| 1 | 1 | | 2025 |
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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-06421HB0178 |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL NO. HB0178 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Work allowance for voting. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Representative(s) Sherwood, Byron, Campbell, |
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| 7 | 7 | | E, Harshman, Provenza, Storer, Wylie and Yin |
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| 8 | 8 | | and Senator(s) Anderson, Nethercott, Pappas, |
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| 9 | 9 | | Rothfuss and Schuler |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL |
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| 11 | 11 | | for |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1 AN ACT relating to elections; specifying when an employee |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2 is entitled to take time off of work to vote in an |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3 election; increasing the amount of time that an employee is |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4 entitled to take off of work to vote; making a conforming |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 amendment; and providing for an effective date. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6 |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9W.S. 22-2-111 is amended to read: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13 (a) Any person entitled to vote at any primary or |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 general election or special election to fill a vacancy in 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-06422HB0178 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 1 the office of representatives in the congress of the United |
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| 27 | 27 | | 2 States is, on the day of election |
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| 28 | 28 | | 3, entitled to absent |
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| 29 | 29 | | 4 himself from any service or employment in which he is then |
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| 30 | 30 | | 5 engaged or employed for a period of |
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| 31 | 31 | | 6 being at the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 7 convenience of the employer, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 10 because of so absenting himself, lose any pay, providing he |
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| 36 | 36 | | 11 actually casts his legal vote. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 13 (b) This section shall not apply to an employee who |
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| 39 | 39 | | 14 has three (3) or more consecutive nonworking hours during |
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| 40 | 40 | | 15 the time the polls are open on the day of the election. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 16 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 17. This act is effective July 1, 2025 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 19 (END) |
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