Wyoming2025Did Not Pass
HB0185
Live Video Broadcasts for Legislative Meetings
Last scannedOct 9, 2026, 2:19 AM
In one sentence
The bill requires the legislative service office to live broadcast certain legislative meetings and make recordings available on the legislature's website.
What it does
- Requires the director of the legislative service office to provide a live video broadcast of specific legislative meetings, including management council, joint appropriations committee, management audit committee, joint interim committees, select committees, or task forces staffed by the legislative service office.
- Makes sure that after the meeting, a copy of the video is put on the legislature’s official website for people to watch later.
- States that the written record of the meeting remains the official document and not the video recording.
- Doesn't require broadcasting parts of meetings held in private (executive sessions).
- Allows meetings to continue even if there's a problem with broadcasting.
Who it affects
- The legislative service office, which is responsible for providing live broadcasts.
- People who want to watch or review the video recordings of certain legislative meetings online.
Limits and unknowns
- Doesn't specify what happens if broadcasting isn't available.
- Only certain types of meetings must be broadcasted; others can remain private.
- The bill did not pass in the session it was introduced.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Executive session
- A private meeting where discussions and decisions are not open to the public.
- Legislative service office
- The office that supports Wyoming's legislature with staff, research, and other services.
Official record
Sources
Official activity
Bill history
- H Did not Consider for IntroductionHouse
- H Received for IntroductionHouse
- Bill Number AssignedLSO