| 1 | 1 | | 2025 |
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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-05851HB0182 |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL NO. HB0182 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Elections-prohibiting use of secondary address. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Representative(s) Brown, G, Allemand, Andrew, |
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| 7 | 7 | | Angelos, Bear, Brady, Campbell, K, |
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| 8 | 8 | | Guggenmos, Hoeft, Johnson, Kelly, Knapp, |
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| 9 | 9 | | Lien, Locke, McCann, Neiman, Ottman, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Rodriguez-Williams, Schmid, Singh, Smith, S, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Styvar, Tarver, Washut, Webb, Webber, Wharff |
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| 12 | 12 | | and Winter and Senator(s) Boner, Hutchings, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Ide, Pearson and Smith, D |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | for |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1 AN ACT relating to elections; clarifying that residence |
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| 17 | 17 | | 2 does not include a secondary address or commercial address |
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| 18 | 18 | | 3 that is not used for habitation; and providing for an |
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| 19 | 19 | | 4 effective date. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | 8W.S. 22-1-102(a)(xxx)(A) is amended to |
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| 24 | 24 | | 9 read: |
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| 27 | 27 | | 12 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05852HB01821 (a) The definitions contained in this chapter apply |
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| 28 | 28 | | 2 to words and phrases used in this Election Code and govern |
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| 29 | 29 | | 3 the construction of those words and phrases unless they are |
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| 30 | 30 | | 4 specifically modified by the context in which they appear. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 5 As used in this Election Code: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 7 (xxx) "Residence" is the place of a person's |
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| 34 | 34 | | 8 actual habitation. The construction of this term shall be |
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| 35 | 35 | | 9 governed by the following rules: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 11 (A) Residence is the place where a person |
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| 38 | 38 | | 12 has a current habitation and to which, whenever he is |
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| 39 | 39 | | 13 absent, he has the intention of returning, provided it is |
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| 40 | 40 | | 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 15; |
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| 42 | 42 | | 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 17. This act is effective July 1, 2025 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 19 (END) |
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