Concealed carry-residency requirement-2.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about the age requirement, criminal history checks, or mental health criteria. These are implied by existing law but not explicitly stated in this act's summary.

Removing Residency Requirement for Concealed Carry

This law removes the requirement that a person must be a resident of Wyoming to carry a concealed firearm without a permit, as long as they meet other criteria.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the state residency requirement for carrying a concealed firearm without a permit.
• Requires individuals to still meet all other legal requirements to carry a concealed weapon without a permit.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who want to carry a concealed firearm in Wyoming without having lived there for six months.

Terms To Know

Concealed weapon

A hidden firearm or other dangerous object carried by someone.

Residency requirement

The rule that a person must live in a place for a certain amount of time before they can get certain rights or benefits there.

Limits and Unknowns

• Only applies to people who meet all other legal criteria for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit.
• The law does not specify how it will be enforced by local authorities.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 21LSO-0545
Bill No.:

HB0116

Effective:

7/1/2021 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

21LSO-0545

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0070

Chapter No.:

113

Prime Sponsor:

Wharff

Catch Title:

Concealed carry-residency requirement-2.

Subject:

Removing the state residency requirement for concealed carry.

Summary/Major Elements:

Under current law a person may carry a firearm in a concealed manner without a permit if the person meets certain requirements.

One of the requirements is that the person has been a resident of Wyoming for six (6) months (with certain exceptions).

This act removes the Wyoming residency requirement for persons who are residents of the United States and meet the other requirements of current law. The requirements are that a person must:
Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age;
Not suffer from a physical infirmity that prevents the safe handling of a firearm;
Not be ineligible to possess a firearm due to crimes listed in 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) or W.S. 6-8-102;
Not have been convicted of specified crimes or been committed to a state or federal facility for certain controlled substance matters for a specified period;
Not be chronically or habitually impaired by alcoholic liquor and malt beverages;
Not currently be adjudicated to be legally incompetent; and
Not have been committed to a mental institution.

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

21LSO-0545

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0116

ENROLLED ACT NO. 70,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2021 General Session

AN ACT relating to concealed weapons; removing the state residency requirement for a person carrying a concealed firearm without a permit who meets the other statutory criteria; 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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104(a)(iv) is amended to read:

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104.

Wearing or carrying concealed weapons; penalties; exceptions; permits.

(a)

A person who wears or carries a concealed deadly weapon is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or both for a first offense, or a felony punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, or both, for a second or subsequent offense, unless:

(iv)

The person does not possess a permit issued under this section, but
is a resident of the United States and
otherwise meets the requirements specified in paragraphs
(b)(i)
(b)(ii)
through (vi), (viii) and (ix) of this section and possession of the firearm by the person is not otherwise unlawful.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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(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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