SF0138 • 2021

School board trustees-party affiliation.

AN ACT relating to ballots; authorizing candidates for school board trustee to have their political party affiliation printed on primary and general election ballots; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

Education Elections

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor: Senator Ellis
Last action: 2021-03-31
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2021

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and was not considered by the House. Therefore, there is no official text or summary available to confirm specific details about rules creation or voter reaction.

School Board Trustee Ballot Information

The bill allows candidates for school board trustee to have their political party affiliation printed on primary and general election ballots, requires the secretary of state to make rules about this, and sets an effective date.

What This Bill Does

Allows people running for school board trustee to put their political party name on election ballots.
Requires the secretary of state to create rules to follow when putting party names on ballots.

Who It Names or Affects

Candidates for school board trustee positions
Voters who see election ballots

Terms To Know

Nonpartisan office: An elected position that does not have a political party affiliation.
Partisan ballot: A ballot that includes information about the political parties of candidates running for office.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and was not considered by the House.
It is unclear how voters will react to seeing party affiliations on school board trustee ballots.
There are no details provided about what specific rules the secretary of state must create.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

SF0138SW001

Committee of the Whole • Senator Gierau

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes a part of the bill so that candidates for school board trustee must have their political party affiliation printed on ballots instead of just having the option to do so.

Removes the phrase ', at the candidate's' from the original text, meaning candidates no longer have a choice about whether to include their party affiliation on the ballot.

The amendment only specifies that candidates must include their political party affiliation but does not provide details on how this will be implemented or enforced.

Bill History

2021-03-31 House
H Did Not Consider for Introduction
2021-03-31 House
H Did not Consider for Introduction
2021-03-25 House
H Received for Introduction
2021-03-24 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 16-14-0-0-0
2021-03-23 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2021-03-22 Senate
S COW:Passed
2021-03-12 Senate
S Placed on General File
2021-03-12 Senate
S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
2021-03-02 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education
2021-03-01 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2021-03-01 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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21LSO-0671
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0671
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SENATE FILE NO. SF0138

School board trustees-party affiliation.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Ellis and Representative(s) Olsen

A BILL

for

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

Section 1
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130 is created to read:

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School board trustee candidates party affiliation.

A candidate for school board trustee shall have printed on the primary ballot or the general election ballot the political party with which the candidate is affiliated. The
secretary of state shall promulgate any necessary rules to implement this section.

Section 2
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W.S. 22
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123 is amended to read:

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Nonpartisan election ballots and ballot propositions.

Primary and general election ballots for nonpartisan offices and ballot propositions shall be printed on yellow paper or paper with yellow demarcation as provided by rule and regulation of the secretary of state, separate from partisan ballots.

They shall contain no political party designations,
except as authorized by law,
but otherwise shall conform to the same general requirements for official partisan ballots except as otherwise specifically provided.

Section 3.

This act is effective July 1, 2021
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