What Grade Would You Give The Wyoming Legislature So Far?

The 2025 Wyoming Legislature is entering the home stretch.

The session is slated to wrap up on March 6, with three more days available if needed.

So far residential property taxes have been the headline issue. At one point nine different bills were pending before lawmakers. The Wyoming House today is slated to take up Senate File 69 on third reading.

Property Taxes, Transgender Access To Restrooms Getting Attention

That bill would cut residential property taxes by 50 percent. The House and Senate may need to hammer out a compromise on whether local governments will be reimbursed with state backfill money for the lost revenue. At last report the House had amended the bill to include backfill, while the Senate version didn't have backfill for lost revenue.

County officials around the state are expressing concerns about how to offsent lost revenues, especially if the Senate version becomes law. But lawmakers say they have heard more about skyrocketing residential taxes than any other issue, and it seems highly likely that the legislature will sent some kind of residential property tax cut to Governor Mark Gordon.

Under Wyoming law the governor is not allowed to say whether he will veto a bill pending in the legislature.

Lawmakers have also been considering several bills dealing with transgender access to women's restrooms, locker roooms, and sports teams.

Again, this is an issue that some lawmakers say they heard a lot about on the campaign trail in 2024. Many regard it as a safety issue for women and girls in Wyoming.

Some opponents argue the bills are discriminatory.

Some others maintain that the bills are a solution in search of a problem and that lawmakers have been spending too much time debating who gets to use what restrooms when the state has bigger problems to deal with.

Lawmakers have dealt or are dealing with a range of bills on other topics, ranging from illegal immigration to election integrity.

So do you think it's been a good session so far, with lawmakers tackling important issues like residential property taxes and safety for women and girls?

Or do you think it's been a waste of time, with important issues being ignored in favor of trivialities and a lot of political posturing?

Or maybe a little of both?

Take our poll and give us your opinion!