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Read. Follow. Verify.Wyoming Senate File 75 Grants Supreme Court Authority to Set Court Automation Fees
Last action · February 10, 2026: S Failed Introduction 18-12-1-0-0Sponsors: Jared Olsen and 5 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate File 75 authorizes the Wyoming Supreme Court to set court automation fees through rule-making, replacing fixed statutory fee amounts across probate, district, municipal, circuit, and . The measure requires the Supreme Court to report annually to legislative committees and applies to all new cases filed on or after July 1, 2026.
- Wyoming court automation fees are dedicated charges added to court filings and criminal convictions to fund technology improvements across state courts. context
- SF 75 was introduced during the 2026 legislative session as a Senate File sponsored by Senator Olsen and others. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Wyoming Supreme Court
The court is granted rulemaking authority to set court automation fees and required to submit annual reports to legislative committees.
Court litigants and criminal defendants
Key Facts
- The Wyoming Supreme Court is authorized to promulgate rules establishing the required amount of court automation fees.
- Court automation fees must be set at an amount necessary to ensure total revenue covers, but does not exceed, direct and indirect costs for court information technology and related items.
- The Supreme Court is permitted to establish a separate court automation fee specifically for chancery courts.
- The Supreme Court must maintain records demonstrating that fee amounts comply with statutory requirements.
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- Not later than October 1 of each year, the Supreme Court must report to the joint judiciary interim committee and the joint appropriations committee on fee amounts and total collections from the preceding fiscal year.
- The act applies to all new cases, matters, proceedings, and filings initially filed on and after 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 18-12-1-0-0
- Feb 6, 2026SenateS Received for Introduction
- Feb 5, 2026Bill Number Assigned
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Delegation of Fee Setting to Judiciary
The bill shifts fee-setting authority for court automation from fixed legislative statutes to administrative rulemaking by the Supreme Court.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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