The 2025 General Session of the Wyoming Legislature led to a lot of new laws that will have major impacts for many people.

Property taxes will be cut, most gun free zones abolished and families of private or homeschool students are eligible for more funding under some of the most impactful pieces of legislation that have all either been signed or allowed to pass by the governor.

Now, our local legislators, who were integral to many of these big decisions, are back in town and we all have an opportunity to hear what they have to say about their decisions.

These are valuable whether you agree or disagree with the decisions made. You are their constituents, and it’s as important to take advantage of opportunities to connect with legislators as it is for the legislators to provide these opportunities. Our republic is a two-way street.

From 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 19 at the Holiday Inn in Cody, the Park County Republican Women held its traditional post session event.

From 6-8 p.m. March 27 at the Northwest College Yellowstone Building meeting room, our area legislators will again be available for a town hall.

There will also be town halls at 6 p.m. March 24 at Big Horn Federal in Lovell, March 25 at City Hall in Greybull and March 26 at the Cody Library Grizzly Room.

It’s a chance not only to ask them how the session went and what they thought of their accomplishments — such as Powell Sen. Dan Laursen’s bill, inspired by an issue at Powell High School, to allow school districts to enforce policies that keep biological males out of female bathrooms — but to hear their plans for the next session.

This session may have just ended, bills may still be on the governor’s desk to sign, but already interim committees have been worked out.

One of our freshman legislators, Rep. Paul Hoeft, R-Powell, spoke to me in January about how he was already planning ahead to the 2026 session.

Now is the time to talk to your legislators about your concern they could raise in the next budget session.