February 15, 2026
Week 2: Medal Count
Wyoming’s Legislative Games
It’s the Olympics, right here on our home turf! WYWF’s version of the medal count is our bill tracker! Read the highlights below and follow us on social media for daily video updates.
Week one gave us some wins, some losses, and some DNFs (did not finish) since the last day to introduce a bill was Friday at 6pm:
Gold medal bills (they’ve made it through the prelims, but still have a ways to go):
- HB 4 – Access to maternal health makes all of our communities stronger. This bill allows birthing centers (which we now have 1 of in the state) to receive Medicaid payments for their facility fees, helping keep them afloat.
- HB 8 – Every person should have the freedom to feel safe in their community, but stalking takes that freedom away. Four out of five stalking incidents happen to females. This bill is specific to adults stalking children, making the act a felony.
- HB 45 – Property taxes go straight to local community services that women and girls find valuable. This bill amends last year’s property tax break for seniors who’ve owned their home for 25 years, by capping the exemption at the first $3 million of the home value (there was no cap before). The break equals 50% of value up to $3M. This means a $20M home would receive the break on $3M and pay regular property taxes on the remaining $17M.
Bad bills and resolutions that we’ll need YOUR HELP calling foul on:
- HB 10 – Protecting children can be addressed without stripping safeguards for librarians. This bill would make hardworking Wyoming librarians, the majority of whom are women, at risk for lawsuits when selecting material intended to educate children. The bill doesn’t provide any good-faith immunity, stop those who file simply to harass, protect staff from being named, or cap litigation costs.
- SJ 6 – While cooperative parenting is beneficial in many instances, this resolution spreads false, harmful information about the outcomes of children in single parent households. It also shames and blames single moms for custody arrangements often decided by the courts in the child’s best interest. It ignores the safety and stress of moms who have escaped abusive relationships for whom cooperative parenting would be harmful.
Check out the bills that we’re tracking that DNF’d here (Click on “last action” or any other column label to sort. You may need to turn your phone horizontal to scroll)
This coming week we’ll be tracking the budget bills (HB1 and SF1) closely!
Also, be on the lookout for action alerts this week as I’m sure there will be a few. We’ll need YOU to reach out to your legislator: ring the cowbell for the good bills, and boo the bad ones by speaking out! Even if it’s just one bill!
