Prohibition on private funds for conducting elections.
This bill prohibits Wyoming state and local governments from using private donations to fund voter registration, election preparation, or election administration. It specifically bans accepting or spending private funds for these election activities, with exceptions for the Secretary of State using private funds for election training/education and providing food to poll workers on election day. Federal funds for elections remain unaffected by this prohibition. The law takes effect July 1, 2022.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 17, 2022
Last action Feb 28, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 17, 2022
How they voted
30–0
Passed
Total votes 30
Feb 17, 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
8
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations
upper
Feb 17, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (30-0)
senate
Feb 17, 2022
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations 30-0-0-0-0
upper
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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