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SF0010 • 2007

Military department-criminal background checks.

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming military department; providing for fingerprinting and background checks for employment applicants and volunteers; and providing for an effective date.

Labor
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Transportation
Last action
2007-02-15
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2007

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2007-02-15 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number - 21

  2. 2007-02-15 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA0011

  3. 2007-02-13 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 11

  4. 2007-02-13 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0011

  5. 2007-02-12 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA0011

  6. 2007-02-12 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2007-02-09 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2007-02-08 House

    H Passed CoW

  9. 2007-02-07 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2007-02-07 House

    H08 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2007-01-31 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H08

  12. 2007-01-16 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2007-01-16 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  14. 2007-01-15 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  15. 2007-01-12 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  16. 2007-01-11 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  17. 2007-01-11 Senate

    S08 Recommended Do Pass

  18. 2007-01-09 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S08

  19. 2007-01-09 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  20. 2006-11-30 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2007 General Session Summary for SF0010

Bill No.:
SF0010
Drafter:

JWL

LSO No.:
07LSO-0104
Effective Date:

7/1/2007

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA0011

Chapter No.:
21

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Transportation, Highways and Military
Affairs Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Military department-criminal background
checks.

Subject:
Authorizes criminal background checks of
prospective employees and volunteers with the Military Department.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act authorizes the
Wyoming Military Department to require prospective employees and volunteers to
submit fingerprints for a criminal background check, and authorizes criminal
justice agencies to provide criminal history information to the department for
prospective employee/volunteer checks.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0010

ENROLLED ACT NO. 11, SENATE

FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2007 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to the
Wyoming
military department; providing for fingerprinting and background checks for employment applicants and volunteers; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 7
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19
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106(a) by creating a new paragraph (xv) and 7
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19
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201(a) by creating a new paragraph (viii) and (e) are amended to read:

7
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19
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106.

Access to, and dissemination of, information.

(a)

Criminal history record information shall be disseminated by criminal justice agencies in this state, whether directly or through any intermediary, only to:

(xv)

The military department for purposes of obtaining criminal history record information on prospective employees or volunteers.

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19
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201.

State or national criminal history record information.

(a)

The following persons shall be required to submit to fingerprinting in order to obtain state and national criminal history record information:

(viii)

Prospective employees of or volunteers with the Wyoming military department if the department requires prospective employees or volunteers, or both, to submit to fingerprinting in order to obtain state and national criminal history record information as a condition for a position with the department.

(e)

The
Wyoming
military department, a
ny public fire department, ambulance service or regional emergency response team may as a condition of employment or other participation with the entity require all applicants for employee or volunteer positions with the entity to submit to fingerprinting in order to obtain state and national criminal history record information. In addition, the office of homeland security may as a condition of participation in a regional emergency response team require all team participants to submit to fingerprinting in order to obtain state and national criminal history record information.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2007.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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