Wyoming legislation · 2026 Budget Session
Wyoming HB93: The people's right to judicial transparency.
Status: Failed, February 10, 2026
AN ACT relating to courts; requiring court records and audio recordings to be publicly available online at no cost; specifying exceptions; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; authorizing and requiring rulemaking; providing an appropriation; and providing for effective dates.
What the bill says
An act relating to courts; requiring court records and audio recordings to be publicly available online at no cost; specifying exceptions; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; authorizing and requiring rulemaking; providing an appropriation; and providing for effective dates.
From the introduced text, February 4, 2026:
AN ACT relating to courts; requiring court records and audio recordings to be publicly available online at no cost; specifying exceptions; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; authorizing and requiring rulemaking; providing an appropriation; and providing for effective dates. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1. W.S. 5-1-112 is created to read: 5-1-112. Court records and court recordings; free online access required; exceptions; definitions. (a) As used in this section: HB0093 2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0316 (i) "Court" means the Wyoming supreme court, the district courts, chancery court, circuit courts, probate courts and municipal courts of Wyoming and any other court in Wyoming established by state law; (ii) "Court record" means any record created by or submitted to a court, including but not limited to: (A) All pleadings, motions, filings, orders and judgments; (B) Evidence, exhibits and discovery materials submitted to a court, including interrogatories, depositions, affidavits and appendices; (C) Case metadata, including docket numbers, filing dates, case status and parties of record. (iii) "Sensitive and bulky exhibits" means money, controlled substances, child pornography, firearms, oversized charts, enlarged pictures and any other physical HB0093 2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0316 evidence that cannot be reduced to online access with reasonable effort and expense. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, each court shall …
Sponsors
- Bear, John (R, H31)
- Marlene Brady (R, H60)
- Paul Hoeft (R, H25)
- Johnson, Steve (R, H08)
- Ann Lucas (R, H43) · primary sponsor
- McCann, Darin (R, H48)
- Pepper Ottman (R, H34)
- Singh, Daniel (R, H61)
- Scott Smith (R, H05)
- Tomi Strock (R, H06)
- Joseph Webb (R, H19)
- Nina Webber (R, H24)
Latest actions
- : H Failed Introduction 34-28-0-0-0
- : H Received for Introduction
- : Bill Number Assigned
Votes
- H Failed Introduction 34-28-0-0-0 (February 10, 2026): 34 yea, 28 nay, failed
Subjects: The people's right to judicial transparency.
Common questions
- What is HB93?
- HB93 is a bill in the Wyoming Legislature (2026 Budget Session): The people's right to judicial transparency.
- What does HB93 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to courts; requiring court records and audio recordings to be publicly available online at no cost; specifying exceptions; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; authorizing and requiring rulemaking; providing an appropriation; and providing for effective dates.
- What is the status of HB93?
- Failed as of February 10, 2026. Latest action: H Failed Introduction 34-28-0-0-0 (February 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB93?
- Ann Lucas (R, H43), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB93?
- On the Wyoming Legislature website: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2026/HB0093
Source: official Wyoming record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.