Government membership and cooperation with associations.
HB 131 prohibits Wyoming government entities (including state agencies, counties, cities, and school districts) from using public funds to pay for membership fees, travel, or lobbying activities with "government member associations" (groups composed primarily of government entities or employees that seek to influence government decisions). It requires these entities to document and publish online details of employee participation in such associations, including time spent and work performed, and designates all related documents as public records. The bill also repeals an existing exception that allowed the Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors to pay for membership fees using public funds.
Bill status
failed
2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
House Failed
Feb 2026
Governor
Introduced Feb 11, 2026
Last action Feb 11, 2026
Floor votes · House Feb 11, 2026
How they voted
25–32
Failed · 1 other
Total votes 58
Feb 11, 2026
D
Democratic6
100% Nay
R
Republican52
50% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
0
Committee
0
Feb 11, 2026
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (25-32-1)
house
Feb 11, 2026
Introduced
H Failed Introduction 27-34-1-0-0
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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