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SF0072 • 2014

Burglary.

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; modifying penalties and other provisions relating to the offense of burglary; and providing for an effective date.

Crime
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Senator Case
Last action
2014-02-20
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

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Amendments

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SF0072S3001

3rd reading • CASE

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by CASE

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Bill History

  1. 2014-02-20 Senate

    S Failed 3rd Reading

  2. 2014-02-20 Senate

    S Amendments Adopted

  3. 2014-02-20 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  4. 2014-02-19 Senate

    S Laid Back Without Prejudice

  5. 2014-02-18 Senate

    S Laid Back Without Prejudice

  6. 2014-02-17 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  7. 2014-02-14 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  8. 2014-02-13 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  9. 2014-02-13 Senate

    S06 Recommended Do Pass

  10. 2014-02-11 Senate

    S Rereferred to S06

  11. 2014-02-11 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01

  12. 2014-02-10 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2014-02-03 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT
2014
STATE OF
WYOMING
14LSO-0273

SENATE FILE
NO.

SF0072

Burglary.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Case, Burns and Hicks and Representative(s) Kroeker and Walters

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
crimes and offenses;
modifying
penalt
ies
and other provisions relating to
the offense of
burglary;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 6
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3
‑
301
(
b)
and (d)
is amended to read:

6
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3
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301.

Burglary; aggravated burglary; penalties.

(b)

Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, burglary is
:

(
i
)

A misdemeanor punishable
by imprisonment
for
not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both
if
all of the following conditions are met
:

(A)

No theft
,
or a theft of property with a
value
of
less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
,
was committed in the course of committing the burglary;

(B)

No felony was committed in the course of committing the crime of burglary; and

(C
)

T
he building
,
structure
, vehicle or separately secured portion thereof
:

(I)

Was
not in fact occupied by any person other than the actor
or any person voluntarily accompanying the actor

at
any time
in
the course of committing the crime
of burglary
;

(II)

Was not locked at the time of the actor's entry;
and

(I
I
I)

W
as

not
designed or adapted for overnight accommodation
.

(ii)

If the provisions of paragraph (
i
) of this subsection or subsection (c) of this section are not met
,
a

felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.

(d)

As used in this section

other than in subdivision (b)(
i
)(C)(I),
"in the course of committing the crime" includes the time during which an attempt to commit the crime or in which flight after the attempt or commission occurred.

As used in s
ubdivision (b)(
i
)(C)(I) of this
section the phrase includes only the time during which the actor enters or remains within the building, structure, vehicle or separately secured portion thereof.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2014.

(END)

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