Bills & Legislation

AN ACT relating to public utilities; requiring electric utilities to enter into a service agreement with certain customers as specified; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Cale CaseRepublican

AN ACT relating to electronic cigarettes and vapor materials; requiring manufacturers of electronic cigarettes and vapor material to obtain a license; requiring the department of revenue to publish a list of licensed electronic cigarette and vapor material manufacturers; prohibiting the sale of electronic cigarettes and vapor material made by manufactures not included in the list of licensees; prohibiting the sale of nicotine products as specified; requiring biannual inspections of retailers, distributors and wholesalers of electronic cigarettes and vapor material; providing penalties; and providing for an effective date.

Gary CrumRepublican

AN ACT relating to emergency loan programs; establishing an emergency bridge loan program for small businesses during declared natural disasters; specifying eligibility and requirements for the bridge loan program; specifying terms, conditions and obligations for bridge loans; specifying duties; creating an account; requiring reports; providing a loan; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Bo BitemanRepublican

AN ACT relating to the protection of constitutional rights; amending the Second Amendment Protection Act as specified; creating exceptions to the Second Amendment Protection Act; creating a civil penalty; creating a criminal penalty; creating an exception to the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Tim SalazarRepublican

AN ACT relating to the investment of state funds; creating the Wyoming generational investment account; specifying the investment of funds in the account; specifying the disposition of investment earnings; providing for the accounting and administration of the account; requiring transfers of funds; requiring reports; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Ogden DriskillRepublican

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming state shooting complex; amending conditions on previously appropriated funds; and providing for an effective date.

Chris RothfussDemocrat

A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution as specified.

Eric BarlowRepublican

A JOINT RESOLUTION demanding that the United States Congress, in consultation with the legislature of the state of Wyoming, extinguish the federal title in those public lands and subsurface resources in this state that derive from former federal territory, and do so in recognition of the sovereign rights of this state, as set forth in its congressional act of admission into the union, and in recognition of the solemn duties resting upon Congress under the admissions, property, claims, and guarantee clauses of Article IV of the United States constitution so that the state of Wyoming shall, in due course, obtain full admission into the Union of States upon an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatsoever.

Bob IdeRepublican

A JOINT RESOLUTION commemorating the 100th anniversary of Nellie Tayloe Ross becoming the first woman to hold the office of governor in the United States.

Tara NethercottRepublican

A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Governor concentrate on promoting stable dispatchable base load power resources from Wyoming in lieu of taxpayer subsidized commercial wind and solar generated power.

Laura PearsonRepublican

A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress to call a convention of the several states for proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution as specified.

Dan LaursenRepublican

A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution to transfer responsibility to construct public school facilities to school districts by providing mandatory and optional state funding mechanisms.

Charles ScottRepublican

AN ACT relating to property, conveyances and security transactions; prohibiting persons from selling or transferring real property to the federal government as specified; providing the manner by which a person may sell or transfer real property to the federal government; providing a civil penalty for failing to timely submit information to the legislature; providing definitions; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

Bob IdeRepublican

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing new vehicle dealers to establish hourly labor rates and retail parts markup rates to be charged for warranty repairs; specifying procedures for establishing and calculating the rates; providing exceptions; requiring mediation; providing a civil cause of action; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.

Eric BarlowRepublican

AN ACT relating to miscellaneous contracts and actions; providing that contractual covenants not to compete are void; providing exceptions; specifying requirements for covenants not to compete for physicians; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Tara NethercottRepublican

AN ACT relating to recreation safety; adding agritourism as a recreation activity for purposes of the Recreation Safety Act; providing and amending definitions; and providing for an effective date.

Eric BarlowRepublican

AN ACT relating to education; allowing children to enroll in any public school within their resident school district as specified; providing exceptions; providing priority for specified students; requiring reporting by school districts; amending the duties of the school district board of trustees; requiring the state superintendent of public instruction to publish reported information; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Evie BrennanRepublican

AN ACT modifying the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act to include crossing guard volunteers and faculty; and providing for an effective date.

Evie BrennanRepublican

AN ACT relating to net metering; revising how net metering compensation applies to new small customer‑generators; authorizing the public service commission to authorize a different system of compensation for excess energy production if service is being subsidized by other customers; clarifying how net metering compensation applies to existing small customer-generators; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

Cale CaseRepublican

AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; providing for the licensing of anesthesiologist assistants and specifying scope of practice; creating and amending definitions; providing for temporary licenses as specified; providing for the imposition of fees; providing for the suspension, restriction, revocation or nonrenewal of licenses as specified; providing for license reinstatement and reactivation; creating a criminal penalty; providing for a hearing; amending the composition of the board of medicine; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

Wendy SchulerRepublican

AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; specifying that the practice of natural hair braiding is exempt from the Wyoming Cosmetology Act; clarifying that the owner of a salon may require certification for the practice of natural hair braiding; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Lynn HutchingsRepublican

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; requiring the acceptance of reports of missing persons by law enforcement as specified; providing exceptions; specifying duties for law enforcement agencies and peace officers related to missing persons; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Bill LandenRepublican

AN ACT relating to administrative procedure; specifying limitations on the judicial review of agency actions; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Tara NethercottRepublican

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; creating the offenses of money laundering and illegal investments; providing definitions; providing penalties; and providing for an effective date.

Tara NethercottRepublican

AN ACT relating to child custody; providing a presumption for issuance of an order of shared child custody as specified; providing definitions; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Laura PearsonRepublican

AN ACT relating to game and fish; authorizing landowners to sell their landowner hunting licenses as specified; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Laura PearsonRepublican

AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; providing for the issuance of professional and occupation licenses to military service members as specified; providing for temporary practice permits for military service members; requiring temporary professional and occupation licenses to military service members as specified; amending and providing definitions; repealing provisions; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

Brian BonerRepublican

AN ACT relating to marketing homemade foods; providing for the sale of producer-raised, homemade meat products as specified; providing a delayed effective date pending certification by the governor based on federal action; providing definitions; authorizing rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

Tim SalazarRepublican

AN ACT relating to motor vehicle license plates; authorizing specially designed license plates to recognize rodeo as the official sport of Wyoming; specifying requirements; authorizing fees; providing for termination of issuance of the special plates; requiring a report upon termination; authorizing rulemaking; making a conforming amendment; specifying availability; and providing for an effective date.

Brian BonerRepublican

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; amending the requirement for persons convicted of felony voyeurism to register as a sex offender; and providing for an effective date.

Ed CooperRepublican

AN ACT relating to school finance; creating a competitive grant program for crossing guards for K-12 public schools; providing an appropriation; requiring reporting; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

Evie BrennanRepublican

AN ACT relating to immigration; establishing offenses related to the transportation, concealment or hiring of illegal or unauthorized aliens; providing penalties; requiring the verification of citizenship status for public benefits as specified; requiring the attorney general and each county sheriff to negotiate with federal agencies concerning immigration as specified; specifying requirements for communicating information related to immigration status; specifying requirements for the determination of immigration status for inmates; requiring documentation concerning citizenship for the issuance of driver's licenses and identification cards; providing and amending definitions; requiring reports; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Cheri SteinmetzRepublican

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming constitution, statutes and rules of construction; providing a definition of health care generally applicable to law; providing findings; specifying exceptions; providing definitions; and providing for contingent effective dates.

Cheri SteinmetzRepublican

AN ACT relating to education; providing definitions; requiring a kindergarten through grade eight (8) public lab school; specifying the purpose of the public lab school; creating a governing board; specifying membership of the governing board; specifying duties of the governing board; specifying enrollment requirements and preferences; specifying funding; requiring reporting; specifying the first year of enrollment; and providing for an effective date.

Chris RothfussDemocrat

AN ACT relating to administrative procedure; requiring the completion of economic analyses for major administrative rules; amending the process for legislative review and notice of rules; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; requiring a study and a report; providing an appropriation; authorizing additional positions; and providing for effective dates.

Brian BonerRepublican

AN ACT relating to sales tax; providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity; and providing for an effective date.

Troy McKeownRepublican

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; requiring a drug and alcohol testing program for all hospital employees and potential employees holding or seeking positions requiring safety sensitive duties; providing drug and alcohol counseling as specified; clarifying that the use of marijuana by hospital employees remains unlawful; amending and providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Dan LaursenRepublican

AN ACT relating to civil procedure; amending the exemption from civil liability for providing emergency services to include mental health crises; and providing for an effective date.

Chris RothfussDemocrat

AN ACT relating to K-12 school facilities; repealing the requirement for charter schools to receive reimbursement for leasing expenses if the state construction department determines there are no existing adequate educational facilities within the school district; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Ogden DriskillRepublican

AN ACT relating to defense forces and affairs; prohibiting the use and operation of unmanned aircraft systems over critical infrastructure and critical systems; specifying exceptions; providing and amending penalties; authorizing the use of the Wyoming national guard; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; providing duties for the attorney general; and providing for an effective date.

Stacy JonesRepublican

AN ACT relating to parental rights; authorizing claims and defenses against governmental action violating parental rights as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Evie BrennanRepublican

AN ACT relating to industrial development and siting; requiring the payment of wildlife mitigation impact costs for industrial siting projects as specified; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Larry HicksRepublican

AN ACT relating to banks, banking and finance; allowing the attorney general to take action to defend the state's interest in the dual banking system; providing legislative findings; and providing for an effective date.

Chris RothfussDemocrat

AN ACT relating to taxation; establishing a homeowner property tax exemption; providing a sunset date; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Dan DockstaderRepublican

AN ACT relating to school finance; extending the sunset date for an increase in school district operating balances and cash reserves; and providing for an effective date.

Dan DockstaderRepublican

AN ACT relating to energy; requiring the Wyoming energy authority to complete a study on the economic impacts of the energy industry in Wyoming; specifying requirements of the study; authorizing and requiring assistance from state agencies and higher education institutions; requiring reports; specifying deadlines; and providing for an effective date.

Dan DockstaderRepublican

AN ACT relating to game and fish; authorizing the Wyoming game and fish commission to promulgate rules to establish trap setback specifications; repealing an obsolete provision; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Dan DockstaderRepublican

AN ACT relating to game and fish; requiring any person born on or after January 1, 2000 to obtain a certificate of trapping education to be qualified to trap wildlife; providing for a person to receive special authorization to trap or snare wildlife when accompanied by a qualified mentor as specified; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Dan DockstaderRepublican

AN ACT relating to highways; designating the USMC CPL Seth Rasmuson Memorial Highway; authorizing the department of transportation to provide appropriate signage; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Barry CragoRepublican

AN ACT relating to veterans; providing an appropriation for the construction of the state veterans' home of Wyoming as specified; directing the transfer of funds as specified; specifying a project maximum; and providing for an effective date.

Barry CragoRepublican