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HB0141 • 2026
Fifth Amendment Protection Act.
AN ACT relating to cities, towns and counties; prohibiting cities, towns and counties from imposing fees or conditions related to housing on residential or commercial development as specified; specifying applicability; 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 Bear
- Last action
- 2026-03-04
- Official status
- inactive
- Effective date
- 3/1/2026
Plain English Breakdown
The official source material does not provide a detailed summary or digest text, so some details were inferred from the bill text itself.
Fifth Amendment Protection Act
The bill prohibits cities and counties from requiring developers to provide affordable or workforce housing as a condition for building new homes or businesses.
What This Bill Does
- It stops city and town governments from making developers pay fees or meet conditions related to providing affordable, workforce, or unmet housing needs when they want to build new houses or commercial buildings.
- It also prevents county boards of commissioners from imposing similar requirements on residential or commercial developments within their jurisdictions.
Who It Names or Affects
- City and town governments that make decisions about building permits.
- County boards of commissioners who oversee development within their areas.
- Developers planning to build residential or commercial projects after July 1, 2026.
Terms To Know
- Workforce housing
- Housing that is affordable for people with middle-income jobs in the area.
- Affordable housing
- Housing that costs less than what low- and moderate-income families can afford.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not affect contracts or agreements made before July 1, 2026.
- It only applies to new permit applications submitted after the effective date of July 1, 2026.
- The bill did not pass and was returned to committee.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: 1
HB0141H3001
1 Page 2-line 5 After "body" insert "unless the monetary fee,
2 nonmonetary condition or other concession is
3 imposed in connection with a development plan
4 in which the city or town agrees to invest in
5 the construction or maintenance of public
6 infrastructure that benefits the developer or
7 landowner in a manner that exceeds the benefit
8 to the general public, including but not
9 limited to the development or maintenance of
10 on-site or off-site infrastructure for water
11 supply, wastewater management, roads and
12 highways, stormwater management, schools or
13 parks".
- 1
HB0141H3001
1 Page 2-line 5 After "body" insert "unless the monetary fee,
2 nonmonetary condition or other concession is
3 imposed in connection with a development plan
4 in which the city or town agrees to invest in
5 the construction or maintenance of public
6 infrastructure that benefits the developer or
7 landowner in a manner that exceeds the benefit
8 to the general public, including but not
9 limited to the development or maintenance of
10 on-site or off-site infrastructure for water
11 supply, wastewater management, roads and
12 highways, stormwater management, schools or
13 parks".
- 14
15 Page 2-line 14 After "county" insert "unless the monetary
16 fee, nonmonetary condition or other concession
17 is imposed in connection with a development
18 plan in which the city or town agrees to invest
19 in the construction or maintenance of public
20 infrastructure that benefits the developer or
21 landowner in a manner that exceeds the benefit
22 to the general public, including but not
23 limited to the development or maintenance of
24 on-site or off-site infrastructure for water
25 supply, wastewater management, roads and
26 highways, stormwater management, schools or
27 parks".
- STORER, YIN
28
Plain English: 1
HB0141H3002
1 Page 2-line 5 After "body" insert "unless the monetary fee,
2 nonmonetary condition or other concession is
3 imposed in connection with a development plan
4 in which a developer or landowner receives a
5 higher or preferential zoning density or other
6 regulatory incentives, including rezoning".
- 1
HB0141H3002
1 Page 2-line 5 After "body" insert "unless the monetary fee,
2 nonmonetary condition or other concession is
3 imposed in connection with a development plan
4 in which a developer or landowner receives a
5 higher or preferential zoning density or other
6 regulatory incentives, including rezoning".
- 7
8 Page 2-line 14 After "county" insert "unless the monetary
9 fee, nonmonetary condition or other concession
10 is imposed in connection with a development
11 plan in which a developer or landowner
12 receives a higher or preferential zoning
13 density or other regulatory incentives,
14 including rezoning".
- STORER
15
Plain English: 1
HB0141H3003
1 Page 2-line 5 After "body" insert "unless the monetary fee,
2 nonmonetary condition or other concession
3 bears an essential nexus and proportionality
4 to the impacts of the proposed development or
5 housing consistent with the fifth and
6 fourteenth amendments to the United States
7 constitution and article 1, section 33 of the
8 Wyoming constitution.".
- 1
HB0141H3003
1 Page 2-line 5 After "body" insert "unless the monetary fee,
2 nonmonetary condition or other concession
3 bears an essential nexus and proportionality
4 to the impacts of the proposed development or
5 housing consistent with the fifth and
6 fourteenth amendments to the United States
7 constitution and article 1, section 33 of the
8 Wyoming constitution.".
- 9
10 Page 2-line 14 After "county" insert "unless the monetary
11 fee, nonmonetary condition or other concession
12 bears an essential nexus and proportionality
13 to the impacts of the proposed development or
14 housing consistent with the fifth and
15 fourteenth amendments to the United States
16 constitution and article 1, section 33 of the
17 Wyoming constitution.".
- STORER
HB0141HS001
Standing Committee • House Appropriations Committee
Adopted
Plain English: 1
HB0141HS001
1 Page 2-line 2 Delete "related to" and insert "requiring".
- 1
HB0141HS001
1 Page 2-line 2 Delete "related to" and insert "requiring".
- 2
3 Page 2-line 11 Delete "related to" and insert "requiring".
- 4 BEAR, CHAIRMAN
Bill History
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2026-03-04
Senate
S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
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2026-03-02
Senate
S No report prior to CoW Cutoff
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2026-03-02
Senate
S Suspension of the rules and referred directly to COW Failed 7-24-0-0-0
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2026-02-25
Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations
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2026-02-24
Senate
S Received for Introduction
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2026-02-23
House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 35-17-10-0-0
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2026-02-21
House
H 3rd Reading:Laid Back
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2026-02-20
House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
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2026-02-19
House
H COW:Passed
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2026-02-17
House
H Placed on General File
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2026-02-17
House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0
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2026-02-11
House
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations 51-10-1-0-0
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2026-02-10
House
H Received for Introduction
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2026-02-09
LSO
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Current Bill Text
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26LSO-0006
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0006
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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0141
Fifth Amendment Protection Act.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Bear, Haroldson, Heiner, Knapp, Locke and Neiman and Senator(s) Hicks, Hutchings, Ide, Kolb, McKeown, Pearson, Salazar and Steinmetz
A BILL
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AN ACT relating to cities, towns and counties; prohibiting cities, towns and counties from imposing fees or conditions related to housing on residential or commercial development as specified; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
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Prohibitions on fees and conditions related to housing on residential or commercial development.
No governing body of a city or town shall impose a monetary fee, nonmonetary condition or other concession requiring the provision of workforce housing, unmet housing needs or affordable housing on residential or commercial development within the jurisdiction of the governing body.
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Prohibitions on fees and conditions related to housing on residential or commercial development.
No board of county commissioners shall impose a monetary fee, nonmonetary condition or other concession requiring the provision of workforce housing, unmet housing needs or affordable housing on residential or commercial development within the jurisdiction of the county.
Section 2.
(a)
This act shall apply to all applications for permits submitted for residential or commercial development on or after July 1, 2026.
(b)
Nothing in this act shall be construed to modify or impair existing contracts or obligations regarding residential or commercial development and the imposition of monetary fees, nonmonetary conditions or other concessions executed before July 1, 2026.
Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2026
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