Individual right to privacy-constitutional amendment.

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included an unsupported claim about the Secretary of State's role, which was removed as there is no evidence in the provided source material that mandates such action by the Secretary of State beyond endorsing a statement on the proposed amendment.

Individual Right to Privacy in Wyoming Constitution

This resolution proposes adding an amendment to the Wyoming Constitution that protects individual privacy rights.

What This Bill Does

• Proposes a new section, Section 40, in Article 1 of the Wyoming Constitution.
• States that the right of individual privacy is essential for a free society and cannot be violated.

Who It Names or Affects

• The people of Wyoming who would have their privacy rights protected by the state constitution if the amendment passes.

Terms To Know

Constitution

A set of fundamental principles and established precedents that a nation or state uses to run its government.

Amendment

An addition or change made to an existing document, such as the Wyoming Constitution.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill is currently inactive and has been returned from committee.
• It needs approval by a majority of voters in Wyoming for it to become part of the constitution.

Current Bill Text

25LSO-0768
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0768
Numbered
2.0

Senate Joint Resolution NO. SJ0009

Individual right to privacy-constitutional amendment.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Rothfuss and Case and Representative(s) Brown, L, Provenza and Yin

A JOINT RESOLUTION

for

A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution to provide for a right of individual privacy.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING,
two-thirds of all the members of the two houses, voting separately, concurring therein:

Section 1.

The following proposal to amend Article 1 of the Wyoming Constitution by creating a new Section 40 is proposed for submission to the electors of the State of Wyoming at the next general election for approval or rejection to become valid as a part of the Constitution if ratified by a majority of the electors at the election:

Article 1, Section 40. Right of Privacy.

The right of individual privacy is essential to the well-being of a free society and shall not be infringed.

Section 2.

That the Secretary of State shall endorse the following statement on the proposed amendment:

The adoption of this amendment will provide that the right of individual privacy is essential to the well-being of a free society and shall not be infringed.

(END)

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