HB0145 • 2023

Disclosure of sensitive information-law enforcement.

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; allowing the office of homeland security to access criminal identification and intelligence information as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor: Representative Washut
Last action: 2023-02-13
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on what rules will be established by the division for sharing criminal identification and intelligence information.

Allowing Homeland Security to Access Criminal Information

The bill allows the office of homeland security to access criminal identification and intelligence information under certain conditions.

What This Bill Does

Adds the office of homeland security to a list of agencies that can access criminal identification and intelligence information.
Requires the division to establish rules for how this information is shared with the office of homeland security.

Who It Names or Affects

The office of homeland security
Law enforcement agencies and departments that already have access to criminal identification and intelligence information

Terms To Know

Criminal Identification and Intelligence Information: Information about crimes and criminals, including details from investigations.
Division: The part of the government responsible for managing this type of information.

Limits and Unknowns

It is not clear what specific rules will be established by the division.
The bill did not pass and was not signed into law.
The effective date mentioned in the bill text (July 1, 2023) does not apply since the bill did not become a law.

Amendments

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

HB0145H2001

2nd reading • Representative Haroldson

Withdrawn

Plain English: This amendment adds a new rule that stops the Office of Homeland Security from sharing certain types of criminal information with anyone else.

Adds a provision stating that the Office of Homeland Security cannot share criminal identification and intelligence information received from another division with other people or organizations.

The amendment does not specify which 'division' provides this information, so it's unclear exactly where the Office of Homeland Security would receive these details from.
It is also unknown what specific types of criminal identification and intelligence information are covered by this rule.

HB0145H3001

3rd reading • Representative Haroldson

Failed

Plain English: This amendment adds a new rule that stops the Office of Homeland Security from sharing certain criminal identification and intelligence information with anyone else.

Adds a provision stating that the Office of Homeland Security cannot share criminal identification and intelligence information received from the division with other people or organizations.

The amendment does not specify what kind of 'criminal identification and intelligence information' is covered, which could leave some details unclear.

Bill History

2023-02-13 Senate
S COW:Failed 8-20-3-0-0
2023-02-13 Senate
S Placed on General File
2023-02-13 Senate
S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2023-02-07 Senate
:Refer to S01 - Judiciary
2023-02-03 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture
2023-02-02 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2023-02-02 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 39-23-0-0-0
2023-02-01 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2023-01-31 House
H COW:Passed
2023-01-25 House
H Placed on General File
2023-01-25 House
H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0
2023-01-18 House
H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary
2023-01-17 House
H Received for Introduction
2023-01-16 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

23LSO-0523
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0523
Introduced
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0145

Disclosure of sensitive information-law enforcement.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Washut, Crago, Lawley, Niemiec, O'Hearn and Oakley and Senator(s) Boner, Landen and Nethercott

A BILL

for

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

Section 1
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W.S. 9
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627(c) is amended to read:

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Authority to compile, disseminate and exchange information; immunity; access to information limited; security precautions.

(c)

Access to criminal identification and intelligence information is available to law enforcement agencies, the state board of parole and department of corrections as provided by W.S. 7
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401 through 7
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the office of homeland security for the purpose provided by W.S. 19
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any agency designated for the purpose provided by W.S. 14
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227 and the department of family services. Each agency which has that information shall take reasonable security precautions to prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to it in accordance with rules and procedures established by the division.

The rules and procedures may be varied between agencies, depending upon the division's determination of the agency's use of the criminal identification and intelligence information and the adequacy of the agency's security of the information provided by the division under this section.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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