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WY HB 37

died on adjournment

County officials-nonpartisan elections.

Wyoming · 2026 · lower

Quick answers

Did WY HB 37 pass?

No. WY HB 37 died when the 2026 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-11): H Failed Introduction 6-55-1-0-0

What is WY HB 37 about?

AN ACT relating to elections; providing for the nonpartisan nomination and election of candidates for specified county elected offices; modifying the procedure to fill vacancies for nonpartisan county elected offices; providing for the order of offices on nonpartisan election ballots; specifying the form of election ballots; making conforming amendments; repealing a conflicting provision; and providing for an effective date.

Who sponsors WY HB 37?

Chestek is the primary sponsor of WY HB 37, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

AN ACT relating to elections; providing for the nonpartisan nomination and election of candidates for specified county elected offices; modifying the procedure to fill vacancies for nonpartisan county elected offices; providing for the order of offices on nonpartisan election ballots; specifying the form of election ballots; making conforming amendments; repealing a conflicting provision; and providing for an effective date.

Introduced
Latest action
2026-02-11 — H Failed Introduction 6-55-1-0-0
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Chestekprimary
  • Rothfusscosponsor
  • Pappascosponsor
  • Campbell, Ecosponsor
  • Brown, Lcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-11

    H Failed Introduction 6-55-1-0-0

  2. 2026-01-14

    H Received for Introduction

    filing

  3. 2026-01-13

    Bill Number Assigned

    reading-1

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • H Failed Introduction 6-55-1-0-0

    2026-02-11 · fail · 6-55

    Member-level votes (65)
    • Brown: yes
    • L: yes
    • Chestek: yes
    • Provenza: yes
    • Sherwood: yes
    • Storer: yes
    • Yin: yes
    • Allemand: no
    • Andrew: no
    • Angelos: no
    • Banks: no
    • Bear: no
    • Brady: no
    • G: no
    • Bratten: no
    • Byron: no
    • Campbell: no
    • E: no
    • K: no
    • Clouston: no
    • Connolly: no
    • Davis: no
    • Filer: no
    • Erickson: no
    • Fornstrom: no
    • Geringer: no
    • Guggenmos: no
    • Haroldson: no
    • Harshman: no
    • Hoeft: no
    • Heiner: no
    • Jarvis: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Knapp: no
    • Larsen: no
    • Larson: no
    • JT: no
    • Lien: no
    • Lucas: no
    • Locke: no
    • Lawley: no
    • McCann: no
    • Nicholas: no
    • Ottman: no
    • Pendergraft: no
    • Posey: no
    • Rodriguez-Williams: no
    • Riggins: no
    • Schmid: no
    • Singh: no
    • Smith: no
    • Strock: no
    • Styvar: no
    • Tarver: no
    • Thayer: no
    • Wasserburger: no
    • Washut: no
    • Webber: no
    • Webb: no
    • Wharff: no
    • Williams: no
    • Winter: no
    • Wylie: no
    • Neiman: no
    • Kelly: excused

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:38:54.484336Z

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