Escape-parole eligibility.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass, so there are no specific effective dates or further details on implementation.

Clarifying Rules for Parole Ineligibility

The bill updates the rules to make sure that people who are in prison and have been found guilty of assault or escape by a judge or through internal prison processes cannot be considered for parole.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the law so that if someone is in prison and has been convicted of assault or escape, they can't get parole.
• Adds rules to say that even if someone gets punished inside the prison system for assaulting another person or escaping, it also means they are not eligible for parole.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who are in prison and have been found guilty of assault or escape by a judge or through internal prison processes.
• The Wyoming Department of Corrections, which manages prisons and the parole process.

Terms To Know

Parole

When someone who is in prison gets permission to leave early under certain conditions set by a board or judge.

Conviction

A legal finding that someone has committed a crime and is guilty of it.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill did not pass, so the new rules will not take effect.
• It does not say what happens to people who were already in prison when this rule would have started.
• The effective date provided in the candidate explanation (3/1/2026) is incorrect as per the official source material.

Current Bill Text

26LSO-0428
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0428
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0170

Escape-parole eligibility.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Webb, Banks, Brady, Erickson, Guggenmos, Hoeft, Lucas, McCann, Schmid, Singh, Washut and Webber and Senator(s) Boner

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to probation and parole generally; clarifying that judicial convictions and administrative disciplinary findings for assault or escape determine parole ineligibility; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 7
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402(b)(intro) is amended to read:

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402.

General powers and duties of board; eligibility for parole; immunity.

(b)

A prisoner is not eligible for parole on a sentence if, while serving that sentence, he has
been convicted in the district court or found, by a final determination of the Wyoming department of corrections administrative hearing process, of having
:

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2026
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