Wyoming 2025 Regular Session

Wyoming House Bill HB0228 Compare Versions

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1		-	ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
2		-	BILL NO. HB0228
3		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 65, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
5		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
6		-	1
7		-	AN ACT relating to elections; prohibiting government
8		-	officials and election officials from accepting private
9		-	funds to conduct elections as specified; prohibiting any
10		-	person from providing or offering private funds for
11		-	purposes of conducting an election; providing exceptions;
12		-	creating new misdemeanor offenses; and providing for an
13		-	effective date.
14		-	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
15		-	Section 1. W.S. 22-2-123 is created to read:
16		-	22-2-123. Private funds in elections prohibited.
17		-	(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
18		-	agency or any state or county official responsible for
19		-	conducting elections, including, but not limited to, a
20		-	county clerk, shall solicit, accept, use or dispose of any
21		-	donation in the form of money, grants, property or personal
22		-	services from an individual or nongovernmental entity for
23		-	the purpose of funding any type of expenses related to
24		-	election administration, including, but not limited to,
25		-	voter education, voter outreach or voter registration
26		-	programs. All costs and expenses relating to elections
27		-	shall be paid with public funds. This subsection shall not
28		-	apply to meals or food provided or donated in support of
29		-	election training or education, or to meals or food
30		-	provided on election day to poll workers and other election
31		-	staff. This section shall not apply to elections that are
32		-	conducted by a special district in accordance with W.S.
33		-	22-29-113.
34		-	(b) No individual or nongovernmental entity shall
35		-	provide or offer to provide any donation in the form of ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
36		-	BILL NO. HB0228
37		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 65, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
38		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
39		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
40		-	2
41		-	money, grants, property or personal services in violation
42		-	of subsection (a) of this section.
43		-	(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
44		-	prohibit:
45		-	(i) The acceptance and expenditure of federal
46		-	funds for purposes of conducting elections as provided by
47		-	law;
48		-	(ii) The use of private real property for
49		-	purposes of use as a polling place as provided by this
50		-	Election Code. ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
51		-	BILL NO. HB0228
52		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 65, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
53		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
54		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
55		-	3Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2025.
56		-	(END)
57		-	Speaker of the HousePresident of the SenateGovernorTIME APPROVED: _________DATE APPROVED: _________
58		-	I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.
59		-	Chief Clerk
	1	+	2025
	2	+	STATE OF WYOMING
	3	+	25LSO-06181HB0228
	4	+	HOUSE BILL NO. HB0228
	5	+	Prohibition on private funds for conducting elections.
	6	+	Sponsored by: Representative(s) Knapp, Allemand, Bear,
	7	+	Brown, G, Clouston, Haroldson, Johnson,
	8	+	Locke, Strock, Tarver and Wylie and
	9	+	Senator(s) Steinmetz
	10	+	A BILL
	11	+	for
	12	+	1 AN ACT relating to elections; prohibiting government
	13	+	2 officials and election officials from accepting private
	14	+	3 funds to conduct elections as specified; prohibiting any
	15	+	4 person from providing or offering private funds for
	16	+	5 purposes of conducting an election; providing exceptions;
	17	+	6 creating new misdemeanor offenses; and providing for an
	18	+	7 effective date.
	19	+	8
	20	+	9
	21	+	10
	22	+	11. W.S. 22-2-123 is created to read:
	23	+	12
	24	+	13
	25	+	14 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-06182HB02281 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
	26	+	2 agency or any state or county official responsible for
	27	+	3 conducting elections, including, but not limited to, a
	28	+	4 county clerk, shall solicit, accept, use or dispose of any
	29	+	5 donation in the form of money, grants, property or personal
	30	+	6 services from an individual or nongovernmental entity for
	31	+	7 the purpose of funding any type of expenses related to
	32	+	8 election administration, including, but not limited to,
	33	+	9 voter education, voter outreach or voter registration
	34	+	10 programs. All costs and expenses relating to elections
	35	+	11 shall be paid with public funds. This subsection shall not
	36	+	12 apply to meals or food provided or donated in support of
	37	+	13 election training or education, or to meals or food
	38	+	14 provided on election day to poll workers and other election
	39	+	15 staff. This section shall not apply to elections that are
	40	+	16 conducted by a special district in accordance with W.S.
	41	+	17 22-29-113.
	42	+	18
	43	+	19 (b) No individual or nongovernmental entity shall
	44	+	20 provide or offer to provide any donation in the form of
	45	+	21 money, grants, property or personal services in violation
	46	+	22 of subsection (a) of this section.
	47	+	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-06183HB02281 (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
	48	+	2 prohibit the acceptance and expenditure of federal funds
	49	+	3 for purposes of conducting elections as provided by law.
	50	+	4
	51	+	5. This act is effective July 1, 2025.
	52	+	6
	53	+	7 (END)