Wyoming SF 1 — General government appropriations.

Wyoming, 2026. SF 1: General government appropriations.

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March 9, 2026 — Assigned Chapter Number 44

Summary

This act contains the following appropriations, including appropriations contingent upon the enactment of other legislation:General Fund (GF) $3,402,050,711 [Increased by Governor’s veto; not overridden.] $3,456,950,711* Federal Funds (FF) $2,188,146,505Public School Foundation Prog.(SFP) $2,271,196,743Other Funds (OF) $2,128,380,973 [Increased by Governor’s veto; not overridden.] $2,182,752,503Total Appropriations $9,989,774,932 $10,099,046,462This act contains the following transfers from the General Fund or Other Funds, including transfers contingent upon the enactment of other legislation:Strategic Investments and Projects Account (SIPA) to GF $138,974,688GF to the Permanent Wyoming Mineral Trust Fund (transfer for savings) $44,348,131School Foundation Program Reserve Account to SFP $88,742,176SIPA to GF $228,600,000(Contingent on 2026 SF 119 not being enacted. The Governor vetoed 2026 SF 0119.)Leg. Stabilization and Reserve Account (LSRA) to GF $100,000,000LSRA to GF $325,000,000Total Transfers $925,664,995 *This includes $4,681,166 contingent on 2026 House Bill 36 and $1,600,000 contingent on 2026 Senate File 85; both became law. Total Authorized Positions:7,210 full time equivalent (FTE) and 223 part time equivalent (PTE) positions. These authorizations are net of four (4) FTE positions and twenty (20) PTE positions appropriated to the Office of State Lands and Investments (Section 060) for the positions authorized by 2026 House Bill 36 which became law.General Government - The act appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2028, detailing allocations for various state departments, programs, and initiatives. It includes provisions for employee positions, budgetary limitations and specific terms for fund usage. The act authorizes grants and loans, establishes reporting requirements and mandates audits for certain funds. It provides for the carryover of specific funds beyond the biennium. The act contains delayed effective dates for certain sections and specifies conditions for fund transfers and borrowing authority. The act includes appropriations for employee compensation adjustments and benefits, with specific conditions and reporting requirements. It repeals and amends prior appropriations. It specifies the effective dates for various sections, with some provisions effective immediately upon enactment.A condensed overview of large agencies and programs follows:Department of Health – This act includes appropriations of $2.660 billion ($1.108 billion GF; $1.241 FF; $311.0 million OF). The act includes the ability to carry over up to $25.0 million GF from the 2025-2026 biennium to the 2027-2028 biennium, pursuant to Section 309.K-12 Education – This act includes appropriations of $2.210 billion SFP for school districts. This act appropriates $392.7 million ($17.3 million GF; $349.8 million FF; $25.6 million OF) to the Department of Education. This includes $21.9 million SFP for school district entitlement payments if 2026 House Bill 0045 or 2026 Senate File 0039 is enacted into law. 2026 House Bill 0045 was enacted into law.Higher Education – This act appropriates $293.4 million ($290.3 million GF; $1.9 million FF; $1.2 million OF) to community colleges; this is inclusive of an appropriation for a dual enrollment competitive grant program. This act also appropriates $486.8 million GF to the University of Wyoming. Department of Corrections – This act appropriates $346.1 million ($325.8 million GF; $472,000 FF; $19.8 million OF) to the Department of Corrections. Department of Family Services – This act appropriates $339.3 million ($175.4 million GF; $149.8 million FF; $14.1 million OF) to the Department of Family Services.Various additional provisions:This act provides carryover appropriations as specified in Sections 303 and 309.This act reappropriates funds to the Enhanced Oil Recovery Commission, pursuant to Section 308.This act appropriates up to $16.0 million from the LSRA for matching grant funding for projects related to rare earth resources, pursuant to Section 312.This act deappropriates funds in the Business Ready Community Account, pursuant to Section 317. [Governor vetoed; not overridden.]This act revises prior appropriations, pursuant to Section 318.This act appropriates $15.0 million from the Wyoming Tourism Reserve and Projects Account for an Office of Tourism Project and Contract, pursuant to Section 320.This act appropriates $3.3 million GF and $365,000 of local matching funds for court security grants, pursuant to Section 321.This act authorizes the continuation of the Rocky Mountain Power Project Account, pursuant to Section 322.This act discharges a loan from the LSRA to the University of Wyoming 2023 capital projects account, pursuant to Section 323.This act modifies a prior authorization for spending from the Wyoming State Penitentiary Capital Construction Account, pursuant to Section 324. [Governor vetoed; not overridden.]This act requires the reversion of a prior appropriation of $2.5 million from the Wyoming Tourism Account, pursuant to Section 327.This act appropriates $172.2 million ($131.3 million GF; $30.9 million FF; $10.2 million OF) to restore some of the Governor’s biennial budget development recommendations, pursuant to Section 328(a) and fifteen (15) FTE, pursuant to Section 328(b).This act appropriates $111.8 million GF for salary adjustments and the necessary, proportional amounts from nongeneral fund sources to provide payment of comparable salary adjustments, pursuant to Section 329.This act appropriates $800,000 from the Wyoming Tourism Account for an Outdoor Trails matching funding, pursuant to Section 330.This act appropriates $550,000 GF for a rural veterinary medicine education program, pursuant to Section 331.This act authorizes prior appropriations for the Wyoming State Shooting Complex and reverts $5 million to the GF, pursuant to Section 332.This act appropriates $30,000 from the Wyoming Tourism Account for a display related to the 1893 Yellowstone Forest Reserve Survey Party Tree, pursuant to Section 333.This act authorizes the use of not more than $3.0 million Special Revenue (SR) from prior appropriated funds for an appraisal and expenditure related to state parks concessionaires, pursuant to Section 335.Reports and submissions required by this act:This act appropriates $100,000 GF for an external financial and administrative audit and operational review of the Center of Innovation for Flow Through Porous Media and the High Bay Research facility at the University of Wyoming in consultation with the legislative Management Council, pursuant to Section 067, footnote 2. [Governor vetoed in part; not overridden.]This act requires a comprehensive review and operational plan from the University of Wyoming, pursuant to Section 067, footnote 9.This act appropriates $100,000 GF for a forensic audit of the Wyoming Business Council pursuant to Section 334. [Governor vetoed in part; not overridden.]The Governor vetoed the following provisions that were subsequently overridden by the Senate and House:Section 2, Introduction related to authorization of employees.Section 2, Section 206, Department of Education, portion of footnote 1.Section 3, Section 307, Personal Services Transfers.Section 3, Section 310, Limitation on Salary Increase.The Governor vetoed the following provisions that were not overridden:Section 2, Section 004, State Treasurer, portion of footnote 1.Section 2, Section 010, Department of Agriculture, footnote 4.Section 2, Section 015, Attorney General, portion of footnote 4.Section 2, Section 042, Geological Survey, portion of footnote 1.Section 2, Section 045, Department of Transportation, portion of footnote 4.Section 2, Section 057, Community College Commission, portion of footnote 1 and entire footnote 7.Section 2, Section 067, University of Wyoming, portion of footnote 2, portion of footnote 6, footnote 8 and portion of footnote 9(b).Section 2, Section 077, Enterprise Technology Services, portion of footnote 2.Section 2, Section 085, Wyoming Business Council, portion of footnote 1.Section 3, Section 303, Carryover Appropriations, portion of subsection (a) Wild Horse and Burro Management.Section 3, Section 312, Energy Matching Fund Grant, portion of subsection (b).Section 3, Section 317, Deappropriation – Business Ready Community Account, subsection (a), portion of subsection (b) and subsection (c).Section 3, Section 318, Revisions to Prior Appropriations, portions related to 2022 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 51, Section 321, Energy Matching Funds, and portions related to 2022 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 51, Section 325, Appropriation to Match Federal Infrastructure Grants.Section 3, Section 324, Modification of Authorization to Expend Wyoming State Penitentiary Capital Construction Account.Section 3, Section 328, Governor’s Biennial Budget Development Recommendations – Restoration, footnote 7.Section 3, Section 334, Wyoming Business Council – Forensic Audit, portions of title and subsection (a).Comments:Portions of this act are effective immediately. Except where otherwise indicated, this act is effective July 1, 2026;Popular name(s): “Budget Bill”; “General Appropriations of Government”.

AN ACT to make appropriations for the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2028; providing definitions; providing for appropriations and transfers of funds for the period of the budget and for the remainder of the current biennium ending June 30, 2026 as specified; providing for carryover of certain funds beyond the biennium as specified; providing for employee positions as specified; providing for duties, terms and conditions and other requirements relating to appropriations for the remainder of the current biennium ending June 30, 2026 and the period of the budget as specified; providing for position and other budgetary limitations; continuing an account; authorizing grants and loans; discharging interfund loans; funding a higher education program; requiring an audit of funds; making conforming amendments; amending and repealing prior appropriations; and providing for effective dates.

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Governor's Line Item Veto Message Read version ↗

Governor's Line Item Vetoes Read version ↗

Chaptered Law with Final Veto Actions Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001HS001 (Standing Committee) - House Appropriations Committee (Reported) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001JC001 (Conference Committee) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2001 (2nd reading) - Senator Driskill (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2002 (2nd reading) - Senator Boner (Failed) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2003 (2nd reading) - Senator Hicks (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2004 (2nd reading) - Senator Landen (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2005 (2nd reading) - Senator Boner (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2006 (2nd reading) - Senator Hicks (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2007 (2nd reading) - Senator Case (Corrected, Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2008 (2nd reading) - Senator Driskill (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2009 (2nd reading) - Senator Barlow (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2010 (2nd reading) - Senator Hicks (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2011 (2nd reading) - Senator Salazar (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2012 (2nd reading) - Senator Scott (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2013 (2nd reading) - Senator Scott (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2014 (2nd reading) - Senator Boner (Failed) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2015 (2nd reading) - Senator Hicks (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2016 (2nd reading) - Senator Hicks (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2017 (2nd reading) - Senator Laursen, D (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2018 (2nd reading) - Senator Boner (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S2019 (2nd reading) - Senator Steinmetz (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3001 (3rd reading) - Senator Laursen, D (Failed) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3002 (3rd reading) - Senator Laursen, D (Failed) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3003 (3rd reading) - Senator Crago (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3004 (3rd reading) - Senator Crago (Corrected, Corrected, Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3005 (3rd reading) - Senator Crago (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3006 (3rd reading) - Senator Landen (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3007 (3rd reading) - Senator Driskill (Failed) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3008 (3rd reading) - Senator Barlow (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3009 (3rd reading) - Senator Salazar (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3010 (3rd reading) - Senator Laursen, D (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3011 (3rd reading) - Senator Driskill (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3012 (3rd reading) - Senator Gierau (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3013 (3rd reading) - Senator Biteman (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3014 (3rd reading) - Senator Brennan (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3015 (3rd reading) - Senator Brennan (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3016 (3rd reading) - Senator Driskill (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3017 (3rd reading) - Senator Laursen, D (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3018 (3rd reading) - Senator Brennan (Failed) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3019 (3rd reading) - Senator Brennan (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3020 (3rd reading) - Senator Laursen, D (Failed) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3021 (3rd reading) - Senator Laursen, D (Corrected, Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3022 (3rd reading) - Senator Rothfuss (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3023 (3rd reading) - Senator Love (Failed) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3024 (3rd reading) - Senator Steinmetz (Failed) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3025 (3rd reading) - Senator Barlow (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3026 (3rd reading) - Senator Laursen, D (Failed) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3027 (3rd reading) - Senator Crum (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3028 (3rd reading) - Senator Crum (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3029 (3rd reading) - Senator Driskill (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3030 (3rd reading) - Senator Love (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3031 (3rd reading) - Senator Love (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3032 (3rd reading) - Senator Scott (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3033 (3rd reading) - Senator Driskill (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3034 (3rd reading) - Senator Crago (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3035 (3rd reading) - Senator Driskill (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3036 (3rd reading) - Senator Boner (Corrected, Corrected, Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3037 (3rd reading) - Senator Hicks (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3038 (3rd reading) - Senator Hicks (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3039 (3rd reading) - Senator Crago (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3040 (3rd reading) - Senator Love (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3041 (3rd reading) - Senator Steinmetz (Failed) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3042 (3rd reading) - Senator Steinmetz (Failed) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3043 (3rd reading) - Senator Hicks (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3044 (3rd reading) - Senator Steinmetz (Failed) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3045 (3rd reading) - Senator Driskill (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3046 (3rd reading) - Senator Steinmetz (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3047 (3rd reading) - Senator Gierau (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3048 (3rd reading) - Senator Hicks (Failed) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3049 (3rd reading) - Senator Dockstader (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3050 (3rd reading) - Senator Driskill (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3051 (3rd reading) - Senator Schuler (Withdrawn) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3052 (3rd reading) - Senator Salazar (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001S3053 (3rd reading) - Senator Gierau (Adopted) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001VT001 (Veto Override) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001VT002 (Veto Override) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001VT003 (Veto Override) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001VT004 (Veto Override) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001VT005 (Veto Override) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001VT006 (Veto Override) Read version ↗

Amendment SF0001VT007 (Veto Override) Read version ↗

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Legislative history

1. February 6, 2026Bill Number Assigned
2. February 9, 2026S Received for Introduction
3. February 12, 2026S Introduced and Referred to SCOW
4. February 13, 2026S COW:Passed
5. February 17, 2026S 2nd Reading:Passed
6. February 19, 2026S 3rd Reading:Laid Back
7. February 21, 2026S 3rd Reading:Passed 20-10-1-0-0
8. February 23, 2026H Received for Introduction
9. February 23, 2026H Introduced and Referred to H02
10. February 24, 2026House:Pursuant to JR 14-1 (g) referred directly to JCC
11. February 24, 2026H Appointed JCC01 Members
12. February 25, 2026S Appointed JCC01 Members
13. March 2, 2026Assigned Number SEA No. 0027
14. March 2, 2026S President Signed SEA No. 0027
15. March 2, 2026H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0027
16. March 6, 2026Governor Signed and Line Item Vetoed
17. March 9, 2026Assigned Chapter Number 44

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