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SJ0001 • 2017

Right of privacy and right to know.

A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution to provide for a right of individual privacy which shall not be construed to deprive a person of any right provided by law to examine documents or to observe the deliberations of any agency or political subdivision of the state as specified.

Privacy
Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Corporations
Last action
2017-01-27
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2017-01-27 Senate

    S COW:Failed 9-20-1-0-0

  2. 2017-01-26 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  3. 2017-01-26 Senate

    S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0

  4. 2017-01-11 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations

  5. 2017-01-09 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  6. 2016-12-07 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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2017
STATE OF WYOMING
17LSO-0010
Introduced
1.2

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

NO.

SJ0001

Right of privacy and right to know.

Sponsored by:
Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

A
JOINT RESOLUTION

for

A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution to provide for a right of individual privacy which shall not be construed to deprive a person of any right provided by law to examine documents or to observe the deliberations of any agency or political subdivision of the state as specified.

BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING,
two-thirds of all the members of the two houses, voting separately, concurring therein:

Section 1.
The following proposal to amend Wyoming Constitution, Article 1, by creating a new Section 40 is proposed for submission to the electors of the State of Wyoming at the next general election for approval or
rejection to become valid as a part of the Constitution if ratified by a majority of the electors at the election:

Article 1, Section 40.

Right of privacy
; right to know
.

The right of individual privacy is essential to the well-being of a free society and shall not be infringed without the showing of a compelling state interest.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive a person
of any right provided by law to examine documents or to observe the deliberations of any agency or political subdivision of the state, except in cases in which the demand of individual privacy clearly exceeds the merits of public disclosure.

Section 2.
That the Secretary of State shall endorse the following statement on the proposed amendment:

The adoption of this amendment will provide for a
right of individual privacy
which shall not be construed to deprive a person
of any right provided by law to examine documents or to observe the deliberations of any agency or pol
itical subdivision of the state, except in cases in which the demand of individual privacy clearly exceeds the merits of public disclosure
.

(END)

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