Wyoming legislation · 2025 General Session
Wyoming HB178: Work allowance for voting.
Status: Failed, February 10, 2025
AN ACT relating to elections; specifying when an employee is entitled to take time off of work to vote in an election; increasing the amount of time that an employee is entitled to take off of work to vote; making a conforming amendment; and providing for an effective date.
What the bill says
An act relating to elections; specifying when an employee is entitled to take time off of work to vote in an election; increasing the amount of time that an employee is entitled to take off of work to vote; making a conforming amendment; and providing for an effective date.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to elections; specifying when an employee is entitled to take time off of work to vote in an election; increasing the amount of time that an employee is entitled to take off of work to vote; making a conforming amendment; and providing for an effective date. Section 1. W.S. 22‐2‐111 is amended to read: 22‐2‐111. Employees time off to vote. (a) Any person entitled to vote at any primary or general election or special election to fill a vacancy in the office of representatives in the congress of the United States is, on the day of such the election or upon request during the period of early voting, entitled to absent himself from any service or employment in which he is then engaged or employed for a period of one (1) hour two (2) hours, other than meal hours, the hour hours being at the convenience of the employer, between the time of opening and closing of the polls during a period that the elector has the ability to cast a vote. Such elector shall not, because of so absenting himself, lose any pay, providing he actually casts his legal vote. (b) This section shall not apply to an employee who has three (3) or more consecutive nonworking hours during the time the polls are open on …
Sponsors
- Byron, Andrew (R, H22)
- Campbell, Elissa (R, H56)
- Harshman, Steve (R, H37)
- Provenza, Karlee (D, H45)
- Sherwood, Trey (D, H14) · primary sponsor
- Storer, Liz (D, H23)
- Wylie, Cody (R, H39)
- Michael Yin (D, H16)
- Anderson, Jim (R, S28)
- Tara Nethercott (R, S04)
- Pappas, Stephan (R, S07)
- Chris Rothfuss (D, S09)
Latest actions
- : H COW:H Did not consider for COW
- : H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0
- : H Placed on General File
- : H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
- : H Received for Introduction
- : Bill Number Assigned
Votes
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 51-9-2-0-0 (January 29, 2025): 51 yea, 9 nay, passed
Subjects: Work allowance for voting.
Common questions
- What is HB178?
- HB178 is a bill in the Wyoming Legislature (2025 General Session): Work allowance for voting.
- What does HB178 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to elections; specifying when an employee is entitled to take time off of work to vote in an election; increasing the amount of time that an employee is entitled to take off of work to vote; making a conforming amendment; and providing for an effective date.
- What is the status of HB178?
- Failed as of February 10, 2025. Latest action: H COW:H Did not consider for COW (February 10, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB178?
- Sherwood, Trey (D, H14), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB178?
- On the Wyoming Legislature website: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/HB0178
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