S 2273

Summary

Wyoming Education Trust Modernization Act This bill provides Wyoming with more flexibility to invest the principal of its permanent school fund by allowing the state to use earnings generated from investment of the fund rather than only interest. By way of background, Congress created the fund when Wyoming became a state by granting certain federal lands to be held in a trust for the state. Proceeds from school trust land sales, exchanges, or disposals are deposited into the fund to support public schools.

Bill status

Status

Reported

Sponsor

Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis [R-WY]

Cosponsors

1

Policy area

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Introduced

2025-07-14

Latest action

2026-07-23: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 483.

Committee referrals

• Energy and Natural Resources Committee: Senate · Markup By · 2025-12-17
• Energy and Natural Resources Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2025-07-14

Recent actions

• 2025-12-17: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
• 2025-12-02: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
• 2025-07-14: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
• 2025-07-14: Introduced in Senate