Wyoming legislation · 2025 General Session
Wyoming HB176: Vacancies in public office-amendments.
Status: Failed, March 3, 2025
AN ACT relating to elections; amending the process by which vacancies in elected offices are filled; providing for the filling of vacancies when vacancies are not filled; establishing a presumption concerning qualifications to hold office; making conforming amendments; repealing conflicting provisions; and providing for an effective date.
What the bill says
An act relating to elections; amending the process by which vacancies in elected offices are filled; providing for the filling of vacancies when vacancies are not filled; establishing a presumption concerning qualifications to hold office; making conforming amendments; repealing conflicting provisions; and providing for an effective date.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to elections; amending the process by which vacancies in elected offices are filled; providing for the filling of vacancies when vacancies are not filled; establishing a presumption concerning qualifications to hold office; making conforming amendments; repealing conflicting provisions; and providing for an effective date. Section 1. W.S. 18‐3‐524(a) by creating a new paragraph (iii) and 22‐18‐111(a) by creating a new paragraph (vii) and (c)(ii) are amended to term. (a) Within twenty (20) days after the office of any county commissioner becomes vacant the remaining members of the board shall declare a vacancy to exist and immediately give notice of the vacancy in writing to the chairman of the county central committee of the political party which the member whose office is vacant represented at the time of his election under W.S. 22‐6‐120(a)(vii), or at the time of his appointment if not elected to office. The chairman of the county central committee shall within twenty (20) days after receipt of the notice call a meeting of the county central committee. At the meeting the committee shall select three (3) persons qualified to fill the vacancy and transmit the names to the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall fill the vacancy within twenty (20) days after receiving the list from the county central committee by …
Sponsors
- Abby Angelos (R, H03)
- Bratten, Laurie (R, H51) · primary sponsor
- Kelly, Tom (R, H30)
- Tony Locke (R, H35)
- Neiman, Chip (R, H01)
- Ken Pendergraft (R, H29)
- Joseph Webb (R, H19)
- Biteman, Bo (R, S21)
Latest actions
- : S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
- : S No report prior to CoW Cutoff
- : S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations
- : S Received for Introduction
- : H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-3-4-0-0
- : H 2nd Reading:Passed
- : H COW:Passed
- : H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0
- : H Placed on General File
- : H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
Votes
- H Concur:Passed 56-4-2-0-0 (February 12, 2025): 56 yea, 4 nay, passed
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-1-0-0-0 (February 6, 2025): 30 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: Vacancies in public office-amendments.
Common questions
- What is HB176?
- HB176 is a bill in the Wyoming Legislature (2025 General Session): Vacancies in public office-amendments.
- What does HB176 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to elections; amending the process by which vacancies in elected offices are filled; providing for the filling of vacancies when vacancies are not filled; establishing a presumption concerning qualifications to hold office; making conforming amendments; repealing conflicting provisions; and providing for an effective date.
- What is the status of HB176?
- Failed as of March 3, 2025. Latest action: S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 (March 3, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB176?
- Bratten, Laurie (R, H51), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB176?
- On the Wyoming Legislature website: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/HB0176
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