| 1 | 1 | | 2025 |
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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-05861HB0187 |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL NO. HB0187 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Theft amendments. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Representative(s) Wasserburger, Banks, Filer, |
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| 7 | 7 | | Hoeft and Lucas |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL |
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| 9 | 9 | | for |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1 AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; amending the |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2 penalties for theft and related offenses as specified; |
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| 12 | 12 | | 3 specifying applicability; and providing for an effective |
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| 13 | 13 | | 4 date. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 5 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 6 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 7 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 8. W.S. 6-3-402(c)(i), (iii) and (j) and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 9 6-3-411(e) are amended to read: |
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| 19 | 19 | | 10 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 11 |
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| 21 | 21 | | 12 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 13 (c) Except as provided in subsections (g) and (j) of |
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| 23 | 23 | | 14 this section, theft is: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 15 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05862HB01871 (i) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not |
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| 25 | 25 | | 2 more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten |
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| 26 | 26 | | 3 thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if the value of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | 4 property is |
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| 28 | 28 | | 5 or more or if the property is a firearm, |
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| 29 | 29 | | 6 horse, mule, sheep, cattle, buffalo or swine regardless of |
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| 30 | 30 | | 7 value; or |
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| 31 | 31 | | 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 9 (iii) A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment |
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| 33 | 33 | | 10 for not more than , a fine of |
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| 34 | 34 | | 11 not more than |
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| 35 | 35 | | 12, or both, if the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 13 value of the property is less than |
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| 37 | 37 | | 14five hundred dollars ($500.00). |
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| 38 | 38 | | 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 16 (j) Any person convicted of a or |
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| 40 | 40 | | 17 subsequent offense for theft, shoplifting, larceny, |
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| 41 | 41 | | 18 wrongful taking of property, wrongful disposal of property |
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| 42 | 42 | | 19 or livestock rustling, any other theft offense under this |
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| 43 | 43 | | 20 section, any theft offense under a municipal ordinance or |
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| 44 | 44 | | 21 any theft offense pursuant to a substantially similar law |
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| 45 | 45 | | 22 of another jurisdiction separately brought and tried shall |
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| 46 | 46 | | 23 be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-05863HB0187 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 1 more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2 thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 6 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 7 (e) A person who commits any of the offenses |
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| 54 | 54 | | 8 specified under subsections (a) through (d) of this section |
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| 55 | 55 | | 9 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment |
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| 56 | 56 | | 10 for not more than , a fine of |
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| 57 | 57 | | 11 not more than |
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| 58 | 58 | | 12, or both. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 13 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 14. This act is effective July 1, 2025 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 15 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 16 (END) |
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