Establish citizenship verification requirements for welfare applicants and recipients, and require hospitals to collect citizenship status information.
AN ACT relating to welfare; amending the intervals at which the department of health and department of family services shall determine specified information of an applicant for or recipient of public welfare and assistance; making conforming amendments; amending the requirements for public welfare and assistance qualification and participation; establishing citizen, noncitizen and qualified alien eligibility for public welfare and assistance; requiring the reporting of illegal alien status; requiring specified hospitals to collect citizenship status information; requiring rulemaking; requiring reporting; providing definitions; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsor:
Co-sponsors: Senator(s) Hutchings
Establishes new citizenship verification requirements, eligibility redetermination intervals, and fraud prevention measures for Wyoming welfare programs including medicaid, supplemental nutrition assistance, and POWER.
3/7/2026(LSO)
Assigned Chapter Number 106
3/7/2026(Governor)
Governor Signed SEA No. 0068
3/6/2026(House)
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0068
3/6/2026(Senate)
S President Signed SEA No. 0068
3/6/2026(LSO)
Assigned Number SEA No. 0068
Sponsor: Representative Brady
Sponsor: House Labor, Health and Social Services Committee
Sponsor: Senator Brennan
Sponsor: Senator Scott
Sponsor: Senator Biteman
Effective: Immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution
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3/6/2026(Senate)
S Concur:Passed 27-2-2-0-0
3/6/2026(Senate)
S Received for Concurrence
3/5/2026(House)
H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-6-1-0-0
3/4/2026(House)
H 2nd Reading:Passed
3/3/2026(House)
H COW:Passed
3/2/2026(House)
H Placed on General File
3/2/2026(House)
H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2/25/2026(House)
H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor
2/25/2026(House)
H Received for Introduction
2/24/2026(Senate)
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0
2/23/2026(Senate)
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2/20/2026(Senate)
S COW:Passed
2/16/2026(Senate)
S Placed on General File
2/16/2026(Senate)
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2/12/2026(Senate)
S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations 31-0-0-0-0
2/11/2026(Senate)
S Received for Introduction
2/10/2026(LSO)
Bill Number Assigned
S Concur:Passed 27-2-2-0-0
Key VotePassedYea: Anderson, Barlow, Boner, Brennan, Crago, Cooper, Dockstader, Crum, Gierau, French, Hicks, Hutchings, Ide, Kolb, Jones, Landen, Laursen, Love, McKeown, Nethercott, Olsen, Pappas, Pearson, Schuler, Salazar, Scott, Biteman
Nay: Case, Rothfuss
Excused: Driskill, Steinmetz
H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-6-1-0-0
Key VotePassedThis committee vote includes adoption of standing committee amendment SF0106HS001.
H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
RecommendedYea: CLOUSTON, GUGGENMOS, HOEFT, MCCANN, OTTMAN, THAYER, WASSERBURGER, YIN, RODRIGUEZ-WILLIAMS
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0
Key VotePassedYea: Anderson, Barlow, Boner, Brennan, Cooper, Crago, Crum, Driskill, Dockstader, French, Gierau, Hicks, Hutchings, Ide, Jones, Landen, Kolb, Laursen, Love, McKeown, Nethercott, Olsen, Pearson, Pappas, Salazar, Schuler, Scott, Steinmetz, Biteman
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
RecommendedYea: DRISKILL, FRENCH, GIERAU, LAURSEN, SALAZAR
S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations 31-0-0-0-0
UnknownYea: Anderson, Barlow, Boner, Brennan, Case, Crago, Cooper, Crum, Dockstader, Driskill, French, Gierau, Hicks, Hutchings, Ide, Jones, Kolb, Landen, Laursen, Love, McKeown, Nethercott, Olsen, Pappas, Pearson, Rothfuss, Salazar, Schuler, Scott, Steinmetz, Biteman
Yea: Allemand, Andrew, Angelos, Banks, Bear, Brady, Bratten, G. Brown, L. Brown, Byron, E. Campbell, K. Campbell, Clouston, Connolly, Davis, Erickson, Filer, Fornstrom, Geringer, Guggenmos, Haroldson, Harshman, Heiner, Hoeft, Jarvis, Johnson, Knapp, L. Larsen, JT. Larson, Lawley, Lien, Locke, Lucas, McCann, Ottman, Pendergraft, Posey, Riggins, Rodriguez-Williams, Schmid, Singh, Smith, Strock, Tarver, Styvar, Thayer, Washut, Wasserburger, Webb, Webber, Wharff, Williams, Winter, Wylie, Neiman
Nay: Chestek, Nicholas, Provenza, Sherwood, Storer, Yin
Excused: Kelly
Nay: Case, Rothfuss