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HB0187 • 2026

Political parties-county central committees-2.

AN ACT relating to elections; specifying that duly elected party officials are members of the county central committees of political parties; making conforming amendments; 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 Webber
Last action
2026-02-13
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2026

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide detailed information about all proposed amendments, only specifying that duly elected party officials are part of the committee.

Making Party Officials Part of County Central Committees

The bill aims to include duly elected party officials as members of county central committees in Wyoming.

What This Bill Does

  • Specifies that duly elected party officers are part of the county central committee based on their party's bylaws.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Political parties in Wyoming
  • County central committee members

Terms To Know

county central committee
A group of people who represent a political party at the county level and help run the party's activities.
duly elected party officials
People chosen by their political party to hold specific roles within the party.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass in its session.
  • It only affects Wyoming's election laws and does not change how other states operate.
  • The official text does not mention requirements for county chairman to give notice for meetings where members vote on leadership positions.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-13 House

    H Failed Introduction 39-21-2-0-0

  2. 2026-02-11 House

    H Received for Introduction

  3. 2026-02-11 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
26LSO-0502
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0502
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0187

Political parties-county central committees-2.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Webber

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to elections; specifying that duly elected party officials are members of the county central committees of political parties; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 22
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101(b) and 22
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105 are amended to read:

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101.

Application; composition, election and qualifications of county central committees; certificate of election.

(b)

The county central committee of each political party consists of precinct committeemen and committeewomen elected in the county at the regular biennial primary election
, those who have been properly appointed and ratified to fill vacancies in the office of precinct committeeman and committeewoman and the duly elected party officers in accordance with party bylaws
. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, each political party in each precinct shall elect one (1) committeeman and one (1) committeewoman for each two hundred fifty (250) votes or major fraction thereof cast for the party's candidate for representative in congress in the last general election, but provided that no precinct shall be entitled to less than one (1) precinct committeeman and precinct committeewoman. Precinct committeemen and committeewomen shall be electors registered in the party and resident in the precinct. If a precinct boundary line is changed for any reason, the county commissioners shall determine the number of precinct committeemen and committeewomen to which the affected precinct is entitled.

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105.

County central committee odd year meeting; notice; election of chairman, state committeeman and committeewoman.

The county central committee shall meet at the county seat each odd
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numbered year at a time and place determined by the county chairman. The county chairman shall publish notice of the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation within the county not less than ten (10) days before this meeting. At the meeting, the county central committee shall elect the chairman of the county central committee, one (1) state committeeman and one (1) state committeewoman and other offices as provided by the party bylaws. A state political party may provide in its rules for the election of additional state committeemen and additional state committeewomen. Neither the chairman, state committeeman or state committeewoman need be members of the county central committee
but may be pursuant to W.S. 22
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101(b)
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Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2026
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