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HB0100 • 2026

Nonprofit corporations-remote participation.

AN ACT relating to nonprofit corporations; authorizing members of nonprofit corporations to participate in membership meetings remotely; 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
Representative Storer
Last action
2026-02-10
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2026

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and its future applicability is uncertain.

Remote Participation for Nonprofit Meetings

This bill allows members of nonprofit corporations to join membership meetings remotely if the bylaws do not prohibit it.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows members of nonprofit corporations to participate in annual, regular, and special membership meetings remotely using technology that enables simultaneous communication among participants.
  • Specifies that these rules apply only after July 1, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Members of nonprofit corporations
  • Nonprofit organizations

Terms To Know

Remote participation
Joining a meeting from another place using technology like video calls or conference calls.
Membership meetings
Meetings where members of an organization come together to discuss and make decisions.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass in the session.
  • It only applies after July 1, 2026, if it passes later.
  • Remote participation is allowed unless prohibited by the nonprofit's articles or bylaws.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-10 House

    H Failed Introduction 29-31-1-0-1

  2. 2026-02-06 House

    H Received for Introduction

  3. 2026-02-05 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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26LSO-0155
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0155
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0100

Nonprofit corporations-remote participation.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Storer

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to nonprofit corporations; authorizing members of nonprofit corporations to participate in membership meetings remotely; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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701(c) and 17
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702(d) are amended to read:

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701.

Annual and regular meetings.

(c)

Annual and regular membership meetings may be held in or out of this state at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. If no place is stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, annual and regular meetings shall be held at the corporation's principal office.
Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, any or all members may participate in an annual or regular meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all members participating may simultaneously communicate with each other during the meeting. A member participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

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702.

Special meeting.

(d)

Special meetings of members may be held in or out of this state at the place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. If no place is stated or fixed in accordance with the bylaws, special meetings shall be held at the corporation's principal office.
Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, any or all members may participate in a special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all members participating may simultaneously communicate with each other during the meeting. A member participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

Section 2.

This act shall apply to membership meetings of nonprofit corporations occurring on and after July 1, 2026.

Section 3.

Nothing in this act shall be construed to have prevented or made improper the conduct of membership meetings of nonprofit corporations where members participated by using any means of communication by which the members simultaneously communicated with each other that occurred before the effective date of this act.

Section 4
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This act is effective July 1, 2026
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(END)

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