HB 5 Wyoming House · 2026 Regular Session

Oil and gas bonding pool-investment and earnings.

Wyoming's HB 5 modifies how oil and gas operators contribute to a bonding pool. It sets a zero assessment rate on oil/gas production from July 2025 through June 2030, after which the commission may impose up to 0.5 mills ($0.0005) per dollar of production value. All collected funds and investment earnings must be deposited into a separate account solely for the bonding pool, not used for other purposes. The bill takes effect July 1, 2026, directly affecting oil and gas operators required to pay bonding assessments in Wyoming.

Issues: ✗ Energy

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

Signed into Law

Feb 2026

Introduced Feb 9, 2026 Signed Feb 27, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 3 edits · Feb 27, 2026

MINOR

The bill was converted from a draft introduction to an enrolled act, finalizing its text for signing. The core policy content remained consistent, establishing a funding mechanism for an oil and gas bonding pool with a zero assessment rate through 2030 and a potential future rate of 0.5 mills. The primary substantive change is the addition of a specific effective date of July 1, 2026, which was not explicitly stated in the earlier draft text.

TIMELINE

Added a specific effective date of July 1, 2026, determining when the new bonding pool funding rules begin.

TECHNICAL

Updated document headers and footers to reflect the bill's final status as an enrolled act of the 68th Legislature.

Reorganized line breaks and spacing to conform to standard enrolled bill formatting requirements.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 25, 2026 · House Feb 14, 2026

How they voted

31–0

Passed

Total votes 31

Feb 25, 2026

D Democratic2

2 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican29

29 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Feb 27, 2026

Signed into law

Governor Signed HEA No. 0002

legislature

Feb 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0

upper

Feb 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

S COW:Passed

upper

Feb 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

S09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Introduced

S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals

upper

Feb 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

H COW:Passed

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Introduced

H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals 61-1-0-0-0

lower

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