to amend the Wyoming Constitution to allow for an acquisition-value tax system. Currently, Wyoming taxes real property based on its value, and rising home values often lead to higher property taxes. Under the new proposal, instead of relying on value, the tax method would rely on what the owner paid for the property. Although the acquisition-based tax system is similar to California’s, a very blue state, the red state Freedom Caucus has given its full support to the legislation.

The Joint Revenue Interim Committee further advanced legislation that would amend the tax on the production of electricity from wind resources to include a tax on the production of electricity from solar and nuclear-generating facilities. There is a growing anti-renewable energy movement in Wyoming. For further discussion, see the Energy and Environment section below.

Proposed shifts from property tax to sales tax or acquisition-based systems may introduce long-term revenue volatility for local governments, potentially affecting public services, infrastructure investment and special district financing.

Health Care

On Jan. 6, 2026, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled in a 4-1 decision that two laws banning abortion, including the country’s first explicit ban on abortion pills, violated the Wyoming Constitution, which provides that competent adults have the right to make their own health care decisions. Wyoming voters adopted Article 1, Section 38 of the Wyoming Constitution in 2012, which provides that every competent adult has the right to make his or her health care decisions. The ruling upheld abortion as “health care” that should not be subject to government interference. The lone dissent was Justice Kari Gray, arguing the laws were “reasonable and necessary” restrictions on health care rights under the Wyoming Constitution. Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Kate Fox was called to help decide the case in place of Justice Bridget Hill, who did not participate given her former role as state attorney general when the bills were enacted. Senate President Bo Biteman and House Speaker Chip Neiman said they would work to advance a pro-life constitutional amendment. Lawmakers may also consider changing the composition of the state’s highest court.

Additionally, lawmakers will consider legislation that would prohibit the state from adopting any laws that target pregnancy centers for oversight or regulation based on the centers’ stance against abortion (House Bill 3).

Rural Health Transformation Funding: The JAC called back the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) to discuss the Rural Health Transformation award that was granted on Dec. 25, 2025 The WDH explained the application process and gave a detailed breakdown of what the state will do with the funds.

Currently, the state needs to clean up technicalities and revise the proposed budget from a hypothetical $200 million to the actual amount of $205 million. After a revised budget is submitted, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) has 30 days to approve it.

The first year of the budget runs from Dec. 25, 2025, through Sept. 30, 2026, with the funds being obligated to be spent by Sept. 30, 2027 (giving one extra fiscal year). Years two through five will follow the same pattern of a federal fiscal year of award, plus one additional year to allow allocated dollars to be spent.

Year one funding of the $205 million award has already been approved by the federal government. WDH is proposing to split the funds with 70% to be placed in a perpetuity account to be invested, with a 4% annual draw to fund long-term programs such as critical access, hospital, emergency medical services and workforce programs. The 4% rate is of the corpus, not just earnings, which would be drawn each year to fund the approved initiatives. The model projects 30 to 40 years or more of sustained payouts, depending on investment performance. The remaining 30% for this year are considered time-limited, one-time initiative funds, such as primary care pilots, technology adoption and innovation and other grants that are not intended to be ongoing beyond the federal award period.

WDH has asked the legislature to create the perpetuity account in statute, define the allowed uses for the funds in state law and align the statute with federal definitions. If funds are used outside of the approved federal parameters, they can be clawed back. RHT funds have strict oversight and administration. The state treasurer would invest the corpus. Spending authority would flow through the legislature on budget and appropriation decisions, and the WDH cannot spend funds at-will. This structure was developed to avoid short-lived pilot programs that could collapse when federal funds end and to prevent pressure on the legislature to backfill funds. WDH explicitly stated that they will not stand up the Catastrophic Insurance plan (AKA “Bear Care”) without separate legislative authorization, and they intentionally did not include it in the perpetuity bill draft, so the policy could be decided later.

The JAC asked if the legislature can, within federal limits, allocate less funding to some groups and more to others, rather than leaving too much discretion to the executive branch. The WDH cautioned that any shift outside federally approved initiatives jeopardizes the entire award.

On Jan. 16, the Wyoming Behavioral Health Alliance sent a letter to the legislature with 260 signatures from Wyoming providers, asking the JAC to reconsider any budget cuts and outlined the detrimental effect the cuts can have on Wyoming citizens.

Voter Integrity and Elections

Building on efforts from 2025, with the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office actively involved, key bills for the 2026 Legislative session include the following:

• House Bill 48 would make pen and paper ballots the default method for voting in Wyoming, requiring voters to fill in bubbles next to their preferred candidate with a pen. There is an exception given for those with disabilities.
  
• House Bill 49 prohibits counties from offering voting drop boxes. In 2025, a compromise was reached in the legislature in which ballot boxes were allowed provided they are a secure receptable in the courthouse like a bank’s night deposit.
  
• House Bill 50 restricts the number of absentee ballots one can return to just those from your household or an employee of a residential care facility, who can deliver not more than five ballots from residents who reside at the facility.
  
• House Bill 51 allows the secretary of state to instruct county clerks to conduct a hand count audit of 1% of the votes in one county precinct for each county. The secretary would then compare the results to that obtained from the tabulation machines.
  
• House Bill 52 enables candidates to request a hand recount or a recount using electronic voting equipment.
  
• House Bill 53 allows poll watchers to observe every aspect of an election and to stay at a polling place after the election concludes. It mandates that a chair be available for poll watchers.
  
• House Bill 54 raises the threshold of signatures required to run as an independent in statewide, countywide and district elections and increases the number of days before an election required for an independent candidate to report their candidacy to the secretary of state.
  
• Senate File 28 clarifies required procedures for public testing voting machines and ensures open access and proper setup before elections.
  
• Senate File 29 attempts to specify acceptable photo identification for voting that would potentially remove school, Medicaid and Medicare IDs as valid forms.
  
• Senate File 30 attempts to clarify voter registration revisions, defining a “qualified elector” as a natural person who will be at least 18 years old on the day of the next election.

County clerks have expressed budgetary concerns about these potential election requirements, in addition to declining property tax revenue. Secretary of State Chuck Gray said he is open to hearing the concerns of county clerks and will seek grant funding to support necessary programs.

Energy and Environment

Wyoming officials are further scrutinizing, and in some cases turning away from renewable energy and other measures to slow climate change.

During the 2025 legislative interim, the Agriculture, State, and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee considered draft legislation that would have prevented the use of eminent domain for pipelines constructed to convey carbon dioxide for sequestration. While the bill failed in committee, it illustrates the ongoing debate in Wyoming over whether there is still a need to address climate change as part of industrial development in the state.

In 2025, the State Board of Land Commissioners (SBLC) debated wind energy amid growing opposition to renewables. No bill is pending for 2026, but officials have pledged to review wind project growth. Critics say SBLC overlooks the combined impact of wind farms, data centers and industrial projects on land, water and local communities, with no forum to address these concerns.

If approved by the legislature, the Clean Air and Geoengineering Prohibition Act (House Bill 12) would ban releasing “atmospheric contaminants” into the atmosphere over Wyoming for purposes of altering climate, weather or solar radiation. This includes a prohibition on geoengineering, solar radiation management, stratospheric aerosol injection and weather modification. Related to House Bill 12 is House Joint Resolution 1, which asks the U.S. Congress to prohibit unauthorized atmospheric geoengineering and weather modification in Wyoming.

Regarding minerals, the Wyoming legislature appears to be seeking faster, more efficient development. A proposed joint resolution from the Wyoming Senate requests the U.S. Congress to adopt legislation to amend the federal Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the state of Wyoming to administer and manage mineral leasing on federal lands in Wyoming because some have alleged, among other things, that federal administration of mineral leasing has been inconsistent, unpredictable and subject to political delays that negatively impact Wyoming’s economy, energy industry and citizens.

Data Centers and Artificial Intelligence

Some Wyoming legislators have called for slowing down data center development so regulations can keep pace. Although no new legislation is pending for 2026, Sen. Cheri Steinmentz has remained a vocal critic of industrial-scale wind and solar projects, hydrogen hubs and massive data centers, citing concerns about strains on land, water and energy. She notes that data centers, including AI-driven computing facilities, consume significant amounts of water, which can be scarce in an arid state like Wyoming, and risk “destabilizing the very foundation of rural life.” Steinmetz has argued that these types of large-scale projects create community costs and warrant public policy review beyond private property considerations.

Supporters of data center development advocate for closed-loop systems, water treatment programs, the use of deeper wells to access water and other emerging technologies to help data centers meet water-use needs. They also note that Wyoming’s high elevation and semi-arid conditions reduce energy needs for data center cooling requirements. Regarding energy sources, new on-site power generation using natural gas has been touted as a way to avoid impacts to existing power grids and current residential customers.

Legislative discussions to date have included suggestions to follow the lead of other states in making developers pay for any burden on power grids or creating an office for project review and public comment opportunities. Wyoming currently offers tax breaks for data center operators and efforts to repeal these by state politicians failed in 2021.

Technology and Finance

In 2025, the Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology (Blockchain) developed several bills.

At its October 2025 hearing, the Blockchain Committee advanced a bill granting consumers and technicians the right to repair digital electronic equipment without relying solely on manufacturers. Opponents argued this could reduce safety if unqualified individuals did the repairs. Despite concerns raised during public comment, the committee moved the bill forward, with further amendments expected. House Bill 15 is the latest version of the right-to-repair proposal.

Additionally, the Blockchain Committee introduced bills which would:

• Allow the secretary of state to charge a fee for expedited filings authorized in Title 17 (Corporations, Partnerships and Associations), Title 34 (Property Conveyances and Security Transactions), and Title 40, Chapters 1 and 2 (Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names Registration) (House Bill 16);
  
• Rename the Select Committee to the “Select Committee on Blockchain and Emerging Technology” and modify the committee’s purpose (House Bill 17);
  
• Require government entities to adopt policies for the collection, access, security and use of personal data (Senate File 20);
  
• Authorize gifts, donations and bequests to be deposited into the Wyoming stable token trust account (trust account), amend the Wyoming Stable Token Commission’s authorized investments, amend the trust account’s reserve requirement, and amend the distribution of funds within the Wyoming stable token administration account (Senate File 21); and
  
• Authorize decentralized unincorporated nonprofit associations to automatically convert to unincorporated nonprofit associations (Senate File 22).
  
  

Gaming

In Wyoming, state law allows for specific gaming activity, including skill-based amusement games, online sports wagering, and historic horse racing (HHR) machines for operators who also provide live horse racing. Since 2012, when HHR machines were legalized, gaming in Wyoming has significantly increased, prompting some legislators to express concern about rapid growth. Due to the concern, the legislature created the Select Committee on Gaming to better understand the industry and develop legislation to control growth, developing four bills.

• Senate File 44 seeks to tighten the exemption to prevent gambling houses from operating. Current law allows “bona fide social relationships” to play table games such as poker. However, ambiguity in current law has allowed several poker clubs to open in Wyoming, arguing that the clubs are “bona fide social relationships.”
  
• Next, House Bill 43 would create felony charges for money laundering and illegal investments. A 2024 Wyoming gaming study recommended enacting a criminal statute for money laundering and terrorist financing.
  
• Third, Senate File 45 clarifies the local government’s ability to impose reasonable conditions on approvals, advancing legislation specifying the approval process of local government in issuing gaming permits.
  
• Last, Senate File 46 would limit skill-based amusement games from being placed in locations with liquor licenses to locations that also allow consumption on the premises, such as bars and restaurants and not grocery stores.

Additionally the Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee introduced House Bill 21, which would divert revenue received from online sports wagering to fund the Wyoming Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Trust Fund account.

Education

During the mid-1990s, several school districts sued the State of Wyoming over the equity and adequacy of K-12 funding. Through a series of court cases referred to as the “Campbell decisions,” the Wyoming Supreme Court held that Wyoming’s funding model was inequitable. The decision required the legislature to “recalibrate” or assess changes in school costs at least every five years and to adjust for inflation annually.

In 2025, the legislature created a select committee to work with consultants on recalibrating the education funding model. The recalibration committee conducted its work amid another lawsuit brought by the Wyoming Education Association in 2022 alleging that the state had violated its Constitution by failing to fund public school adequately. Eight school districts intervened in the lawsuit to challenge the state. In February of 2025, District Court Judge Peter Froelicher of Laramie County issued a 186-page ruling and held that the state was underfunding its public schools in violation of Article 7 of the Wyoming Constitution, which requires the legislature to “provide for the establishment and maintenance of a complete and uniform system of public education.”

As the recalibration committee met during the 2025 interim, legislators discussed issues cited by the court related to mental health, school safety and technology. Specifically, the committee discussed the legislature’s obligation to provide for an increased number of school counselors and mental health support, an increased number of school resource officers, laptops for students and other technology infrastructure used in school operations. The committee also considered the topic of food services, and the court found that a nutrition component is essential for a quality education.

Consultants Picus Odden presented its final findings to the recalibration committee on Jan. 22‒23, 2026. The recalibration committee considered a bill draft and adopted several amendments to the current funding model to address the formulaic growth in education finance. For example, current law would generate approximately $1.78 billion in educational costs. According to consultants, recalibration under an evidence-based model would cost $1.897 billion—an $88 million increase. The recalibration committee has looked for efficiencies within the model to support a more modest increase.

To achieve a slower rate of growth, lawmakers have debated components of the model, such as student-teacher ratios. The state’s current funding model presently includes one full-time teacher for every 16 elementary students. The recalibration committee voted to change that ratio to 1:15 for every K-3 student and 1:25 for every 4-6 grade student. Similarly, the current model provides a 1:21 ratio for middle and high school students. The recalibration committee recommended increasing that ratio to 1:25. Increasing such ratios would reduce the overall number of teachers but allow for an increase in pay for existing teachers, to the tune of an average $70,000-plus salary. The adopted bill draft would also include a cap on total compensation for superintendents. Lawmakers have also discussed moving all of the school districts’ employees to the state employees’ group insurance plan.

Rep. Scott Heiner, who has served as the House co-chairman of the recalibration committee, stated that the committee will focus on a traditional recalibration process during the upcoming session, but tackle elements mandated through a court decision—such as for school resource officers, school nutrition and mental health counselors—during the 2026 interim.

In addition to recalibration, the legislature will consider other bills developed during the 2026 interim, which would:

• Require school districts to allow homeschool students in grades 6-12 to participate in cocurricular and extracurricular activities (House Bill 23);
  
• Authorize a full-time literacy position within the Wyoming Department of Education (Senate File 14);
  
• Require school districts to adopt policies governing students’ possession and use of cell phones and smart watches in schools (Senate File 35); and
  
• Increase payment and provide a lump sum for Hathway Scholarship recipients (Senate File 36).
  
  

Other Notable Bills

• House Bill 8 would create a felony penalty for stalking offenses committed against minors. The Joint Judiciary Committee heard testimony from two teenagers who had been stalked for more than a year by a 41-year-old woman in their small community who had sent them anonymous and fraudulent texts and emails. The woman was charged with misdemeanor stalking and received two years of unsupervised probation and a fine.
  
• House Bill 19 would provide a clarifying exception to the offense of trespass if the person is traveling from one government-owned parcel of land to another parcel of government-owned land if the two parcels meet at a corner and no damages are caused to any privately owned land adjacent to the government parcels. The issue of corner-crossing has been controversial in Wyoming and other public land states. In 2021, four hunters from Missouri used a ladder to step over the corner point where private land met public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The private landowners filed criminal trespass charges against the hunters, who were found not guilty. The landowner filed a civil lawsuit seeking $7 million in damages, arguing the hunters had violated his property rights by passing through the airspace above his land. Federal courts sided with the hunters, including the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals that issued a unanimous decision in March 2025. The U.S. Supreme court has declined to hear the case on appeal, meaning the Tenth Circuit’s decision stands. Some Western state legislators have discussed codifying corner-crossing rules into state law to provide clearer guidance beyond what the federal court decision offers.
  
• House Bill 32 would require highway patrol and other peace officers to police, enforce and issue citations for violations of the requirement that operators of commercial motor vehicles in Wyoming demonstrate proficiency in the English language.
  
  

Conclusion

Ferris Bueller, in planning his epic day off from school, told his friends, “The question isn’t ‘what are we going to do,’ the question is ‘what aren’t we going to do?’” For Wyoming’s lawmakers, the question isn’t “how much can we do,” but “how much can we get done in 20 days?”

Over the years, Wyoming’s Legislative Service Office has continued to report an increasing number of bill draft requests and 2026 won’t likely be an exception. The deadline for all bill drafts to be in final form for introduction is Feb. 11. The Budget Session is scheduled to conclude on March 11. It’ll move fast and we will see how much they can get done.

---

This document is intended to provide you with general information regarding the 2026 Wyoming legislative session. The contents of this document are not intended to provide specific legal advice. If you have any questions about the contents of this document or if you need legal advice as to an issue, please contact the attorneys listed or your regular Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP attorney. This communication may be considered advertising in some jurisdictions. The information in this article is accurate as of the publication date. Because the law in this area is changing rapidly, and insights are not automatically updated, continued accuracy cannot be guaranteed.