HB 246 Wyoming House · 2019 General Session

Volunteer pension account-search and rescue.

HB 246 expands Wyoming's existing volunteer firefighter and EMT pension account to include volunteer search and rescue personnel. It adds specific definitions for "county search and rescue organization" (requiring bylaws, 50% meeting/operation attendance) and "volunteer search and rescue person" (individuals engaged in county-led operations). The bill modifies contribution rules, directing 70% of fire insurance premium taxes to fund this expanded pension account. This change directly affects volunteer search and rescue members in counties meeting the new organizational requirements, providing them access to retirement benefits previously available only to volunteer firefighters and EMTs.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Feb 2019
Introduced Jan 25, 2019 Signed Feb 26, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 20, 2019 · House Feb 5, 2019

How they voted

210
Passed
Total votes 21
Feb 20, 2019
D Democratic2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Feb 26, 2019
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEA No. 0055
legislature
Feb 20, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (21-0)
senate
Feb 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Upper · Passed
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Committee
:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Upper · Passed
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture
upper
Feb 5, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (22-0)
house
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 2, 2019
Lower · Passed
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0
lower
Jan 25, 2019
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

Sponsors