SF 168 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

Budget reserve account-repeal.

This bill repeals Wyoming's "budget reserve account" and changes how excess state funds are managed. Instead of holding surplus general fund money in this account, it requires transferring unobligated balances above a set amount directly to the "legislative stabilization reserve account" at the end of each biennium. The bill also removes outdated references to the repealed account from state statutes and adds reporting requirements. This is a procedural budget adjustment affecting state financial management, not specific programs or services.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 24, 2025 Signed Feb 27, 2025
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Introduced Enrolled · 4 edits · Feb 27, 2025
MODERATE
This bill repeals Wyoming's budget reserve account and replaces it with a new legislative stabilization reserve account. The change shifts the state's financial management approach from a dedicated reserve to a stabilization mechanism, altering how surplus funds are handled and how temporary funding gaps are addressed.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of the reserve account from a general budget reserve to a legislative stabilization reserve, changing which funds can be used for temporary shortages and how unencumbered balances are transferred between accounts.
FISCAL

The budget reserve account is repealed and replaced with a legislative stabilization reserve account, changing the name and purpose of the state's financial reserve mechanism.

Interfund loans can now be drawn from the legislative stabilization reserve account or the general fund to meet obligations due before revenue receipt, with a $60 million limit on outstanding loans.

REQUIREMENT

Unencumbered fund balances in excess of recommended reserve amounts must now be transferred to the legislative stabilization reserve account by the state auditor at the end of fiscal year 2028 and each succeeding fiscal biennium, rather than being handled through the old budget reserve process.

TIMELINE

A new timeline is established requiring the state auditor to transfer excess unencumbered fund balances to the legislative stabilization reserve account starting at the end of fiscal year 2028.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2025 · House Feb 20, 2025

How they voted

310
Passed
Total votes 31
Jan 31, 2025
D Democratic2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican29
29 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 45-15-2-0-0
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 6-0-1-0-0
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Jan 24, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors

Sponsors