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Wyoming law specifically states that it "does not authorize or prohibit" gestational surrogacy contracts, leaving surrogacy up to judicial review on a case-by-case basis. [21] In August 2021, Wyoming signed and implemented a bill to explicitly legalize any surrogacy contracts and/or arrangements by legislation.
66th Wyoming State Legislature: 2021 November 2020: House, Senate: 67th Wyoming State Legislature: 2023 November 2022: House, Senate: 68th Wyoming Legislature: 2025
During its territorial era, the Wyoming Legislature played a crucial role in the Suffragette Movement in the United States.In 1869, only four years following the American Civil War, and another 35 years before women's suffrage became a highly visible political issue in both the U.S., Britain, and elsewhere, the Wyoming Legislature granted all women above the age of 21 the right to vote.
The 2024 Wyoming House of Representatives election saw victories in primaries for hard-right Republican members of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, increasing their seat share from twenty-eight to thirty-four, a simple majority in the sixty-two seat chamber, in what was the first takeover of any legislature by a state Freedom Caucus.
According to the Office of the Attorney General of Wyoming, Wyoming state law (W.S. § 6-8-104) provides for the issuance of concealed firearm permits.As a "shall issue" state, the local sheriff's office is required to issue a permit upon request, unless there is a valid reason to deny (such as violent felony conviction).
Wyoming's legislature passed a statute in 2019 creating the Wyoming Chancery Court, which was signed into law the same year. [1] [2] [3] Unlike a traditional chancery court, which is a court of equity, Wyoming's new chancery court was given jurisdiction over purely monetary disputes (with more than $50,000 at issue) as well as actions in equity, with a limited subject matter jurisdiction ...
For the felony murder rule in all U.S. jurisdictions, see felony murder rule.. In the state of Wyoming the common law felony murder rule is codified at W.S. 6-2-101(a). This rule provides that anyone who kills another human being during the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a sexual assault, arson, robbery, burglary, escape, resisting arrest, or kidnapping is guilty of first degree ...
State of Wyoming. Year Executive offices State Legislature United States Congress Electoral votes; Governor Secretary ... 2021 28R, 2D 51R, 7D, 1L, 1I Cynthia Lummis (R)