Felony interference with a police officer-amendments.

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included claims about the bill's passage status and effective date that were not supported by the official source material.

Felony Interference with Police Officers

The bill proposes to amend the offense of interference with a peace officer by creating an additional felony for causing or attempting to cause bodily injury to a peace officer while they are performing their duties, punishable by up to ten years in prison.

What This Bill Does

• Amends existing laws regarding interference with peace officers to create an additional felony offense for causing or attempting to cause bodily injury to a peace officer during the performance of their official duties.
• Specifies that this new felony is punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten years.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who cause or attempt to cause bodily injury to police officers while they are performing their official duties

Terms To Know

Felony offense

A serious crime that is punishable by more than one year in prison.

Peace officer

An official who has the authority to enforce laws and maintain public order, such as a police officer.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill did not pass during its session.
• It was intended to take effect on July 1, 2026, but this date is now irrelevant since the bill did not become law.

Current Bill Text

26LSO-0446
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0446
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SENATE FILE NO. SF0087

Felony interference with a police officer-amendments.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Kolb, Anderson, Boner, Dockstader, Hutchings, Nethercott and Steinmetz and Representative(s) Heiner, Lien and Washut

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; amending the offense of interference with a peace officer by creating an additional felony offense; 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. 6
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204(b) is amended to read:

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204.

Interference with peace officer; disarming peace officer; penalties.

(b)

A person who intentionally and knowingly causes or attempts to cause
, or who in the course of violating subsection (a) of this section causes,
bodily injury to a peace officer
while
engaged in the lawful performance of his official duties is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2026
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