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HB0036 • 2015

Emergency 911 providers-immunity.

AN ACT relating to telephone service; amending immunity provisions related to emergency 911 providers; specifying the activities to which immunity applies; and providing for an effective date.

Elections
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Corporations
Last action
2015-02-25
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2015

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2015-02-25 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2015-02-25 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA No. 0028

  3. 2015-02-23 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0028

  4. 2015-02-20 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0028

  5. 2015-02-20 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA No. 0028

  6. 2015-02-20 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0

  7. 2015-02-19 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2015-02-18 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  9. 2015-02-17 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2015-02-17 Senate

    Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0

  11. 2015-02-04 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations

  12. 2015-01-26 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2015-01-26 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-1-0-0-0

  14. 2015-01-23 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2015-01-22 House

    H COW:Passed

  16. 2015-01-20 House

    H Placed on General File

  17. 2015-01-20 House

    Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  18. 2015-01-13 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations

  19. 2015-01-13 House

    H Received for Introduction

  20. 2015-01-02 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
HB0036
Effective
:
7/1/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0208

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA 28

Chapter No.:
45

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Emergency 911 providers-immunity.

Subject:
Immunity for text to 911 service.

Summary/Major Elements:

Un
der current law,
an
emergency service p
rovider or

service supplie
r
, and
its
employee or agent, is immune from liability for infringement or invasion of the right of privacy for
an
act or omission connected
with emergency service
activities. Additionally,
a governmental entity, public safety agency
,
local exchange access company
, tel
ephone exchange access company or
wireless carrier that provide
s
access to
an
emergency system, and
their
officer
s
, agent
s
or employee
s
,
are
immune from liability for an act or omission
, except willful and wa
nton misconduct or gross negligence, connected
with
emergency service
activities
.

This bill
addresses and expands immunity for the entities involved in providing emergency
911
services by expand
ing
the list
of emergency

activities to which immunity applies to include
“
text to 911
service.”
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.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0036

ENROLLED ACT NO.
28
,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to telephone service; amending immunity provisions related to emergency 911 providers; specifying the activities to which immunity applies; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 16
‑
9
‑
108 is amended to read:

16
‑
9
‑
108
.

Immunity for providers
.

No basic emergency service provider or service supplier and no employee or agent thereof shall be liable to any person or entity for infringement or invasion of the right of privacy of any person caused or claimed to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by any act or omission in connection with the installation, operation, maintenance, removal, presence, condition, occasion or use of emergency service features, automatic n
umber identification or automatic location identification services and the equipment associated therewith, including the identification of the telephone number, address or name associated with the telephone used by the person accessing 911 service, wireless
automatic number identification
,

or

wireless automatic location identification service
or text to 911 service
. A governmental entity, public safety agency, local exchange access company, telephone exchange access company or wireless carrier that provides access to an emergency system or any officers, agents or employees thereof is not liable as a result of any act or omission except willful and wanton misconduct or gross negligenc
e
in connection with developing, adopting, operating or implementing emergency telephone service, enhanced wireless 911 service
, text to 911 service
or any 911 system.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk

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