Poverty level specificity in Wyoming law.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide a detailed summary text beyond the bill's introduction and actions. The effective date mentioned in the candidate explanation is incorrect as the bill did not pass.

Including Poverty Level Details in Reports

The bill requires state entities to include the actual values of the federal poverty level when reporting to the public or the legislature.

What This Bill Does

• Requires state entities to list specific numbers for the federal poverty level in their reports.
• Defines 'state entity' as any part of Wyoming's government, including schools and universities.
• Sets a rule that applies starting July 1, 2024.

Who It Names or Affects

• State entities like offices, boards, councils, commissions, departments, institutions, political subdivisions, counties, cities, towns, school districts, community college districts, and public corporations of Wyoming.
• The public and the legislature who receive these reports.

Terms To Know

State entity

Any part of Wyoming's government or its institutions, including schools and universities.

Federal poverty level

The income threshold set by the federal government to determine who is in poverty.

Limits and Unknowns

• This bill did not pass during the session.
• It only applies to reports made on or after July 1, 2024, if it were to become law.

Current Bill Text

24LSO-0586
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0586
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0212

Poverty level specificity in Wyoming law.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Ottman, Andrew, Heiner and Jennings

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to government reports; requiring state entities to include the actual values of the poverty level in any report to the public or the legislature; providing a definition; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 8
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101 is created to read:

CHAPTER 8
REPORTS

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101.

Poverty level in reporting.

Any state entity providing a written report to the public or the legislature that references the federal poverty level or a percentage of the federal poverty level shall include the actual numeric value of the federal poverty level referenced in the report as it exists at the time the report is published. For purposes of this section, "state entity" means the state of Wyoming, any state office, board, council, commission, separate operating agency, department, institution or other instrumentality or operating unit of the state, including the University of Wyoming, any political subdivision of the state, any county, city, town, school district, community college district or any public corporation of the state.

Section 2.

This act shall apply to all reports published by state entities on and after July 1, 2024.

Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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