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Wyoming bills · 2026 Regular Session

Wyoming HJ 2

Federal mineral royalties-state share.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the Wyoming legislature· summary

This joint resolution requests Congress to introduce a bill and enact law to increase the state of Wyoming's share of federal mineral royalties from fifty percent (50%) to eighty-seven and one-half percent (87.5%). This joint resolution provides that the revenue distribution must be consistent with federal statutory formulas except the two percent (2%) administrative cost deduction must be allocated to and retained by Wyoming instead of the federal government. This joint resolution makes findings regarding the federal Mineral Leasing Act, the distribution of federal mineral royalties, and the recent reduction in the federal mineral royalty rate.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Feb 27, 2026
House		H Concur:Passed 55-0-7-0-0passSet your home in Wyoming to see
Feb 26, 2026
Senate		S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-1-0-0passSet your home in Wyoming to see
Feb 19, 2026
Senate		S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0passSet your home in Wyoming to see
Feb 14, 2026
House		H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0passSet your home in Wyoming to see
Feb 10, 2026
House		H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0passSet your home in Wyoming to see
Feb 9, 2026
House		H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 62-0-0-0-0passSet your home in Wyoming to see

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