Bills & Legislation

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Legal Tender Act; requiring the state treasurer to hold and invest specie and specie legal tender; authorizing the state treasurer to hire consultants; requiring a study and report; and providing for effective dates.

Bob IdeRepublican

AN ACT relating to the uniform trust code; clarifying the definition of "qualified trustee"; specifying who is required to receive notice for judicial proceedings related to trusts; specifying that no rule of perpetuities applies to noncharitable purpose trusts; specifying when a trustee can reimburse a person for certain tax costs attributable to the trust; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Cale CaseRepublican

AN ACT relating to ballots; requiring candidates for school board trustee to have their political party affiliation printed on general election ballots; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

Jared OlsenRepublican

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; exempting real property owned by the Wyoming game and fish commission from property taxation except for property that is used for wildlife management purposes or employee residences and subject to special taxation; amending a special tax on real property owned by the Wyoming game and fish commission that is used for any other purpose; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to children; authorizing parents and guardians to enter into binding settlements on behalf of their minor children as specified; specifying limits on parental or guardian settlement authority; amending the value of property that may be delivered on a child's behalf; authorizing the entry of binding settlements on a minor child's behalf as specified; making conforming amendments; providing a cause of action; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; establishing the offense of using fraudulent documents to gain or remain in possession of property; specifying penalties; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; providing for permanent protection orders for victims of sexual assault, stalking and domestic violence; specifying requirements, procedures and conditions for permanent protection orders; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to reading assessment and intervention; eliminating the permissive use of group reading plans in individualized reading plans; modifying the requirements for school and district improvement plans; amending requirements for screening students for signs of reading difficulties; amending requirements for individualized reading plans; amending school district reporting requirements; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to education; establishing the Wyoming imagination library program; providing funding for the free distribution of books to young children as specified; providing definitions; creating an account; requiring rulemaking; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to oil and gas; amending the authority of the Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission to regulate noncommercial reserve pits, produced water retention pits and emergency overflow pits as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to industrial development and siting; requiring the provision of notice to tribal governments of applications for industrial siting permits; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; specifying applicability; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; providing an enhanced oil recovery stimulus for the use of carbon dioxide in enhanced oil recovery; specifying conditions and requirements for the stimulus; providing for the administration of the stimulus; creating an account; requiring reports; requiring transfers of funds; authorizing rulemaking; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to mine product taxes; providing an exemption for the production of crude oil and natural gas produced through enhanced oil recovery techniques and using Wyoming carbon dioxide; specifying conditions for the exemption; requiring reports; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to industrial development and siting; specifying that the industrial siting council may increase the impact assistance payments of specified projects beyond the maximum allowable percentages; requiring approval of increases; specifying that approvals are not subject to judicial review; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to oil and gas; requiring the oil and gas conservation commission to promulgate rules to provide bonding options for oil and gas operators as specified; specifying bonding requirements; requiring reports; specifying uses of the conservation fund; authorizing the imposition of fees; making conforming amendments; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to education; requiring school districts to adopt policies prohibiting students from using cell phones and smart watches in schools as specified; providing exceptions; providing a definition; specifying applicability; and providing for effective dates.

Wendy SchulerRepublican

AN ACT relating to children; providing that a guardianship with a relative and a finding of unfitness may be a ground for the termination of parental rights as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Wendy SchulerRepublican

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; expanding the types of health care providers who have the authority to submit a letter on behalf of a patient applying for a handicap placard; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to motor vehicle registration; clarifying that specified types of license plates are available for multipurpose vehicles; clarifying the types of vehicles eligible for prisoner of war license plates; and providing for an effective date.

Eric BarlowRepublican

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; creating an electronic lien and title system; requiring the department of transportation to implement and administer an electronic lien and title system; providing a definition; exempting mobile homes; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; requiring a report; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; providing an affirmative defense for use of force to protect military equipment; extending immunity for civil or criminal liability for acts committed in the performance of necessary duties to state security officers employed by the military department; providing a definition; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to defense forces and affairs; expanding eligibility for the Wyoming national guard member referral incentive program; providing a definition; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to education; creating the University of Wyoming reserve officers' training corps endowment; creating accounts for the endowment; providing for distributions and transfers from the accounts to the University of Wyoming's reserve officers' training corps programs; providing for the investment of the endowment fund in equities; specifying authorized expenditures; requiring reporting; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to civil procedure; providing liability for a person that returns a firearm to the firearm owner pursuant to a firearm hold agreement; providing an exception; providing a definition; providing an exception; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to boards and commissions; adding ex officio nonvoting members who represent veterans and veteran services to the University of Wyoming board of trustees and the Wyoming community college commission as specified; amending the duties of the Wyoming veterans' commission; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to speed limits; authorizing local authorities to set maximum speed limits on unpaved roadways without first conducting a speed study or justifying the maximum speed limit; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; specifying requirements for driver's licenses and identification cards issued to a person who is not a United States citizen but who has lawful alien status as recognized by federal law; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to K-12 public school finance; increasing the allowable square footage utilized to calculate routine and major maintenance for school districts; increasing the percentage utilized to calculate major maintenance payments to school districts; providing appropriations; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to governmental claims; amending the maximum liability amounts for claims authorized under the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; authorizing title protection for board certified music therapists; providing exceptions; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to weapons; authorizing the issuance of enhanced concealed carry permits; specifying requirements and conditions for the enhanced permits; specifying places where enhanced concealed carry permittees may carry concealed weapons; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Ed CooperRepublican

AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; amending the calculation of investment performance for purposes of performance compensation for investment staff; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the automatic transfer of a vehicle title on death; providing definitions; providing exceptions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Jared OlsenRepublican

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; amending the definition of peace officer to clarify and expand the scope of authority for park rangers, superintendents and assistant superintendents; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to cities and towns; amending the zoning protest process as specified; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to the legislature; authorizing the legislature to prosecute actions involving the proper administration and interpretation of federal acts; making conforming amendments; authorizing the management council to initiate litigation upon a majority vote; providing legislative findings; providing for the use of funds for litigation purposes; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; authorizing resort hotel liquor licenses; specifying requirements for the resort hotel liquor license and licensees; making conforming amendments; providing and amending definitions; and providing for an effective date.

Mike GierauDemocrat

AN ACT relating to water; extending the number of years for which temporary water rights may be granted; providing exceptions; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to education; requiring students at the University of Wyoming and Wyoming community colleges to compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions based on their biological sex; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.

Wendy SchulerRepublican

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming state guard; removing activation of the national guard of Wyoming into service of the United States as a prerequisite for the organization of the Wyoming state guard; removing federal involvement in the Wyoming state guard; allowing the governor to organize and maintain the Wyoming state guard; specifying the source of payment for service in the state guard; making conforming amendments; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Dan LaursenRepublican

AN ACT relating to water, irrigation and sewer districts; increasing the cost requirements for water, irrigation, sewer and water and sewer district purchases or projects that are required to be submitted for bids; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Bill LandenRepublican

AN ACT relating to public recreation and playgrounds; authorizing the governing body of a city, town, county or school district to act as a board of trustees for a system of public recreation as specified; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Bill LandenRepublican

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing a business property tax exemption as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to ad valorem taxation; requiring tangible personal property to be valued using valuation indexes and depreciation schedules as specified; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; specifying that school district vehicles that are not school buses and are used for transporting students may display flashing lights as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Ed CooperRepublican

AN ACT relating to the insurance holding company system regulatory act; specifying requirements regarding group capital calculations, group capital ratios, liquidity stress tests, liquidity stress test results, and related information; amending confidentiality provisions; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to the Wyoming telecommunications act; extending the sunset date of the act; amending definitions; specifying the application of the act; specifying requirements for providing price schedules to the public service commission; providing a limitation on local governments entering an exclusive agreement for provision of broadband internet access service; amending the price benchmark and credit requirements for the universal service fund; repealing conflicting provisions; and providing for an effective date.

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