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HB0174 • 2025

Carrying of concealed weapons-age requirement.

AN ACT relating to weapons; amending the age requirement for a qualified person to be issued a permit to carry a concealed weapon; making conforming amendments; repealing obsolete provisions; and providing for an effective date.

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Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor
Representative Haroldson
Last action
2025-03-03
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide a detailed summary of the bill's content beyond its amendments and effective date.

Lowering the Age to Carry Concealed Weapons

The bill proposes lowering the age requirement for obtaining a permit to carry a concealed weapon from 21 to 18 years old.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the law so that people who are at least 18 years old can get a permit to carry a hidden gun.
  • Removes some older parts of the law that no longer apply.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who want to carry concealed weapons and are at least 18 years old.
  • Government officials responsible for issuing these permits.

Terms To Know

Permit
A document that allows someone to do something, like carrying a hidden gun.
Concealed weapon
A weapon that is hidden from view.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and is no longer being considered in the current session.
  • It only affects Wyoming state law.
  • The bill does not specify any changes regarding government workers facing personal legal problems for giving out or refusing permits.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-03 House

    H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4

  2. 2025-02-07 House

    H No report prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2025-01-23 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary

  4. 2025-01-14 House

    H Received for Introduction

  5. 2025-01-13 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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25LSO-0407
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0407
Introduced
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0174

Carrying of concealed weapons-age requirement.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Haroldson, Allemand, Angelos, Banks, Bear, Brady, Brown, G, Filer, Geringer, Hoeft, Johnson, Kelly, Knapp, Locke, Lucas, McCann, Rodriguez-Williams, Schmid, Singh, Smith, S, Styvar, Webber and Wharff and Senator(s) Boner, Hutchings, Pearson and Smith, D

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to weapons; amending the age requirement for a qualified person to be issued a permit to carry a concealed weapon; making conforming amendments; repealing obsolete provisions; 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. 6
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8
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104(b)(ii) and (aa) is amended to read:

6
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8
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104.

Wearing or carrying concealed weapons; penalties; exceptions; permits.

(b)

The attorney general is authorized to issue permits to carry a concealed firearm to persons qualified as provided by this subsection. The attorney general shall promulgate rules necessary to carry out this section no later than October 1, 1994. Applications for a permit to carry a concealed firearm shall be made available and distributed by the division of criminal investigation and local law enforcement agencies. The permit shall be valid throughout the state for a period of five (5) years from the date of issuance. The permittee shall carry the permit, together with valid identification at all times when the permittee is carrying a concealed firearm and shall display both the permit and proper identification upon request of any peace officer. The attorney general through the division shall issue a permit to any person who:

(ii)

Is at least
twenty
‑
one (21)
eighteen (18)
years of age;

(aa)

Notwithstanding the provisions of W.S. 1
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39
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105 through 1
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39
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112, the attorney general and members of the division of criminal investigation are immune from personal liability for issuing, for failing to issue and for revoking any concealed firearms permit under this section.

A sheriff, police chief, employee of a sheriff or police chief's office shall not be personally liable for damages in a civil action arising from any information submitted pursuant to subsections (g)
through (j)
and (h)
of this section.

Nothing in this section shall relieve any governmental entity of any liability pursuant to W.S. 1
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39
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101 through 1
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39
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120.

Section 2.

W.S. 6
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8
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104(j) is repealed.

Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
.

(END)

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