HB 92 Wyoming 2026 session
Registered sex offenders prohibited from public office.
This bill establishes qualifications for specified public offices, specifically disqualifying individuals registered as sex offenders from holding these positions. The bill defines "sex offender" as a person currently registered on the central registry of offenders under W.S. 7-19-301 through 7-19-310. Specifies that election officials must refuse to certify ineligible candidates, and offices held by disqualified individuals will be deemed vacant. Applies to individuals elected or appointed to public office on or after July 1, 2026.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Enacted — last recorded action March 8, 2026
Assigned Chapter Number 96
Recorded votes
S 3rd Reading:Passed 18-13-0-0-0
18 yes · 13 no · pass March 5, 2026
Decided by five votes or fewer.
S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
5 yes · 0 no · pass March 3, 2026
Decided by five votes or fewer.
H07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
9 yes · 0 no · pass February 14, 2026
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations 61-0-1-0-0
61 yes · 0 no · pass February 11, 2026
Passage likelihood
Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Assigned Chapter Number 96
- Governor Signed HEA No. 0037
- S President Signed HEA No. 0037
- H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0037
- Assigned Number HEA No. 0037
- H Concur:Passed 60-0-2-0-0
- H Received for Concurrence
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 18-13-0-0-0
- S 2nd Reading:Passed
- S COW:Passed
- S Placed on General File
- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
- S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary
- S Received for Introduction
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0
- H 2nd Reading:Passed
- H COW:Passed
- H Placed on General File
- H07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
- H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations 61-0-1-0-0
- H Received for Introduction
- Bill Number Assigned