New Wyoming laws taking effect January 1, 2026

9 laws take effect January 1, 2026.

Of the 279 bills enacted since 2025, 279 have an effective date and 0 don't yet (pending). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.

Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 4:13 a.m. EDT.

Taxes (3)

  • SF 48 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Business property exemption.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Effective 1/1/2026 (Chapter 28), as the Legislative Service Office's bill record states it..

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SF 49 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Tangible personal property-index and depreciation.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Effective 1/1/2026 (Chapter 20), as the Legislative Service Office's bill record states it..

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SF 61 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Pollution control property tax exemption-applicability.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Effective 1/1/2026 (Chapter 55), as the Legislative Service Office's bill record states it..

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

Agriculture (1)

  • HB 90 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Anthrax outbreak protocol.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Effective 1/1/2026 (Chapter 109), as the Legislative Service Office's bill record states it..

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

Climate (1)

  • SF 154 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Industrial, wind and solar projects-hearing deadline.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Effective 1/1/2026 (Chapter 78), as the Legislative Service Office's bill record states it..

    How effective dates are worked out

Finance (1)

  • SF 96 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Wyoming Gold Act.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Effective 1/1/2026 (Chapter 42), as the Legislative Service Office's bill record states it..

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

Government (1)

  • HB 30 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Driver's licenses and IDs-revisions.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Effective 1/1/2026 (Chapter 5), as the Legislative Service Office's bill record states it..

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

Immigration (1)

  • SF 33 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Noncitizen driver's license and ID card-revisions.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Effective 1/1/2026 (Chapter 65), as the Legislative Service Office's bill record states it..

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

Traffic (1)

  • HB 27 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Disabled parking windshield placards-revisions.

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Effective 1/1/2026 (Chapter 2), as the Legislative Service Office's bill record states it..

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out