Proposed Wyoming Firearm Legislation
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Title: Criminal defenses.
Description: AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; specifying that common-law defenses are abolished; specifying how defenses apply; repealing a conflicting provision; providing applicability; and providing for an effective date.
Last Action: Died In Committee
Last Action Date: February 25, 2013
Title: Regulation of firearms-state preemption.
Description: AN ACT relating to firearms; providing that the state of Wyoming preempts the entire field of firearm and ammunition regulation; providing civil liability as specified; providing for attorney's fees and damages as specified; and providing for an effective date.
Last Action: Placed on General File; Did Not Consider in COW
Last Action Date: February 22, 2013
Title: Citizens' and Students' Self-Defense Act.
Description: AN ACT relating to firearms; removing and repealing restriction on the carrying of firearms in certain areas as specified; providing for the carrying of firearms by permit holders as specified; and providing for an effective date.
Last Action: Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
Last Action Date: February 26, 2013
Title: Concealed weapons-government meetings.
Description: AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; modifying provisions relating to authority to carry a concealed weapon; and providing for an effective date.
Last Action: Failed CoW; Indef Postponed
Last Action Date: January 29, 2013
Title: Deadly weapons in a courtroom.
Description: AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; creating a misdemeanor for a first offense and a felony for a second or subsequent offense for possessing a deadly weapon in a courtroom; providing specific authority to a presiding judge to determine who may carry a weapon in a courtroom as specified; providing a definition; and providing for an effective date.
Last Action: President Signed HEA No. 0044
Last Action Date: February 21, 2013
Title: Protection of secured firearms in private vehicles.
Description: AN ACT relating to employment; allowing firearms to be stored in a motor vehicle located in a motor vehicle parking area as specified; providing exemptions; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.
Last Action: Died In Committee
Last Action Date: February 25, 2013
Title: Silencers, suppressors and automatic weapons.
Description: AN ACT relating to game and fish; repealing provisions prohibiting the possession of silencers, suppressors or automatic weapons in the game fields and forests; prohibiting the taking of wildlife with automatic weapons; providing an additional penalty for use of silencers or suppressors in the commission of specified hunting violations; providing penalties; and providing for an effective date.
Last Action: Assigned Chapter Number
Last Action Date: February 19, 2013