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Read. Follow. Verify.Wyoming bill directs sales taxes from very large electrical loads to local governments
Last action · February 10, 2026: S Failed Introduction 17-13-1-0-0Sponsor: Cale Case
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate File 76 requires sales tax revenues collected from very large electrical loads of 100 s or more to be deposited into a newly created starting July 1, 2026. Vendors selling electricity for these large loads must report those sales separately to the Wyoming Department of Revenue. The provisions apply to specific general revenue taxes imposed or continued by voter approval on or after July 1, 2026.
- Sales tax distributions in Wyoming are governed under Title 39 of the Wyoming Statutes, which dictates how collections by the Department of Revenue are allocated between state funds and local government subdivisions. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
vendors selling electricity
Vendors must separately report all sales related to very large electrical loads to the department in the manner prescribed by rule and regulation.
cities, towns, and counties
Local governments receive direct distributions funded by tax revenues collected from very large electrical loads deposited into the new distribution account.
state treasurer
The state treasurer is required to invest all funds within the newly created local government distribution account and retain investment earnings inside the account.
Key Facts
- Defines a 'very large electrical load' as an electrical load of not less than one hundred (100) megawatts for a single purchaser or customer.
- Vendors selling electricity to serve a very large electrical load must report all sales related to that load separately to the Department of Revenue.
- Creates a new local government distribution account where all revenues collected from sales of very large electrical loads must be deposited.
- Requires all funds within the local government distribution account to be invested by the state treasurer, with all investment earnings staying in the account.
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- Directs funds in the local government distribution account to be distributed as determined by the legislature for direct distributions to cities, towns, and counties.
- Applies tax distribution changes for specific general revenue taxes only to those imposed or continued by approval of voters on or after July 1, 2026.
- Sets the effective date of the act as July 1, 2026.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the Senate.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 10, 2026SenateS Failed Introduction 17-13-1-0-0
- Feb 6, 2026SenateS Received for Introduction
- Feb 5, 2026Bill Number Assigned
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Industrial Power Sales Tax Redirection
The bill marks a targeted structural shift in how sales tax revenue originating from massive industrial power consumers is handled, routing money away from standard state funds and into a dedicated municipal distribution account.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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