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HB0050 • 2025

Disclosure of sensitive information-law enforcement.

AN ACT relating to administration of the government; authorizing 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
Judiciary
Last action
2025-01-21
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's failure means it does not become law as of now, so any claims about its effects are speculative.

Law Enforcement Access to Sensitive Information

The bill would have allowed the Office of Homeland Security to access criminal identification and intelligence information under certain conditions, but it did not pass.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds the Office of Homeland Security to a list of agencies that can access criminal identification and intelligence information as specified by Wyoming law.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Office of Homeland Security
  • Law enforcement agencies
  • State Board of Parole
  • Department of Corrections

Terms To Know

Criminal identification and intelligence information
Information about crimes and the people involved in them, including details that can help identify suspects or track criminal activity.
Effective date
The specific day when a new law starts to be enforced. In this case, July 1, 2025 was proposed but the bill did not pass.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and was rejected on January 21, 2025.
  • It is unclear how the rules for accessing information will vary between agencies as this detail was not specified in the official source material.
  • The bill's failure means it does not become law as of now.

Amendments

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

HB0050HS001

Standing Committee • House Judiciary Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes how the bill becomes effective, making it take effect immediately after completing the legal requirements for becoming a law.

  • Changes the timing of when the bill takes effect to be immediate upon completion of all necessary acts as required by Wyoming's constitution.
  • The amendment does not provide details on what specific 'acts necessary for a bill to become law' are, so it is unclear exactly how soon after passing the bill will take effect.

Bill History

  1. 2025-01-21 House

    H COW:Failed 21-36-5-0-0

  2. 2025-01-20 House

    H Placed on General File

  3. 2025-01-20 House

    H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0

  4. 2025-01-17 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary

  5. 2025-01-02 House

    H Received for Introduction

  6. 2024-12-17 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
25LSO-0123
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0123
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0050

Disclosure of sensitive information-law enforcement.

Sponsored by: Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to administration of the government; authorizing the office of homeland security to access criminal identification and intelligence information as specified; 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. 9
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627(c) is amended to read:

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627.

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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411,
the office of homeland security for the purposes provided by W.S. 19
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105,
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, 2025
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(END)

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