Senate committee advances bill to eliminate sales tax on firearms and ammunition, citing Second Amendment and industry incentives

The Senate Revenue Committee voted 4-1 to report Senate File 58, a bill that would remove state and local sales tax on firearms and ammunition in Wyoming, effective July 1, 2025.

Sponsor Senator Olson said the bill aims both to reduce the cost of legally owned firearms and ammunition and to signal Wyoming’s support for the Second Amendment; he told the committee, “owning a firearm ... is a fundamental right” and that elimination of the sales tax would make firearms and ammunition more affordable for Wyoming residents. The bill draws its definitions of “firearm” and “ammunition” from Title 6 (crimes and offenses) and proposes an exemption in Title 39 (taxation and revenue).

Committee discussion focused on two practical questions: how the Department of Revenue would track and report the exempt sales, and how much revenue the state currently…