Wyoming legislation · 2026 Budget Session
Wyoming HB137: Skill based amusement games-highway fund.
Status: Failed, February 11, 2026
AN ACT relating to gaming; increasing the taxation rate on net proceeds from skill based amusement games; amending the distribution of tax revenues; providing for distribution to the state highway fund; and providing for an effective date.
What the bill says
An act relating to gaming; increasing the taxation rate on net proceeds from skill based amusement games; amending the distribution of tax revenues; providing for distribution to the state highway fund; and providing for an effective date.
From the introduced text, February 9, 2026:
AN ACT relating to gaming; increasing the taxation rate on net proceeds from skill based amusement games; amending the distribution of tax revenues; providing for distribution to the state highway fund; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1. W.S. 11-25-304(d) is amended to read: 11-25-304. Required permits and licenses; applicable fees; tax imposition; taxation rate; distribution. (d) Taxes shall be calculated and paid on a weekly basis based on the net proceeds earned during the prior week on skill based amusement games. On a weekly basis, the HB0137 2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0474 vendor shall remit to the commission an amount equivalent to twenty percent (20%) twenty-five percent (25%) of the net proceeds earned during the prior week on the vendor's skill based amusement games. The taxes imposed under this subsection may be prepaid as provided by rule of the commission. The commission shall remit these monies to the state treasurer for deposit in the commission gaming account and for distribution of the tax as follows: (i) Forty-five percent (45%) Thirty-six percent (36%) to the county and the city or town in which the skill based amusement game is located, in equal shares, or to the county alone if the skill based amusement game is not located within …
Sponsors
- Nicholas, Bob (R, H07) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : H Withdrawn by Sponsor
- : H Received for Introduction
- : Bill Number Assigned
Subjects: Skill based amusement games-highway fund.
Common questions
- What is HB137?
- HB137 is a bill in the Wyoming Legislature (2026 Budget Session): Skill based amusement games-highway fund.
- What does HB137 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to gaming; increasing the taxation rate on net proceeds from skill based amusement games; amending the distribution of tax revenues; providing for distribution to the state highway fund; and providing for an effective date.
- What is the status of HB137?
- Failed as of February 11, 2026. Latest action: H Withdrawn by Sponsor (February 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB137?
- Nicholas, Bob (R, H07).
- Where is the official record for HB137?
- On the Wyoming Legislature website: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2026/HB0137
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