WHP, DCI and warden retirement benefits-amendments.

Plain English Breakdown

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Monthly Death Benefit for Law Enforcement Officers

This law creates a monthly death benefit for surviving spouses and children of certain Wyoming law enforcement officers who are killed while on duty.

What This Bill Does

• Creates a new subsection (d) in W.S. 9-3-613 to provide a monthly death benefit for the surviving spouse of specified law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
• The benefit is set at ninety percent (90%) of the officer's salary, plus an additional six percent (6%) per child under eighteen years old.
• Specifies that this act applies to distributions made on or after its effective date.

Who It Names or Affects

• Surviving spouses and children of Wyoming Highway Patrol officers killed in the line of duty.
• Surviving spouses and children of Game and Fish Department law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
• Surviving spouses and children of designated Capitol Police officers killed in the line of duty.
• Surviving spouses and children of special agents employed by the Division of Criminal Investigation who are sworn peace officers and killed in the line of duty.

Terms To Know

Line of Duty

The period during which a law enforcement officer is performing their official duties.

Surviving Spouse

A spouse who outlives their partner and receives benefits as a result.

Limits and Unknowns

• This act only applies to specified law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty after its effective date.
• The exact amount of the benefit depends on the officer's salary and number of children under eighteen years old.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 26LSO-0005

Bill No.:

HB0041

Effective:

Immediately

LSO No.:

26LSO-0005

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0026

Chapter No.:

86

Prime Sponsor:

Webb

Catch Title:

WHP, DCI and warden retirement benefits-amendments.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Amendments to retirement benefits for specified law enforcement officers.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act provides for a death benefit available to the surviving spouses of law enforcement officers of the Wyoming Highway Patrol and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, persons designated as capitol police, and special agents employed by the Division of Criminal Investigation of the Attorney General's Office who are sworn peace officers, who are killed in the line of duty.

The benefit is ninety percent (90%) of the officer's salary, plus six percent (6%) of salary for each child under the age of eighteen (18).

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

26LSO-0005

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0041

ENROLLED ACT NO. 26,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2026 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to compensation and benefits; providing a monthly death benefit for specified law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 9
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613 by creating a new subsection (d) is amended to read:

9
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613.

Payment on death; duty related.

(d)

Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, if a member of the retirement program is killed in the line of duty, any surviving spouse of the member shall receive a monthly death benefit payment of ninety percent (90%) of the member's salary, plus six percent (6%) of that salary for each child under the age of eighteen (18).

Section 2.

This act shall apply to the distribution of death benefits subject to this act made on or after the effective date of this act.

Section 3
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This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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