HB0320 • 2025

Taxation and Revenue Task Force 2028.

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; creating the Taxation and Revenue Task Force 2028; assigning duties to the task force related to taxation and revenue for local governments and education; specifying members, duties and duration of the task force; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.

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Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Representative Storer
Last action: 2025-02-11
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass, so it has no effective date or further details on implementation.

Taxation and Revenue Task Force 2028

This act creates the Taxation and Revenue Task Force 2028 to study taxation and revenue for local governments and education in Wyoming, with duties including analyzing current revenues, developing recommendations, and reporting findings.

What This Bill Does

Creates the Taxation and Revenue Task Force 2028 to examine how local governments get money and provide services.
Assigns members from the legislature, governor's office, county governments, cities, towns, special districts, school districts, and the public to the task force.
Requires the task force to analyze current revenue sources for local entities and determine if they can support necessary services and education requirements.
Directs the task force to develop recommendations for sustainable revenues through 2050 and report findings by December 31, 2026.
Provides funding from the general fund for salaries, mileage, per diem, and other expenses of the task force.

Who It Names or Affects

Members of the Wyoming legislature
Governor's office staff
County governments in Wyoming
Cities and towns in Wyoming

Terms To Know

Task Force: A group created to study a specific issue or problem.
Revenue: Money that comes into an organization, such as taxes and fees collected by the government.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass in its session.
Details about how the task force will operate are limited to what is stated in the act.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB0320H3001

3rd reading • Representative Washut

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds a new duty to the Taxation and Revenue Task Force 2028, requiring it to review expenditures made by local governments, school districts, and special districts.

Adds a new clause (ii) that instructs the task force to examine expenses and costs incurred by local entities for both required and optional services.

The amendment does not provide details on how these reviews will be conducted or what specific actions should follow from them.
It is unclear if this new clause (ii) will affect other parts of the bill that reference similar duties with different numbering.

HB0320HW001

Committee of the Whole • Representative Locke

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment removes references to revenue and replaces them with specific mentions of the minerals and agriculture industries, and it changes how co-chairs are selected for the task force.

Removed 'revenue and' from the text.
Added 'the minerals industry;' in place of a removed line.
Added 'the agriculture industry;' in place of another removed line.
Changed the selection process for two co-chairs to include representation from the mineral industry, agriculture industry, or general public.

The exact impact on task force operations is not fully explained by this amendment text alone.

HB0320HS001

Standing Committee • House Appropriations Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes how the Taxation and Revenue Task Force 2028 will choose its leaders.

Removes the existing language about task force leadership and replaces it with a new rule that the task force members must elect co-chairs from among themselves.

The amendment does not provide details on how the election of co-chairs will take place or what specific roles these co-chairs will have.

Bill History

2025-02-11 House
H 3rd Reading:Failed 25-36-1-0-0
2025-02-10 House
H 3rd Reading:Laid Back
2025-02-07 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2025-02-06 House
H COW:Passed
2025-02-05 House
H Placed on General File
2025-02-05 House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0
2025-01-30 House
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
2025-01-29 House
H Received for Introduction
2025-01-28 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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25LSO-0788
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0788
Introduced
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0320

Taxation and Revenue Task Force 2028.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Storer, Clouston, Larsen, L and Thayer and Senator(s) Driskill and Pappas

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; creating the Taxation and Revenue Task Force 2028; assigning duties to the task force related to taxation and revenue for local governments and education; specifying members, duties and duration of the task force; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

(a)

There is created the Taxation and Revenue Task Force 2028 to consist of the following members:

(i)

Members of the legislature, as follows:

(A)

Two (2) members of the Wyoming senate, appointed by the president of the senate. Not more than one (1) member shall be of the same political party;

(B)

Two (2) members of the Wyoming house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house. Not more than one (1) member shall be of the same political party.

(ii)

Members appointed by the governor, as follows:

(A)

Two (2) members representing Wyoming county governments;

(B)

Two (2) members representing Wyoming cities and towns;

(C)

One (1) member representing Wyoming special districts;

(D)

One (1) member representing Wyoming school districts;

(E)

One (1) member representing revenue and taxation expertise;

(F)

One (1) member representing constitutional expertise;

(G)

Two (2) members of the general public.

(b)

The governor shall appoint co-chairs for the task force.

(c)

The task force shall:

(i)

Conduct a comprehensive analysis of the sources of revenues currently available to local governments, school districts and special districts as designated in the Wyoming Constitution and Wyoming statutes;

(ii)

Determine whether the revenues analyzed in paragraph (i) of this subsection can provide for the services provided by local governments, school districts and special districts, and meet the constitutional mandate for an equal and adequate education of all Wyoming children while ensuring equal and uniform taxation within all classes and subclasses of property;

(iii)

Develop recommendations for providing sustainable revenues for local governments, special districts and schools through 2050 that take into account all forecasted costs, potential revenues and declines in revenues at the state and local levels through 2050;

(iv)

Report its findings and recommendations, including any recommended legislation, to the governor, the Management Council and the Joint Revenue Interim Committee not later than December 31, 2026.

(d)

The task force shall be staffed by the Wyoming department of revenue with assistance from the legislative service office.

(e)

Subject to available funding, the task force may recommend to the governor retention of consultants as necessary to fulfill its duties under this section. State agencies shall provide information to the task force as requested by the task force.

(f)

The legislative members of the task force shall receive salary, per diem and travel expenses in the manner and amount prescribed by W.S. 28-5-101.

Task force members representing Wyoming state government or its subdivisions shall be considered to be acting within the scope of regular employment when conducting the official business of the task force and shall receive their regular pay without additional compensation, except

that

those

members

shall

receive mileage and per diem as provided for other members of the task force under this subsection if the members are not reimbursed by their employer. All other members of the task force shall not receive salary but shall receive per diem and mileage in the amount provided for members of the legislature under W.S. 28-5-101 when conducting the official business of the task force.

Section 2.

(a)

There is appropriated thirty-six thousand dollars ($36,000.00) from the general fund to the legislative service office for purposes of providing salary, mileage and per diem to the legislative members of the task force appointed under paragraph (a)(i) of section 1 of this act. This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending December 31, 2027. This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30, 2028.

(b)

There is appropriated ninety thousand dollars ($90,000.00) from the general fund to the office of the governor for purposes of providing salary, mileage and per diem to members of the task force appointed under paragraph (a)(ii) of section 1 of this act, subject to subsection (f) of section 1 of this act, and for other expenses of the task force. This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending December 31, 2027. This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30, 2028.

Section 3
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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