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SF0079 • 2025

District courts-change of venue.

AN ACT relating to civil procedure; providing a process for a change of venue in district court; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Crago
Last action
2025-02-28
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details on what happens if multiple courts claim proper venue.

District Courts - Change of Venue

This law allows district courts to transfer civil cases to a proper venue if they were filed incorrectly.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides that for any civil action brought in an incorrect venue, the district court may order the case transferred to a court with proper venue.
  • Specifies that such actions timely filed in an incorrect venue and then transferred shall be treated as timely filed in the correct venue.
  • Authorizes the Wyoming Supreme Court to adopt rules governing these change-of-venue proceedings.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who file civil cases in district courts
  • District court judges and staff

Terms To Know

venue
The correct place where a case can be heard based on the rules of law.
civil action
A lawsuit between individuals or organizations, not involving criminal charges.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if multiple courts claim proper venue.
  • The Wyoming Supreme Court will make rules about how to handle these changes, which are not yet known.
  • It only applies after July 1, 2025.

Amendments

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

SF0079SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Judiciary Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds a new provision allowing the Supreme Court to create rules for handling venue change requests in district courts.

  • Adds a new subsection (c) that permits the Supreme Court to establish rules for managing proceedings related to changing the location of court cases within district courts.
  • The amendment does not specify what these rules will be or how they will affect existing procedures.
  • It is unclear how soon after adoption the Supreme Court would create such rules.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-28 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number 68

  2. 2025-02-28 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0035

  3. 2025-02-25 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0035

  4. 2025-02-25 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0035

  5. 2025-02-25 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0035

  6. 2025-02-25 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0

  7. 2025-02-24 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2025-02-21 House

    H COW:Passed

  9. 2025-02-19 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2025-02-19 House

    H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0

  11. 2025-02-13 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary

  12. 2025-01-30 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2025-01-30 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-1-0-0

  14. 2025-01-29 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2025-01-28 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  16. 2025-01-24 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  17. 2025-01-24 Senate

    S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0

  18. 2025-01-16 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary

  19. 2025-01-06 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  20. 2025-01-02 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 25LSO-0038

Bill No.:

SF0079

Effective:

7/1/2025

LSO No.:

25LSO-0038

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0035

Chapter No.:

68

Prime Sponsor:

Crago

Catch Title:

District courts-change of venue.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Authorizing the transfer of civil actions to a court that is a proper venue.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act provides that, for any civil action brought in an incorrect venue, the district court may order the action to be transferred to a court that would be a proper venue.

For purposes of this act, an action timely filed in an incorrect venue that is transferred to a proper venue shall be deemed to be timely filed in the proper venue.

The act authorizes the Wyoming Supreme Court to adopt rules governing the change-of-venue proceedings specified in this act.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
25LSO-0038

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0079

ENROLLED ACT NO. 35,

SENATE

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2025 General Session

AN ACT relating to civil procedure; providing a process for a change of venue in district court; 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. 1
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103 is created to read:

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103.

Change of venue in civil actions.

(a)

For any civil action brought in an incorrect venue, the district court may, on its own or upon motion of the parties, order the action to be transferred to a court that would be a proper venue.

(b)

For purposes of this section, an action timely filed in an incorrect venue and transferred to a proper venue under this section shall be deemed to be timely filed in the proper venue.

(c)

The supreme court may adopt rules governing proceedings under this section.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
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(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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