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Read. Follow. Verify.Wyoming Bill Proposes Property Tax Exemptions for Veterans, National Guard, and Surviving Families
Last action · February 19, 2026: H COW:Failed 24-25-7-0-6Sponsors: Marilyn Connolly and 7 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Wyoming House Bill 67 provides property tax exemptions for honorably discharged veterans, active and reserve military members, National Guard members, and their surviving spouses or parents, while reducing the residency requirement from three years to one year.
Eligible residents could save on property taxes if they meet the revised one-year residency rule and specific military service criteria.
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.
Honorably discharged veterans
Eligible veterans meeting the 18-month service and one-year residency requirements can receive property tax exemptions.
Wyoming national guard members
Active, reserve, and honorably discharged National Guard members meeting service and good standing rules qualify for property tax exemptions.
Key Facts
- Reduces the required residency period in Wyoming to claim the property tax exemption from at least three years to not less than one year.
- Provides a property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces for at least 18 consecutive months.
- Provides a property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans who served in the Wyoming National Guard for at least 18 consecutive months.
- Provides a property tax exemption for active or reserve members of the Wyoming National Guard in good standing.
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- Provides a property tax exemption for active or reserve members of the armed forces in good standing.
- Defines 'good standing' as completing a creditable year of service toward military retirement in the calendar year immediately preceding the application.
- Defines 'honorably discharged veteran' based on written evidence of separation showing an honorable discharge or honorable service.
- Applies the tax exemption starting with the tax year beginning January 1, 2026.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the House.
Procedural history
8 actions- Feb 19, 2026HouseH COW:Failed 24-25-7-0-6
- Feb 16, 2026HouseH02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 6-0-0-0-1
- Feb 16, 2026HouseH Placed on General File
- Feb 12, 2026HouseH08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
- Feb 12, 2026House:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations
- Feb 10, 2026HouseH Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation 45-10-1-0-6
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- Feb 5, 2026HouseH Received for Introduction
- Jan 28, 2026Bill Number Assigned
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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