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HB0111

HB0111: Wage Transparency

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In one sentence

This bill would have prohibited employers from stopping employees from discussing wages or punishing them for doing so.

What it does

  • It would prohibit employers from stopping employees from disclosing their own wages, discussing the wages of others, or inquiring about another employee's wages.
  • It would prohibit employers from requiring employees to sign a waiver or other document that denies the right to disclose wage information as a condition of employment.
  • It would define discharging, disciplining, or discriminating against an employee for discussing wages as an unfair employment practice.
  • It would clarify that the law does not create an obligation for employees to disclose their wages.

Who it affects

  • Employers in Wyoming.
  • Employees in Wyoming.

Limits and unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and did not become law.
  • The bill does not force employees to share their wages; it only protects them if they choose to share.

Plain language

Terms to know

Unfair employment practice
An action by an employer that is considered discriminatory or unfair under the law, such as punishing an employee for discussing wages.
Waiver
A document where a person agrees to give up a specific right, such as the right to disclose wage information.

Official record

Sources

Source checked
Official bill pageIntroduced textOfficial digestCurrent bill text

Public statements

Why lawmakers voted

Last checked Aug 7, 12:25 AM

Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker supports the bill because it protects employees' free speech rights to discuss their wages and aligns with Wyoming's constitutional right to earn one's own labor.

Public statementFloor statement at 14:56 Watch the statement

If a lawmaker is not listed, we couldn't find a published reason.

Wyoming roll calls

Recorded votes

1 roll call

H Failed Introduction 20-38-2-0-02016-02-11 · House20 yes 38 no
Yes
20
No
38
Absent
0
Excused
2
Conflict
0

Yes 20

Albert P Sommers Jr.H20Andrew W SchwartzH23Catherine R ConnollyH13Charles F PelkeyH45David E NorthrupH50James W ByrdH44Jerry D PaxtonH47JoAnn R DaytonH17John L FreemanH60Ken A EsquibelH41Mary A ThroneH11Michael K MaddenH40Rita CampbellH34Rosie M BergerH51Samuel P KroneH24Stanley L BlakeH39Susan S WilsonH07Theodore J BlackburnH42Tyler E LindholmH01ZWONITZER, DN

No 38

Allen M JaggiH19Bob NicholasR · H08BROWN SPEAKERCarl R LoucksH59Cheri SteinmetzR · H05Clifford M JenningsH30Dan R KirkbrideH04David R MillerH55Donald E Burkhart JrH15Elaine HarveyH26Eric BarlowR · H03Fred A BaldwinH18Garry C PiiparinenH49Glenn W MonizH46Hans HuntH02Harlan J EdmondsH12James R AllenH33John C EklundH10Kendell R KroekerH35LARSEN LLOYDLAURSEN DANMark H BakerH48Mark S KinnerH29Martha D HalversonH22Michael D GreearH27Nathan A WintersH28Norine A KasperikH32Richard L CannadyH06Robert M McKimH21Roy H EdwardsH53Ruth A PetroffH16Scott M ClemH31Steve HarshmanR · H37Thomas A LockhartH57Thomas F ReederH58Timothy M StubsonH56William H PownallH52ZWONITZER, DV

Excused 2

Gerald GayH36Thomas J WaltersH38

Official activity

Bill history

  1. H Failed Introduction 20-38-2-0-0House
  2. H Received for IntroductionHouse
  3. Bill Number AssignedLSO