Statewide Accountability Report: Post-Session 2026

Both the House and Senate considered proposed budget amendments that would increase Medicaid funding for senior care, maternal healthcare, mental healthcare, and EMS services. Most of these were ultimately included in the budget.

The legislature passed a bill that would allow “birthing centers” to accept Medicaid payments, and another that would limit who can qualify for Medicaid.

The Senate defeated a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the Legislature to legally define “healthcare.” A likely unconstitutional bill that would ban abortion after six weeks passed.

A bill that would ban books in school and public libraries that politicians find offensive failed, as did a proposed constitutional amendment that would prohibit state courts from ensuring the Legislature is properly funding K-12 public education.

The House defeated a bill that would have eased Wyoming’s teacher shortage by allowing educators licensed in other states to work here. 

Attempts to cut the University of Wyoming’s budget by tens of millions of dollars failed. Lawmakers voted down funding that would have provided school lunches to hungry kids during summer months.

A variety of major property tax cuts all died. These included proposals to lower the cap at which property taxes can rise year over year, to attach tax rates to a home’s “market value” or purchase price instead of its assessed value, to eliminate property tax mills that fund schools, and to eliminate property taxes altogether.

A bill to ban municipalities from collecting fees to fund workforce housing was defeated in the Senate.

A bill that would prohibit seniors from using their Medicare card as a voter ID died, as did a bill that would have eliminated the Wyoming Business Council.

A bill that would have created a fund for housing development failed, while a bill to prohibit public employees from having union dues directly withdrawn from their paychecks succeeded (it was vetoed by the governor).

The legislature passed a joint resolution proclaiming opposition to any large-scale selloff of federal public land within Wyoming, while turning down a bill that would have clarified state laws around “corner crossing” from one parcel of public land to another.