Wyoming2025Inactive
HB0029
Severance Tax for Highway Fund
Last scannedOct 8, 2026, 2:41 AM
In one sentence
The bill changes the distribution of severance tax to the highway fund starting from fiscal year 2026 and removes an old rule about where this tax goes.
What it does
- Changes the way severance tax money is divided so that two-thirds of the tax collected from fiscal year 2026 onwards will go into the highway fund.
- Removes a part of the law that allowed for the distribution of severance tax in the general appropriations bill.
Who it affects
- The state government and agencies responsible for managing highway funds.
- Oil and gas companies that pay severance taxes in Wyoming.
Limits and unknowns
- The bill is marked as inactive in Wyoming, meaning it will not move forward in this session.
- It only affects fiscal years starting from 2026 onwards.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Severance tax
- A tax paid by oil, gas, and mining companies when they extract natural resources from the land.
- Highway fund
- Money set aside to pay for building and maintaining roads and highways.
Official record
Sources
Public statements
Why lawmakers voted
Last checked Aug 3, 11:21 AM
Couldn't find a published reason.
Wyoming roll calls
Recorded votes
1 roll call
H08 - Transportation:Do Pass Failed 2-7-0-0-02025-01-16 · House2 yes 7 no
- Yes
- 2
- No
- 7
- Absent
- 0
- Excused
- 0
- Conflict
- 0
Official activity
Bill history
- H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4House
- H No report prior to CoW CutoffHouse
- H08 - Transportation:Do Pass Failed 2-7-0-0-0House
- H Introduced and Referred to H08 - TransportationHouse
- H Received for IntroductionHouse
- Bill Number AssignedLSO