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-2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0502
+HB0187  Political parties-county central committees-2.
 
- 1 HB0187
+Sponsored By: Representative(s) Webber
 
-HOUSE BILL NO. HB0187
+AN ACT relating to elections; specifying that duly elected party officials are
+members of the county central committees of political parties; making conforming
+amendments; and providing for an effective date.
 
-Political parties-county central committees-2.
+2/11/2026 Bill Number Assigned
+2/11/2026 H Received for Introduction
+2/13/2026 H Failed Introduction 39-21-2-0-0
 
-Sponsored by: Representative(s) Webber
-
-A BILL
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-for
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-1 AN ACT relating to elections; specifying that duly elected
-2 party officials are members of the county central
-3 committees of political parties; making conforming
-4 amendments; and providing for an effective date.
-5
-6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
-7
-8 Section 1.  W.S. 22-4-101(b) and 22-4-105 are amended
-9 to read:
-10
-11 22-4-101.  Application; composition, election and
-12 qualifications of county central committees; certificate of
-13 election.
-14
-15 (b)  The county central committee of each political
-16 party consists of precinct committeemen and committeewomen
-2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0502
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- 2 HB0187
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-1 elected in the county at the regular biennial primary
-2 election, those who have been properly appointed and
-3 ratified to fill vacancies in the office of precinct
-4 committeeman and committeewoman and the duly elected party
-5 officers in accordance with party bylaws. Except as
-6 provided in subsection (c) of this section, each political
-7 party in each precinct shall elect one (1) committeeman and
-8 one (1) committeewoman for each two hundred fifty (250)
-9 votes or major fraction thereof cast for the party's
-10 candidate for representative in congress in the last
-11 general election, but provided that no precinct shall be
-12 entitled to less than one (1) precinct committeeman and
-13 precinct committeewoman. Precinct committeemen and
-14 committeewomen shall be electors registered in the party
-15 and resident in the precinct. If a precinct boundary line
-16 is changed for any reason, the county commissioners shall
-17 determine the number of precinct committeemen and
-18 committeewomen to which the affected precinct is entitled.
-19
-20 22-4-105.  County central committee odd year meeting;
-21 notice; election of chairman, state committeeman and
-22 committeewoman.
-23
-2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0502
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- 3 HB0187
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-1 The county central committee shall meet at the county seat
-2 each odd-numbered year at a time and place determined by
-3 the county chairman. The county chairman shall publish
-4 notice of the meeting in a newspaper of general circulation
-5 within the county not less than ten (10) days before this
-6 meeting. At the meeting, the county central committee shall
-7 elect the chairman of the county central committee, one (1)
-8 state committeeman and one (1) state committeewoman and
-9 other offices as provided by the party bylaws. A state
-10 political party may provide in its rules for the election
-11 of additional state committeemen and additional state
-12 committeewomen. Neither the chairman, state committeeman or
-13 state committeewoman need be members of the county central
-14 committee but may be pursuant to W.S. 22-4-101(b).
-15
-16 Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2026.
-17
-18 (END)
+ROLL CALL
+Ayes:  Representative(s) Allemand, Andrew, Angelos, Banks, Bear, Brady,
+Bratten, Brown, G, Campbell, K, Connolly, Fornstrom, Geringer, Guggenmos,
+Haroldson, Heiner, Hoeft, Johnson, Knapp, Lawley, Lien, Locke, Lucas, Mccann,
+Neiman, Ottman, Pendergraft, Rodriguez-Williams, Schmid, Singh, Smith, Strock,
+Styvar, Tarver, Washut, Wasserburger, Webb, Webber, Wharff, Winter
+Nays:  Representative(s) Brown, L, Byron, Campbell, E, Chestek, Clouston, Davis,
+Erickson, Filer, Harshman, Jarvis, Larsen, L, Larson, Jt, Nicholas, Provenza,
+Riggins, Sherwood, Storer, Thayer, Williams, Wylie, Yin
+Excused:  Representative(s) Kelly, Posey
+Ayes 39    Nays 21    Excused 2    Absent 0    Conflicts 0