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SF0003

State Employee Leave for Volunteer Emergency Services

Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 2:25 AM

In one sentence

This law allows state employees to take up to 24 hours of paid leave each year to volunteer as emergency responders with fire departments, ambulance services, or search and rescue organizations.

What it does

  • Creates a new section in the Wyoming State Code allowing state officers and employees to receive up to 24 hours of paid leave per calendar year for volunteering as emergency response personnel.
  • Defines eligible volunteer work as service or training with a volunteer fire department, licensed ambulance service, or county search and rescue organization.
  • Requires the Department of Administration and Information to create rules that explain how this new law will be put into practice.

Who it affects

  • State officers and employees who volunteer as emergency responders with fire departments, ambulance services, or search and rescue organizations.
  • The Department of Administration and Information which must create rules to implement this law.

Limits and unknowns

  • This act only applies to state officers and employees, not private citizens.
  • It does not specify the exact details of how leave will be granted or managed by employers.
  • The effectiveness date for most parts of this act is July 1, 2024.

Plain language

Terms to know

rostered volunteer
A person officially listed and trained by an organization to provide emergency response services.
rulemaking
The process of creating detailed rules or regulations that explain how a law will be carried out.

Official record

Sources

Validated

Official summary

Bill Summary - 24LSO-0020 Bill No.: SF0003 Effective: Multiple Dates LSO No.: 24LSO-0020 Enrolled Act No.: SEA No. 0004 Chapter No.: 18 Prime Sponsor: Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Interim Committee Catch Title: State employee leave for volunteer emergency services. Has Report: No Subject: State employee leave. Summary/Major Elements: This act authorizes every state officer and employee to receive up to twenty-four (24) hours of leave with pay during each calendar year to use when the state officer or employee is absent from work due to service or training as a rostered volunteer with a volunteer fire department, licensed ambulance service or county search and rescue organization in the state of Wyoming. The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Public statements

Why lawmakers voted

Last checked Aug 5, 6:53 AM

Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker supports concurrence because the other body made straightforward, necessary changes to align language and add training provisions while keeping the bill intact.

Public statementFloor statement at 5:44 Watch the statement

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Wyoming roll calls

Recorded votes

6 roll calls

S Concur:Passed 24-1-6-0-02024-02-28 · Senate24 yes 1 no
H 3rd Reading:Passed 62-0-0-0-02024-02-28 · House62 yes 0 no
H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-02024-02-23 · House8 yes 1 no
S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-2-1-0-02024-02-19 · Senate28 yes 2 no
S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-2-0-0-02024-02-14 · Senate3 yes 2 no
S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor 30-1-0-0-02024-02-12 · Senate30 yes 1 no

Official activity

Bill history

  1. Assigned Chapter Number 18LSO
  2. Governor Signed SEA No. 0004 Governor
  3. H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0004House
  4. S President Signed SEA No. 0004Senate
  5. Assigned Number SEA No. 0004LSO
  6. S Concur:Passed 24-1-6-0-0Senate
  7. S Received for ConcurrenceSenate
  8. H 3rd Reading:Passed 62-0-0-0-0House
  9. H 2nd Reading:PassedHouse
  10. H COW:PassedHouse
  11. H Placed on General FileHouse
  12. H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0House
  13. H Introduced and Referred to H10 - LaborHouse
  14. H Received for IntroductionHouse
  15. S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-2-1-0-0Senate
  16. S 2nd Reading:PassedSenate
  17. S COW:PassedSenate
  18. S Placed on General FileSenate
  19. S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0Senate
  20. S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor 30-1-0-0-0Senate

Changes

Amendments

3 stored

SF0003HS001

The amendment changes the bill's title to broaden the types of volunteer emergency activities covered and adds language allowing leave for training purposes.

SF0003SW001

The amendment removes specific language and replaces it with new terms to clarify leave provisions for volunteer emergency response personnel in state government.

SF0003SS001

The amendment adds volunteer search and rescue persons to the list of state employees who can take leave for emergency services.