It’s everyone’s job to hold Wyoming lawmakers accountable.
It’s the 2026 Legislative budget session: Do you know what your local lawmakers are up to?
If you’re like most Wyomingites, the answer is “probably not.”
How, then, do you know whether they’re doing a good job representing you and your community?
Better Wyoming’s Grassroots Accountability Reports aim to answer these questions and make sure YOU know how your local lawmakers voted while they were representing YOU at the capitol.
During the 2026 Legislative budget session, we’ll track how your local legislators vote on critical issues that affect our lives—like healthcare, education, tax reform, and more. We will work alongside our grassroots supporters to educate our neighbors across the state about these votes.
Better Wyoming will publish two Grassroots Accountability Reports for the Legislature’s 2026 budget session—one in the middle of the session and one afterwards—for each Wyoming county. They are designed to help you and your neighbors understand how your local legislators’ decisions impact your community and your life.
Together, we’ll ensure that every voter in Wyoming knows where their lawmakers stand on the critical issues that shape our state.
What is coming up this budget session?
In even-numbered years, lawmakers’ main responsibility is to craft and adopt the state’s budget for the next two fiscal years.
Because budget sessions focus on the state’s budget, bills face a higher hurdle for consideration. They must receive a two-thirds vote on introduction to be considered. This is meant to ensure that the majority of the session focuses on the budget.
The 2026 budget session begins on February 9. The Legislature is constitutionally obligated to pass a new, balanced “biennium” budget for the two upcoming fiscal years.
Gov. Gordon’s office drafted the “The Essentials” budget, a balanced budget that keeps spending on public services at its current level while putting some extra revenue into savings. Even with its fiscally conservative branding, the Freedom Caucus-led Joint Appropriations Committee (JAC) has cut tens of millions from it prior to it being heard by the full Legislature.
These cuts impact public services such as the Wyoming Health Department’s funding, the University of Wyoming, the Wyoming Business Council, and more. Unless the funding is restored during the budget session, these actions will greatly impact Wyoming communities and the services that they rely on.
Aside from the budget, bills that individual legislative committees have already worked on over the “interim session” will get priority.
For information on committee bills that Better Wyoming has been tracking during the interim, check the Topic Deep Dive section below.
Topic deepdive
Statewide Accountability Reports
Better Wyoming will publish county-specific Grassroots Accountability Reports that track bills, votes, and other information you need to know about your local legislators. You can find our 2025 Grassroots Accountability Reports here.
Accountability Report Mid-Session: February 25
Accountability Report Post-Session: March 12
We will also publish a report covering the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
Want to help? Here’s how.
First thing, reach out to your local lawmakers and let them know what your priorities are during this 2026 budget session.
Second, share out the Grassroots Accountability reports. Most people in Wyoming have no idea what their local legislators are up to or why it matters to their life. We need to change that.
Our community organizers are here to support you! We will provide training, any tools you may need, and opportunities to take action.
Will you help us get these reports out to the folks these decisions impact most?