Constitutional carry since 2011 (expanded to non-residents 2021). No AWB, no mag limit, strong preemption. Stand-your-ground codified. Suppressors legal. No waiting period. 2026 statute criminalizes enforcement of red-flag orders.

No medical cannabis, no decriminalization, no recreational. Among the harshest possession penalties (up to 12 months for any amount). No psychedelic reform. Limited harm reduction.

State minimum wage $7.25/hr (state law $5.15 superseded by federal $7.25). MIT living wage for 1 adult: $14.79/hr. Ratio 0.49 — minimum-wage workers earn 49% of what's needed to live there alone.

No state income tax, very low tax burden (mineral revenue subsidizes services), NAEP scores at or above national average, low uninsured rate. Resource-funded efficiency akin to ND.

IJ grades WY C (2016 reforms raised burden but did not require conviction). No QI reform. No-knock allowed. No body cam mandate. No comprehensive privacy law. Cooperates with ICE.

No-excuse absentee voting. Early voting via in-person absentee 45 days. Same-day registration. HB 156 (2021) added strict photo ID. Felons vote after sentence completion (5-year wait for non-violent restored automatically). Republican-drawn maps; small population reduces gerrymandering concerns. Strong registration offset by ID law.

Has NOT adopted Medicaid expansion. Total abortion ban (chemical and surgical bans, litigation ongoing). Trans youth gender-affirming care ban (SF 99). Severe rural healthcare gaps; only one abortion clinic historically. Maternal mortality elevated.

No qualified immunity reform. No statewide BWC mandate. Personnel records confidential. WY POST decertification limited transparency. No no-knock ban. No necessity standard. Local DAs prosecute. No statewide chokehold ban. Per-capita killings second-highest in nation in 2024.

Abortion bans repeatedly enjoined by state courts on constitutional health-care-access grounds, but legislature passed medication abortion ban 2025. Gender-affirming care ban for minors. No LGBTQ+ protections. No conversion therapy ban. Active Christian-nationalist legislative trend tempered slightly by judicial pushback.

Right-to-work state. No paid family leave. No paid sick leave. State OSHA plan (Wyoming OSHA). Prevailing wage prohibited. Very weak wage theft enforcement. Highest fatal occupational injury rate among states (extraction). No heat, domestic worker, or scheduling protections.