wyomingnewsnow.tv · Akili Kirk Bonner · September 8, 2026
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# Joint Revenue Committee talk removal of property tax, vote against it
- Akili Kirk Bonner
#### Akili Bonner
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- Akili Kirk Bonner
Wyoming - This November voters in Wyoming could decide the future of home property taxes.
It's been hot topic for many since both home values and property taxes have risen in the past few years.
A recent Legislature Joint Revenue Committee is now at odds with what some want, getting rid of it altogether.
Natrona County Republican Rep. Tony Locke (Dist. 35) says during the meeting, “This is a that bill is failed. Right. That's what you said okay. Fair enough. So no point in voting on the second on the constitutional amendment. Those two are required together.”
Last week the JRC (Joint Revenue Committee) met and decided against getting rid of the property tax. If it had been moved forward, voters would have the opportunity to amend the Wyoming Constitution to eliminate those taxes.
Before coming to that conclusion however, Natrona County Republican Senator Bob Ide (District. 29), who's for the elimination spoke his mind.
Senator Bob Ide states, “I think this is something that really protects the citizens here, potentially to actually own your home. Not being gaslit, saying that you do own it and you still are just renting from the government.”
But this did not come without a rebuttal, which came from Fremont County Republican Senator Cale Case (Dist. 25).
“I don't really buy the argument that you don't really own your house because the government taxes your property. We have had property taxes. The entire history of America. When Paul Revere wrote that horse, that horse was a borrowed horse subject to property taxes," states Senator Case.
The committee made their decision after new numbers show most Wyoming homeowners didn't use a major tax cut that was already available.
Ken Gill, Department of Revenue explains, “About 44, 45% of eligible owner occupied single family dwellings and associated land. About 44% that were eligible actually applied.”
For the last 4 years lawmakers have expanded the state's tax refund program and capped annual increases.
However that's also made it a bit complicated with some lawmakers now thinking a change would just fail to pass in the upcoming legislative session mainly because those pushing for the taxes remove were in the Freedom Caucus and many of those members recently lost their primaries.
Voters will still have the chance to create a 50% residential property tax exemption for qualified homeowners. Right now that exemption sits at 25%.
The JRC gave it the okay last year, but the House didn't have time to consider it before the legislative session ended.
The Legislature's Joint Revenue Committee will hold their next meeting in Cheyenne this fall on November 19th and 20th.
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