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Read. Follow. Verify.Wyoming Creates Task Force to Evaluate and Freeze Expansion of the Wyoming Business Council
Last action · March 4, 2026: S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4Sponsors: Taft Love and 10 others
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What This Bill Proposed
The bill creates a strategic advisory task force to evaluate the Wyoming Business Council's programs, places a temporary freeze on any council expansion until July 1, 2027, and requires comprehensive reporting on existing loans, grants, and assets by April 30, 2026.
The measure directs $135,000 in general fund appropriations toward reviewing state economic development operations and halts new council programs for over a year, affecting state economic planning and local business support entities.
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.
Wyoming Business Council
The council is subject to a program expansion freeze until July 1, 2027, an operational evaluation by a newly formed task force, and mandatory comprehensive reporting requirements.
Legislative Service Office
The office is tasked with staffing the advisory task force and receives general fund appropriations totaling $95,000 for member expenses and consulting services.
Wyoming Business Community
Industry representatives from manufacturing, agriculture, tourism, and local economic development participate on the advisory task force and experience a temporary halt in new council program expansions.
Key Facts
- The Wyoming business council strategic advisory task force is created to evaluate the council's programs, duties, and functions.
- The task force consists of twelve members, including representatives from the legislature, the governor's office, industry sectors, and local economic development organizations.
- The task force is staffed by the Legislative Service Office and must meet at least three times.
- The task force must report its findings and recommendations to the governor and the joint minerals, business and economic development interim committee not later than October 1, 2026.
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- The task force terminates on December 31, 2026.
- On the effective date of the act, the Wyoming Business Council is prohibited from taking any action that expands any program or assuming any new program until July 1, 2027.
- Not later than April 30, 2026, the Wyoming Business Council must report on outstanding loans, bonds, grant funds, real and personal property, and program return on investment to specified committees and agencies.
- An appropriation of $20,000 is made from the general fund to the Legislative Service Office for legislative member expenses through June 30, 2028.
- An appropriation of $40,000 is made from the general fund to the Office of the Governor for nonlegislative task force member expenses through June 30, 2028.
- An appropriation of $75,000 is made from the general fund to the Legislative Service Office for expert or consulting services through June 30, 2028.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the purpose of the newly created task force?
Can the Wyoming Business Council start new programs while the task force is working?
What information must the Wyoming Business Council report by April 30, 2026?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
5 actions- Mar 4, 2026SenateS:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
- Feb 19, 2026SenateS No report prior to CoW Cutoff
- Feb 12, 2026SenateS Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals 22-9-0-0-0
- Feb 11, 2026SenateS Received for Introduction
- Feb 10, 2026Bill Number Assigned
Version history
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Discoveries
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Temporary Moratorium on Economic Development Expansion
The bill imposes a strict multi-year freeze on the Wyoming Business Council assuming new programs or expanding existing ones while an external task force conducts a review.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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