Session concludes, governor asks Legislature to keep Wyoming free and wild

JACKSON (WNE) — The 68th Legislature closed out its 2025 legislative session on Thursday with a reminder from Gov. Mark Gordon to keep Wyoming free and wild.

Gordon addresses lawmakers at the beginning of every session and when they’re cleaning out their desks and preparing to head back to their communities. Lawmakers worked for 37 days, from Jan. 14 to March 6.

The governor kept it brief this year with a verse from Chapter 6 of the Book of Micah, concluding that the verse is important.

“It’s not about what we say as much as it is about what we do,” he said. “And as calves are coming and as sheep are coming, and I think about what I should be doing at home, I hope we can all remember this is the greatest state. We can move mountains.”

Gordon said that although the Legislature may have “missed a few targets,” the aim of Wyoming’s government and its Legislature remained true to the people of the state.

“You will return to your constituents and others and have the opportunity to talk to them, to learn from them and have the chance to come back with ideas about where this state should go,” he said.

For Gordon, the “sun has risen on America.” Just a few weeks ago, he said, “I heard the great president of our country talk about [how] this is the golden age. We should stop looking backwards. We should think about our future.”

While lawmakers won’t return for the budget session until next winter, in just a few weeks they will begin traveling across the state for interim meetings. The interim is spent in joint committee meetings with senators and representatives studying certain topics deemed most important at the time. Legislation is drafted and developed throughout the year and sponsored for the upcoming session.

This story was published on March 7, 2025.