Interim committee orders study of consolidating Game & Fish accounts and asks LSO to draft Game and Fish trust bill concept

May 27, 2026

Legislators asked staff to research combining numerous Game and Fish accounts into an endowment-style trust, to model spending policies, and to draft a bill concept for a 'legacy' Game & Fish trust seeded by excess earnings or modest severance allocations; the committee also requested LSO work on constitutional protection options for selected trusts.

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The Select Committee directed Legislative Service Office (LSO), the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the state treasurer's office to study consolidating multiple Game and Fish accounts into an endowment‑style trust and to prepare bill language for the committee's next interim meeting.

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