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ORIGINAL House
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HB0133
ENROLLED ACT NO. 76,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2025 General Session
AN ACT relating to administration of the government; prohibiting the implementation of immigration sanctuary policies by cities, towns, counties and the state; prohibiting the designation of sanctuary cities, towns, counties and the state; creating a new felony offense; providing penalties; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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W.S. 9
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CHAPTER 25
PROHIBITION ON IMMIGRATION SANCTUARIES
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Definitions.
(a)
As used in this chapter:
(i)
"Executive order" means a directive, order, policy or proclamation that manages the operation of the state government issued by the governor;
(ii)
"Federal officials" or "federal law enforcement officers" means any person employed by the United States government or any agency or department thereof for the primary purpose of enforcing or regulating federal immigration laws and any peace officer as defined in W.S. 7
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(iii)
"Immigration status" means the legality or illegality of a person's presence in the United States as determined by federal law;
(iv)
"Immigration status information" means any information that is not confidential or privileged by law including any statement, document, computer generated data, recording or photograph that is relevant to immigration status or the identity or location of a person who is reasonably believed to be illegally residing within the United States or involved in international terrorism or domestic terrorism as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2331;
(v)
"State or Local official or employee" means any elected or appointed official, supervisor or managerial employee or peace officer, contractor or agent acting on behalf of or in conjunction with the state or a city, town or county;
(vi)
"Policy" means any regulation, rule, ordinance, policy or practice adopted by the governing body of a state agency or a city, town or county;
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"Sanctuary city, town or county" or "sanctuary state" means a jurisdiction that limits or refuses to communicate or cooperate with federal officials or law enforcement officers regarding the reporting of immigration status information.
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Prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies and designations.
(a)
No governing body of a state agency or a city, town or county, whether acting through its governing body or by an initiative, referendum or other process, shall:
(i)
Enact, adopt, implement or enforce any policy that prohibits or restricts state or local officials or employees from communicating or cooperating with federal officials or law enforcement officers with regard to reporting immigration status information while the state or local official or employee is acting within the scope of the official's or employee's official duties;
(ii)
Declare or designate the state or city, town or county as a sanctuary state or sanctuary city, town or county.
(b)
No state or local official or employee shall be prohibited or restricted from communicating or cooperating with federal officials or law enforcement officers with regard to reporting immigration status information while the official or state employee is acting within the scope of the official's or employee's official duties.
(c)
No executive order shall declare or designate the state of Wyoming as a sanctuary state.
(d)
Any person lawfully residing and domiciled in this state shall have a private right of action to file for a writ of mandamus to compel any noncooperating state or local official or employee to comply with this chapter.
Section 2.
This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
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Speaker of the House
President of the Senate
Governor
TIME APPROVED: _________
DATE APPROVED: _________
I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.
Chief Clerk
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