Recall of elected municipal officers.

26LSO-0066
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0066
ENGROSSED
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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0022

Recall of elected municipal officers.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Heiner, Allemand, Bear, Campbell, K and Neiman and Senator(s) Laursen, D and Pearson

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to cities and towns; establishing recall provisions for municipal elected officers as specified; repealing a duplicative provision; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 15
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107 is created to read:

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107.

Recall of officers.

(a)

Any municipal officer elected under this article may be removed at any time by the qualified electors through petition in the following manner:

(i)

The petition shall be signed by at least forty percent (40%) of all the registered electors who were entitled to vote for the officer sought to be removed at the officer's most recent election and demanding the removal of the person sought to be removed shall be filed with the city clerk. Each petition shall pertain to the recall of only one (1) elected official;

(ii)

The petition shall contain a general statement of the grounds for removal;

(iii)

The signatures to the petition need not all be appended to one (1) paper, but each signer shall add to his signature his place of residence, giving the street and number;

(iv)

One (1) of the signers of each paper shall make oath before a competent officer that the statements therein made are believed to be true, and that each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be;

(v)

No person shall be paid to collect signatures for a petition under this section;

(vi)

Within ten (10) days from the date of filing the petition the clerk shall determine whether or not the petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified electors. If necessary, the governing body shall provide the clerk additional assistance for that purpose. The county clerk shall verify signatures under this paragraph upon the request of the governing body. The governing body shall reimburse the county clerk for the costs of verifying signatures under this paragraph;

(vii)

The clerk shall attach to the petition his certificate, showing the result of his examination;

(viii)

If the petition is insufficient, it shall be returned to the person who filed it, without prejudice to the filing of a new petition to the same effect;

(ix)

If the petition is sufficient, the clerk shall submit it to the governing body without delay. The governing body shall then fix a date for holding a recall election in accordance with the election provisions in the Wyoming Election Code of 1973 as amended. The recall election shall be not less than thirty (30) days and not more than forty (40) days from the date of the clerk's certificate of sufficiency. The ballot shall present the question of whether the officer should be removed from office;

(x)

A recall petition shall not be filed against an officer until the officer has served at least nine (9) months of the term for which the officer was elected and no less than six (6) months before the next election;

(xi)

No more than one (1) recall election may be held against the same officer during the same term of office.

(b)

If a majority of votes are in favor of removal, the officer is removed from office and the office shall be deemed vacant.

The vacancy shall be filled in accordance with W.S. 15
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107 and any other applicable law governing vacancies for that office.

This method of removal is in addition to any other methods provided by law.

Section 2.

W.S. 15
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110 is repealed.

Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2026
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