# Wyoming HB 54: 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. Wyoming HB 54, 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., is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by null Judiciary; status signed, last action 2025-02-24 (Assigned Chapter Number 11); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-HB54-2025 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Wyoming HB 54 - State: Wyoming - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: 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. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-17 - Last action: 2025-02-24, Assigned Chapter Number 11 - Sponsor: null Judiciary - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (162 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Retired chancery judges can serve again: mixed, low. 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 j… - Wyoming courts can assign chancery judges: mixed, low. 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 form… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: null Judiciary ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-18 | House | H Concur:Passed 60-0-2-0-0 | pass | 60 | 0 | | | 2025-02-14 | Senate | S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 | pass | 31 | 0 | | | 2025-02-12 | Senate | S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-1-3-0-0 | pass | 58 | 1 | | | 2025-01-27 | House | H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 | pass | 8 | 1 | | ## Actions (23) - 2025-02-24: Assigned Chapter Number 11 - 2025-02-24: Governor Signed HEA No. 0016 (Governor) - 2025-02-20: S President Signed HEA No. 0016 (Senate) - 2025-02-20: H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0016 (House) - 2025-02-18: Assigned Number HEA No. 0016 - 2025-02-18: H Concur:Passed 60-0-2-0-0 (House) - 2025-02-14: H Received for Concurrence (House) - 2025-02-14: S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 (Senate) - 2025-02-13: S 2nd Reading:Passed (Senate) - 2025-02-12: S COW:Passed (Senate) - 2025-02-12: S Placed on General File (Senate) - 2025-02-12: S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 (Senate) - 2025-02-10: S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-02-04: S Received for Introduction (Senate) - 2025-02-04: H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-1-3-0-0 (House) - 2025-02-03: H 2nd Reading:Passed (House) - 2025-01-31: H 2nd Reading:Laid Back (House) - 2025-01-30: H COW:Passed (House) - 2025-01-27: H Placed on General File (House) - 2025-01-27: H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 (House) - 2025-01-17: H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary (House) - 2025-01-02: H Received for Introduction (House) - 2024-12-17: Bill Number Assigned ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Engross/HB0054.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/HB0054.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Introduced/HB0054.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 62: AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; amending the crimes of prostitution and solicitation of prostitution to include acts of sexual contact; providing defin… (signed) - SF 104: AN ACT relating to the probate code; amending maximum values for certain proceedings relating to the probate of estates; clarifying the effect of certain discl… (signed) - SF 95: AN ACT relating to banks, banking and finance; providing for the conversion of special purpose depository institutions into public trust companies; amending ca… (signed) - HB 279: AN ACT relating to property taxation; specifying that if multiple property tax exemptions apply to the same property the exemptions shall be applied in the man… (signed) - SF 10: AN ACT relating to children; authorizing parents and guardians to enter into binding settlements on behalf of their minor children as specified; specifying lim… (signed) - SF 91: AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses and state lands; creating a misdemeanor offense for injury to petroglyphs, pictographs and historic inscriptions; provid… (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Engross/HB0054.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/HB0054.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Introduced/HB0054.pdf) ## Related - [HB 62: AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; amending the crimes of prostitution and…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-HB62-2025) - [SF 104: AN ACT relating to the probate code; amending maximum values for certain procee…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF104-2025) - [SF 95: AN ACT relating to banks, banking and finance; providing for the conversion of…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF95-2025) - [HB 279: AN ACT relating to property taxation; specifying that if multiple property tax…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-HB279-2025) - [SF 10: AN ACT relating to children; authorizing parents and guardians to enter into bi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF10-2025) - [SF 91: AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses and state lands; creating a misdemeanor…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF91-2025) - [Wyoming bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/wyoming/bills) - [Wyoming state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/wyoming) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-HB54-2025 (as of 2026-11-01).