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SF0115 • 2025

Judicial review of agency actions-limitations.

AN ACT relating to administrative procedure; specifying limitations on the judicial review of agency actions; specifying applicability; 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
Senator Nethercott
Last action
2025-02-28
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass during the session, so its exact impact remains uncertain.

Limiting Judicial Review of Agency Actions

The bill sets rules for when people can ask courts to review decisions made by government agencies.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the law about when a person can go to court if they disagree with an agency's decision or action, requiring that all administrative remedies be used before going to court.
  • Limits judicial review of actions related to public employment unless it is a final decision in a contested case or provided by other laws.
  • Specifies where the district court for judicial review should be located based on where the injury occurred, the agency's action took place, or where the affected person resides.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who want to challenge decisions made by government agencies in court.
  • Government agencies whose actions may be reviewed by courts.
  • Courts that handle cases involving judicial review of agency actions.

Terms To Know

Judicial Review
The process where a court examines and evaluates the decisions made by government agencies to ensure they are legal and fair.
Contested Case
A situation in which an agency makes a decision that affects someone's rights or interests, and that person can challenge it through formal procedures.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass during the session.
  • It only applies to actions taken by agencies on or after July 1, 2025, if it were to become law.
  • The exact impact on public employment cases is limited and depends on additional legal provisions.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-28 House

    H COW:H Did not consider for COW

  2. 2025-02-24 House

    H Placed on General File

  3. 2025-02-24 House

    H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-4-0-0-0

  4. 2025-02-19 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary

  5. 2025-01-30 House

    H Received for Introduction

  6. 2025-01-30 Senate

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

  7. 2025-01-29 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2025-01-28 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  9. 2025-01-24 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2025-01-24 Senate

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

  11. 2025-01-21 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary

  12. 2025-01-15 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2025-01-14 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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25LSO-0660
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0660
Numbered
2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0115

Judicial review of agency actions-limitations.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Nethercott, Boner and Landen and Representative(s) Andrew, Byron and Erickson

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to administrative procedure; specifying limitations on the judicial review of agency actions; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 16
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3
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114(a) is amended to read:

16
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3
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114.

Judicial review of agency actions; district courts.

(a)

Subject to the requirement that administrative remedies be exhausted and in the absence of any statutory or common
‑
law provision precluding or limiting judicial review,
A
ny person aggrieved or adversely affected in fact by a final decision of an agency in a contested case,
or
by other agency action or inaction
,
or
any person affected in fact
by a rule adopted by an agency, is entitled to judicial review
, subject to all of the following:

(i) Judicial review shall be
in the district court for the county in which the injury or harm for which relief is sought occurred, in the district court for the county in which the administrative action or inaction was taken, or in which any real property affected by the administrative action or inaction is located, or if no real property is involved, in the district court for the county in which the party aggrieved or adversely affected by the administrative action or inaction resides or has its principal place of business
;
.

(ii)
The procedure to be followed in the proceeding before the district court shall be in accordance with rules heretofore or hereinafter adopted by the Wyoming supreme court
;

(iii) All administrative remedies shall be exhausted before a person seeks judicial review;

(iv) There is no statutory or common-law provision that precludes or limits judicial review;

(v) The right of judicial review under this subsection shall not apply to any action or inaction taken in regards to the public employment of a person, unless:

(A) The action or inaction is the final decision of an agency in a contested case; or

(B) Judicial review for the action or inaction is otherwise provided by law
.

Section 2
.

This act shall apply to agency actions and inactions taken on and after July 1, 2025.

Section 3
.

This act is effective July 1, 2025
.

(END)

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