HB 0003 -- Campaign Finance
Reporting
Sponsored by: Joint Corporations,
Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee
AN ACT relating to campaign finance reporting; providing
for electronic filing of campaign finance reports; specifying
where reports shall be filed; providing for a searchable
database of reports; providing an appropriation; and providing
for an effective date.
Monitor.
(update) S introduced and referred to S07
HB 0008 -- Election Code
Revisions
Sponsored by: Joint Corporations, Elections
and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee
AN ACT relating to elections; providing for transmission
of certifications; providing for registration prior to an
election; providing for full legal names on registrations;
removing certain filing fees as specified; providing for
the order of offices on nonpartisan and partisan ballots;
providing for opening of ballot boxes; removing requirement
that county attorneys conduct training school; repealing
provisions for folded ballots; clarifying time periods; repealing
requirements for numbers of ballots to be printed; repealing
provisions related to voting slips; and providing for an
effective date.
Monitor. (update) S introduced and referred to S07
HB 0024 -- Criminal Investigations and Repeal of Grand
Jury
Sponsored by: GINGERY
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; providing for subpoena
power by prosecutors during investigations; providing for
disclosures to witnesses; providing for undisclosed questioning;
authorizing the appointment of investigators hired by district
attorneys as peace officers; repealing grand jury authority;
and providing for an effective date.
We will
be opposing this bill, as I believe it allows too much
power for prosecutors and does away with important safe
guards of the grand jury procedure. (update) Failed
committee vote
HB 0035 -- Underage
Drinking
Sponsored by: GINGERY
AN ACT relating to alcohol; creating an offense for persons
under age twenty-one (21) years who attempt or gain admittance
to liquor dispensing rooms or drive-in liquor areas as
specified; expanding offenses for persons under the age
of twenty-one (21) years who possess or consume alcohol;
providing penalties; providing for prima facie evidence;
providing a definition; limiting possession or consumption
of alcohol by a person under the age of twenty-one (21)
years in the presence of a parent or guardian as specified;
and providing for an effective date.
Monitor. (update) Failed
Introduction
HB 0043 -- Penalties for Domestic Violence
Sponsored by: BERGER
AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; increasing penalties
for domestic violence offenses as specified; and providing
for an effective date.
Monitor. (update) S introduced and referred
to S01
HB 0049 -- Juvenile
Courts Procedures
Sponsored by: BUCHANAN
AN ACT relating to juveniles; repealing the right to a jury
trial in juvenile actions; amending the maximum time in
which a juvenile matter may be adjudicated as specified;
and providing for an effective date.
This bill does
away with important due process rights for juveniles and
in no way deals with the overwhelming problems of Wyoming
Juvenile Justice System. (update) Failed
Introduction
HB 0050 -- Restoration of Rights
Sponsored by: WARREN
AN ACT relating to restoration of rights lost as a result
of a felony conviction; modifying eligibility requirements
for restoration of voting rights as specified; requiring
that persons be provided with notice of eligibility for
restoration of rights; and providing for an effective date.
We
will be supporting this bill in order to provide voting
rights for disenfranchised felons. Failed Introduction
HB
0062 -- Illegal Immigration
Sponsored by: ILLOWAY
AN ACT relating to illegal immigration; establishing an offense
for transportation or concealment of illegal aliens; providing
a penalty; requiring certain employers to verify the citizenship
status of employees; requiring state agencies and political
subdivisions to verify the citizenship status of applicants
for certain public benefits; requiring a report; providing
a cause of action against entities employing illegal aliens
as specified; authorizing the attorney general to negotiate
a memorandum of understanding regarding immigration with
the appropriate federal agency; establishing rules for
the communication of information related to immigration
status; requiring the determination of the immigration
status of certain prisoners; authorizing the establishment
of the fraudulent documents identification unit in the
division of criminal investigation; requiring certain documentation
for the issuance of a driver's license or identification
card; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective
date.
There are several areas of this bill that
are most likely unconstitutional usurping of federal rights
regarding immigration. The verification of citizenship
has generally been found to be both impossible and expensive
to states and localities as there are no accurate federal
data basis. We will be strongly opposing this bill. Failed
Introduction
HB 0068 Drug Court Accountability and Treatment
Act
Sponsored by GINGERLY
AN ACT relating to drug and other specialized courts; providing definitions;
creating a new drug court program; repealing existing drug court program; repealing
teen court program; expanding and modifying application of drug and other specialized
courts; providing purposes of the act; requiring rulemaking; specifying requirements
and procedures for participation of a drug offender in a drug court program;
increasing maximum extended probation period for persons in substance abuse treatment
programs or drug courts; providing for confidentiality and release of records;
establishing a state drug court advisory commission and local advisory committees;
requiring reports; specifying applicability of the act; providing for transition
of programs; and providing for effective dates.
Monitor. (update) Failed Introduction
HB 0076 -- Criminal Street Gangs
Sponsored
by: STEWARD
AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; creating the crime
of intimidation in furtherance of the interests of criminal
street gang: creating enhanced sentencing penalties for felonies
committed in furtherance of the interests of a criminal street
gang; amending the offense of property destruction and defacement
to explicitly include graffiti; providing for a minimum sentence
for felony property destruction and defacement; providing
definitions; and providing for an effective date.
We will be lobbying against this bill
as far too broad in “intimidation
in furtherance of the interests of criminal street gang:
or felonies committed in furtherance of the interests of
a criminal street gang” to be constitutional. The offense
of destruction and defacement of property already exists – again
we are creating more and more felonies to deal with issues
that are not really problems to be dealt with as felonies.
(update) S introduced and referred to S06
HB 0080 -- Graffiti
Sponsored
by ESQUIBEL, COOPER, FECHT
AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses against property;
creating the crime of vandalism by graffiti; providing penalties;
providing a definition; creating the crime of selling aerosol
paint to minor and of minors purchasing aerosol paint; providing
for posting of notices; and providing for an effective date.
Vandalism
and destruction of property are already offenses we do not
need more specific crimes – selling aerosol paint to
minors? This is a ridiculous waste of time and is another
bill that simply panders to someone, solves nothing. Failed
Introduction
HB 0097 -- Juvenile Hearings – Continuances
Sponsored by: LUBNAU
AN Act relating to juveniles; authorizing continuances for
specified juvenile hearings: and providing for an effective
date.
We will oppose this bill as another bill that tries to
limit due process rights for juveniles, does not meet constitutional
standards and is unnecessary. (update) S
introduced and referred to S01
HB 0145 Professional and commercial
licenses – lawful
residents
Sponsored by SIMPSON, MERCER AND PERKINS
AN ACT relating to the administration of government; providing that any state
or local benefit shall be awarded only to a person lawfully in the United States
as specified; providing definitions and providing for an effective date.
This
bill is another anti-immigrant bill. We oppose this bill and suppose that it
is unconstitutional re: employers. (update) H passed 2 reading
HB 0172 -- Homicide During Pregnancy
Sponsored
by: HARSHMAN, GINGERY, OLSEN, ROSS
AN ACT relating to crime and offenses; establishing the offense
of involuntary termination of pregnancy; imposing a penalty;
and providing for an effective date.
This is a bill we will
closely monitor as the language is acceptable as is but any
changes could cause significant problems. Failed
Introduction
HB 0173 -- Aggravated Assault and Battery Penalties
Sponsored
by: HARSHMAN, GINGERY, ROSS
AN ACT relating to aggravated assault and battery; providing
an increased penalty for certain acts constituting aggravated
assault and battery as specified; and providing for an effective
date.
We will oppose this bill as being a mandatory minimums
bill which removes discretion and judgment of the court.
(update) H placed on consent list
HJ
0001 -- Initiative and Referendum requirements
Sponsored
by: BROWN
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution
to modify the signature requirement for a petition for
an initiative or referendum; changing the requirement from
fifteen percent of those resident in at least two-thirds
of the counties to at least fifteen percent of those resident
in at least two-thirds of the senate districts in the state.
Monitor. (update) H passed CoW
SF 0066 -- Community Juvenile Service
Sponsored by JOINT JUDICIARY INTERIM COMMITTEE
An Act relating to community juvenile services; repealing
references to multidisciplinary teams in the Community Juvenile
Services Act; specifying membership of community juvenile
services boards; specifying requirements for community juvenile
services boards to qualify for state funding; requiring a
report; providing an appropriation; and providing for an
effective date.
This bill does nothing to deal with current
problems in the juvenile justice system and simply throws
money at the current jumble of programs. (update) S
passed on 2nd reading
SF 0064 -- Valid Court Orders SF0064
Sponsored by JOINT JUDICIARY INTERIM COMMITTEE
An Act relating to juveniles; clarifying that a child may be subject to return
to court for violation of the terms of a court order issued by a juvenile court;
requiring a timely interview of a child before an informal hearing to determine
if the child should be held in detention as specified; requiring a juvenile court
judge to explain the terms of an order to the child and other specified persons;
clarifying the prohibition against placing a child in need of supervision in
a jail; and providing for an effective date.
This bill is needed to bring Wyoming into compliance with federal guidelines
on juvenile justice. (update) H placed on general file
SF 0065 -- Post-conviction Relief Petitions – DNA
Sponsored by JOINT JUDICIARY INTERIM COMMITTEE
An Act relating to criminal procedure; creating a post-conviction
for DNA Testing Act; establishing procedures for post-conviction
motions for DNA testing; authorizing new trials as specified;
prohibiting waiver of rights as specified; limiting appeals
of court decisions as specified; providing a right to counsel
for motions; authorizing legal representation for needy persons
as specified; providing for costs; authorizing consensual
DNA testing; requiring victim notification; providing definitions;
requiring a report to the legislature; amending requirements
for retention of evidence as specified; and providing for
an effective date.
Support this bill. (update) S placed on
general file
SF 0088 -- Inmate Medical Furlough
AN ACT relating to sentence and imprisonment; authorizing
parole for inmates with serious medical needs as specified;
specifying conditions that must exist to qualify for medical
parole; requiring findings; requiring notice to the prosecuting
attorney and sentencing judge; specifying terms of probation;
authorizing revocation of medical parole as specified; and
providing for an effective date.
Monitor. (update) S passed 2nd reading |
