Chancery court vacancy amendments.
This bill amends Wyoming's rules for filling chancery court judge vacancies. It adds special masters and magistrates as eligible temporary appointees (previously only retired district judges could fill vacancies), while maintaining the requirement that temporary assignments follow specific qualifications. Starting January 1, 2024, vacancies will be filled through the standard appointment process under state law (W.S. 5-13-107), replacing prior temporary assignment mechanisms. This directly affects chancery court judgeships, the Wyoming Supreme Court (which makes assignments), and qualified temporary appointees like special masters and magistrates.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Feb 14, 2022
Signed Mar 9, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2022 · House Mar 4, 2022
How they voted
30–0
Passed
Total votes 30
Feb 14, 2022
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican28
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
8
Committee
2
Mar 9, 2022
Signed into law
Governor Signed SEA No. 0009
legislature
Mar 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-0-5-0-0
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
lower
Feb 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 3-0-2-0-0
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (30-0)
senate
Feb 14, 2022
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations 30-0-0-0-0
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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