HB0026 • 2022

Dual public employment and office holding.

AN ACT relating to elections; imposing restrictions on public employment and holding elected public office as specified; amending restrictions on holding multiple elected public offices as specified; 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: Representative Fortner
Last action: 2022-02-18
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2022

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and therefore does not have an official effective date.

Rules for Public Employment and Elected Office

The bill sets rules about working in public jobs or holding elected offices, making sure people don't work for or get money from places where they also have a job or office.

What This Bill Does

Makes it against the rules to hold an elected office if that office gives money to or gets money from another place where you already work or have an elected position.
Requires someone who is hired by one government group and then wins another election to give up their first job or office before taking on the new one.

Who It Names or Affects

People who work in public jobs or hold elected offices
Government entities like cities, counties, and school districts

Terms To Know

governmental entity: Any part of state or local government, including schools and special districts.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass in the session it was introduced.
It is unclear how many people would be affected by these new rules.

Bill History

2022-02-18 House
H Did not Consider for Introduction
2022-02-11 House
H Received for Introduction
2022-01-11 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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22LSO-0001
2022
STATE OF WYOMING
22LSO-0001
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0026

Dual public employment and office holding.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Fortner, Ottman and Rodriguez-Williams and Senator(s) Bouchard, French, James and McKeown

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to elections; imposing restrictions on

public employment and holding elected public office as specified; amending restrictions on holding multiple elected public offices as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 22
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2
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116 is amended to read:

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116.

Restrictions on holding more than one elected public office; restrictions on holding public employment and elected public office.

(a)

No person
may
shall
hold an elective public office in any governmental entity which either provides any funding for or receives any funding from
another
any
governmental entity in which that person
is employed or
holds elected public office. If a person
also
is elected to a public office
while holding another public office
or hired by a governmental entity
such that this section is applicable, the person shall resign from the
employment or
public office first held prior to assuming the new office
or employment
.

(b)

As used in this section:

(i)

"Governmental entity" means any unit of state government or local government or any branch, subdivision or agency thereof or any school district, special district or other political subdivision of the state;

(ii)

"Local government" means any county, city or town.

Section 2
.

This act is effective January 1, 2024.

(END)

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