Wyoming legislation · 2026 Budget Session
Wyoming HB120: Energy product reclassification and sovereignty act.
Status: Signed into law, March 7, 2026
AN ACT relating to administration of the government; providing duties for the Wyoming energy authority; providing for the establishment of industrial sovereign zones to encourage the production of value-added manufactured products using natural gas; authorizing a board of county commissioners to nominate an area as an industrial sovereign zone; providing for certification of value-added manufactured processes; providing for an expedited licensing and permit process; providing tax exemptions; making conforming amendments; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.
What the bill says
An act relating to administration of the government; providing duties for the Wyoming energy authority; providing for the establishment of industrial sovereign zones to encourage the production of value-added manufactured products using natural gas; authorizing a board of county commissioners to nominate an area as an industrial sovereign zone; providing for certification of value-added manufactured processes; providing for an expedited licensing and permit process; providing tax exemptions; making conforming amendments; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.
From the enrolled text, March 6, 2026:
AN ACT relating to administration of the government; providing duties for the Wyoming energy authority; providing for the establishment of industrial sovereign zones to encourage the production of value-added manufactured products using natural gas; authorizing a board of county commissioners to nominate an area as an industrial sovereign zone; providing for certification of value-added manufactured processes; providing for an expedited licensing and permit process; providing tax exemptions; making conforming amendments; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date. Section 1. W.S. 9-20-201 through 9-20-203 are created to read: ARTICLE 2 ENERGY PRODUCT RECLASSIFICATION AND SOVEREIGNTY ACT 9-20-201. Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) "Authority" means the Wyoming energy authority; (ii) "Manufactured product" or "value-added manufactured product" means natural gas that undergoes substantial molecular transformation in Wyoming to produce a new product; (iii) "Methane intensity" means the measure of methane emissions relative to the natural gas that is processed; ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0120 ENROLLED ACT NO. 34, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2026 BUDGET SESSION (iv) "Substantial molecular transformation" includes, without limitation: (A) The thermal decomposition of natural gas into hydrogen and solid carbon, also known as methane pyrolysis or turquoise hydrogen production; (B) The conversion of natural gas and nitrogen into anhydrous ammonia, also known as ammonia synthesis or blue or …