Wyoming Senate concurs on state investment bill, recedes on school finance amendment; tax conference talks stall

CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Senate on March 6, 2025, moved several final measures across the finish line and closed its 68th general session, voting to concur on Senate File 191, to recede from nonconcurrence on Senate File 34, and reporting that a joint conference committee on Senate File 153 failed to reach agreement.

Senate File 191, described on the floor as relating to state funds, proxy voting and pecuniary investments, was the last concurrence request of the session. Senators voted to concur; the chair reported the roll call as 24 ayes, 2 noes and 5 excused. Senator Barlow, reporting earlier procedural history for several bills, noted the House had made technical corrections and said he had no objection to the changes added on the House side.

The school-finance bill, Senate File 34 — described in the message from the House as the routine and major maintenance calculation for K–12 facilities — drew a separate floor motion. Senator Roberts moved that the Senate recede from nonconcurrence and vote aye after staff advised that a separate bill enacted earlier in the session effectively nullified the House amendment that had prompted nonconcurrence. The roll call for that motion closed at 20 ayes, 7 noes and 4 excused.

Senator Barlow reported that the joint conference committee on Senate File 153, which relates to residential real property taxable value and the implementation of the voter-approved property tax…