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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-04681HB0203 |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL NO. HB0203 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By the people act. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Representative(s) Singh, Bear, Filer, |
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| 7 | 7 | | Guggenmos, Heiner, Ottman, Pendergraft and |
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| 8 | 8 | | Strock and Senator(s) Laursen, D and |
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| 9 | 9 | | Steinmetz |
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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 public meetings; requiring audio or |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2 video access to public meetings to the extent practicable; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3 providing for public comment at public meetings; specifying |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4 when minutes of a public meeting are required to be made |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 available to the public; requiring an agency that makes an |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6 audio or video recording of a public meeting to make the |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 recording available for the public; authorizing |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8 broadcasting or recording of public meetings; and providing |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 for an effective date. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13W.S. 16-4-403(a), (b), (c)(intro) and by |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 creating a new subsection (e) is amended to read: 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-04682HB0203 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 5 (a) All meetings of the governing body of an agency |
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| 31 | 31 | | 6 are public meetings, open to the public at all times, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 7 except as otherwise provided. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 10 No action of a governing body of an |
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| 36 | 36 | | 11 agency shall be taken except during a public meeting |
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| 37 | 37 | | 12 following notice of the meeting in accordance with this |
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| 38 | 38 | | 13 act. Action taken at a meeting not in conformity with this |
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| 39 | 39 | | 14 act is null and void and not merely voidable. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 16 (b) A member of the public is not required as a |
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| 42 | 42 | | 17 condition of attendance at any meeting to register his |
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| 43 | 43 | | 18 name, to supply information, to complete a questionnaire, |
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| 44 | 44 | | 19 or fulfill any other condition precedent to his attendance. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 20 A person seeking recognition at the meeting may be required |
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| 46 | 46 | | 21 to give his name and affiliation. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-04683HB0203 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 7 (c) |
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| 60 | 60 | | 12 Minutes of a meeting: |
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| 71 | 71 | | 23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-04684HB0203 |
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| 75 | 75 | | 4. This act is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 77 | 77 | | 6 (END) |
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