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Proposed Wyoming Firearm Legislation SF0071

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Legislation Overview

Title: Stand your ground.

Description: AN ACT relating to crimes and civil liability; establishing and modifying when defensive force can be used; establishing when no duty to retreat exists; providing immunity from civil liability for reasonable use of defensive force; providing for an award of costs if a civil lawsuit is filed as specified; providing a definition; providing conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Session: 2018 Budget Session

Last Action: postponed indefinitely

Last Action Date: March 10, 2018

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

25 sponsors: Anthony Bouchard (R); Ogden Driskill (R); Larry Hicks (R); Curt Meier (R); Glenn Moniz (R); Eric Barlow (R); Dennis Biteman (R); Theodore Blackburn (R); Stan Blake (D); Donald Burkhart (R); Scott Clem (R); Roy Edwards (R); Chuck Gray (R); Timothy Hallinan (R); Marti Halverson (R); Mark Jennings (R); Dan Laursen (R); Tyler Lindholm (R); Lars Lone (R); David Miller (R); Jared Olsen (R); Garry Piiparinen (R); Tim Salazar (R); Cheri Steinmetz (R); Nathan Winters (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 83% (25 of 30)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Mar 10, 2018 Received for Concurrence
Senate Mar 10, 2018 postponed indefinitely
Senate Mar 10, 2018 Concur
House Mar 9, 2018 3rd Reading:Passed 51-9-0-0-0
House Mar 8, 2018 2nd Reading:Passed
House Mar 7, 2018 COW:Passed
House Mar 6, 2018 H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0
House Mar 6, 2018 Placed on General File
House Mar 1, 2018 Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
House Mar 1, 2018 Received for Introduction
Senate Feb 28, 2018 3rd Reading:Passed 23-7-0-0-0
Senate Feb 27, 2018 2nd Reading:Passed
Senate Feb 23, 2018 COW:Passed
Senate Feb 22, 2018 Placed on General File
Senate Feb 22, 2018 S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
Senate Feb 16, 2018 Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 24-5-1-0-0
Senate Feb 9, 2018 Received for Introduction
Feb 5, 2018 Bill Number Assigned
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Engrossed Feb 28, 2018 state link bill text
Introduced Feb 5, 2018 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 24-5-1-0-0

S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

COW:Passed

COW:Passed

3rd Reading:Passed 23-7-0-0-0

H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0

3rd Reading:Passed 51-9-0-0-0

Link: link to state bill page

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