Wyoming legislation · 2025 General Session
Wyoming HB136: Volunteer first responder health insurance-revisions.
Status: Chaptered, March 12, 2025
AN ACT relating to compensation and benefits; excluding the Affordable Care Act from government sponsored health care programs that would disqualify a volunteer first responder from participating in the state employees' and officials' group insurance plan; authorizing first responder departments to contribute to first responder group insurance premiums; requiring voluntary first responders to provide proof of their volunteer status on an annual basis; and providing for an effective date.
What the bill says
An act relating to compensation and benefits; excluding the Affordable Care Act from government sponsored health care programs that would disqualify a volunteer first responder from participating in the state employees' and officials' group insurance plan; authorizing first responder departments to contribute to first responder group insurance premiums; requiring voluntary first responders to provide proof of their volunteer status on an annual basis; and providing for an effective date.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to compensation and benefits; excluding the Affordable Care Act from government sponsored health care programs that would disqualify a volunteer first responder from participating in the state employees' and officials' group insurance plan; authorizing first responder departments to contribute to first responder group insurance premiums; requiring voluntary first responders to provide proof of their volunteer status on an annual basis; and providing for an effective date. Section 1. W.S. 9‐3‐220(a)(ii), (b) and (c) is amended to requirements. (a) Volunteer firefighters, emergency medical technicians and volunteer search and rescue persons may elect to participate in the state employees' and officials' group insurance plan as defined by W.S. 9‐3‐203(a)(v) and implemented under W.S. 9‐3‐202 through 9‐3‐219. These volunteers are eligible to enroll in the group insurance plan within the first thirty‐one (31) days of the enactment of this section or after initially volunteering for ninety (90) days. After the ninety (90) day period is over, the volunteer shall have thirty‐one (31) days to enroll in the group insurance plan. Eligible volunteers who elect not to become enrolled within the time prescribed in this subsection may be enrolled at a later date upon conditions the department may impose. Continued participation in the program is limited to a volunteer and (b) Volunteer firefighters, volunteer emergency medical technicians and volunteer search and …
Sponsors
- Dalton Banks (R, H26)
- Brown, Landon (R, H09)
- Byron, Andrew (R, H22) · primary sponsor
- Davis, Bob (R, H47)
- J.D. Williams (R, H02)
- Wylie, Cody (R, H39)
- Crago, Barry (R, S22)
- Dockstader, Dan (R, S16)
- Gierau, Mike (D, S17)
- Tara Nethercott (R, S04)
- Schuler, Wendy (R, S15)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed HEA No. 0063
- : Assigned Chapter Number 133
- : H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0063
- : S President Signed HEA No. 0063
- : S 3rd Reading:Passed 23-8-0-0-0
- : H Received for Concurrence
- : H Concur:Passed 60-0-2-0-0
- : Assigned Number HEA No. 0063
- : S 2nd Reading:Passed
- : S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
Votes
- H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 (March 3, 2025): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- H COW:Failed 26-32-4-0-0 (March 3, 2025): 26 yea, 32 nay, failed
- H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-4-0-0-0 (February 27, 2025): 5 yea, 4 nay, passed
- S 3rd Reading:Failed 15-16-0-0-0 (February 12, 2025): 15 yea, 16 nay, failed
- S09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 (February 4, 2025): 4 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Volunteer first responder health insurance-revisions.
Common questions
- What is HB136?
- HB136 is a bill in the Wyoming Legislature (2025 General Session): Volunteer first responder health insurance-revisions.
- What does HB136 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to compensation and benefits; excluding the Affordable Care Act from government sponsored health care programs that would disqualify a volunteer first responder from participating in the state employees' and officials' group insurance plan; authorizing first responder departments to contribute to first responder group insurance premiums; requiring voluntary first responders to provide proof of their volunteer status on an annual basis; and providing for an effective date.
- What is the status of HB136?
- Chaptered as of March 12, 2025. Latest action: Governor Signed HEA No. 0063 (March 12, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB136?
- Byron, Andrew (R, H22), with 10 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB136?
- On the Wyoming Legislature website: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/HB0136
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