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Wyoming · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 39: Firearms rights-restoration amendments.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 39 is a bill introduced in the Wyoming House on January 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Firearms rights-restoration amendments. Primary sponsor: Art Washut (Republican). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 8, 2026): Assigned Chapter Number 95.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Current law provides requirements for the restoration of rights, including firearm rights, for persons who have been convicted of felony offenses, including felony offenses committed outside the state of Wyoming. This act clarifies the effect of an out-of-state restoration of rights for purposes of firearm rights in Wyoming to specify that a person's right to possess firearms is subject to restoration under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the conviction was entered. A person convicted of a felony outside of Wyoming whose rights to use and possess firearms are restored pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the conviction was entered does not restore rights to be an elector or juror or to hold any office, unless the laws of that jurisdiction in which the conviction was entered restore those rights.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Art WashutPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Dalton BanksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Eric BarlowCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Barry CragoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate22
Bob DavisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse47
Lee FilerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44
Rob GeringerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse42
Steve HarshmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Mike SchmidCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Bob WharffCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse49
Mike YinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Assigned Chapter Number 95
  2. Governor Signed HEA No. 0038
  3. S President Signed HEA No. 0038
  4. H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0038
  5. Assigned Number HEA No. 0038
  6. H Concur:Passed 60-0-2-0-0
  7. H Received for Concurrence
  8. S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
  9. S 2nd Reading:Passed
  10. S COW:Passed
  11. S Placed on General File
  12. S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source