All Roll Calls
Yes: 162 • No: 2
WyomingHB 542025 General SessionHouseWALLET
AN ACT relating to courts; authorizing the assignment of cases and proceedings from circuit courts and district courts to chancery court judges; specifying requirements for transfers; authorizing retired chancery court judges to provide judicial service as specified; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored By: null Judiciary
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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Retired chancery judges can serve again
Retired chancery judges can serve on any Wyoming court if they retired under the state's judicial retirement law. They must agree to serve and must not be practicing law. The chief justice can assign them, or approve a district or circuit judge's request. They receive the assigned court's current judicial pay without reducing their retirement allowance, plus active judges' daily and travel allowances. The assigned court's contingent fund pays these amounts. Assignments must protect the qualified status of state retirement plans.
Wyoming courts can assign chancery judges
Wyoming district and circuit judges can assign cases within their courts' authority to chancery judges. District court assignments must follow state-law limits. For district court civil assignments, every plaintiff and defendant must agree, regardless of the amount in dispute. This removes the former consent rule's limit to cases involving more than $50,000. The receiving district or circuit court's fund must pay the chancery judge's travel and other expenses while holding court. The law took effect immediately upon completion of all constitutional requirements for enactment.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
null Judiciary
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/18/2025
H Concur:Passed 60-0-2-0-0
Yes: 60 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/14/2025
S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
Yes: 31 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/12/2025
S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
Yes: 5 • No: 0
House vote • 2/4/2025
H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-1-3-0-0
Yes: 58 • No: 1
House vote • 1/27/2025
H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0
Yes: 8 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Assigned Chapter Number 11
2/24/2025Governor Signed HEA No. 0016
2/24/2025GovernorS President Signed HEA No. 0016
2/20/2025SenateH Speaker Signed HEA No. 0016
2/20/2025HouseAssigned Number HEA No. 0016
2/18/2025H Concur:Passed 60-0-2-0-0
2/18/2025HouseH Received for Concurrence
2/14/2025HouseS 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
2/14/2025SenateS 2nd Reading:Passed
2/13/2025SenateS COW:Passed
2/12/2025SenateS Placed on General File
2/12/2025SenateS01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2/12/2025SenateS Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary
2/10/2025SenateS Received for Introduction
2/4/2025SenateH 3rd Reading:Passed 58-1-3-0-0
2/4/2025HouseH 2nd Reading:Passed
2/3/2025HouseH 2nd Reading:Laid Back
1/31/2025HouseH COW:Passed
1/30/2025HouseH Placed on General File
1/27/2025HouseH01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0
1/27/2025HouseH Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary
1/17/2025HouseH Received for Introduction
1/2/2025HouseBill Number Assigned
12/17/2024
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