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Committee advances bill to add state security officers to immunity provisions for use of force
Summary
The Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee voted unanimously among members present to pass Senate File 26, adding defined "state security officers" in the Wyoming Military Department to statutory liability exemptions for defensive use of force; the measure takes effect July 1, 2025.
The Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee on the 21st advanced Senate File 26, which adds a defined category of "state security officer" employed by the Wyoming Military Department to existing state statutory exemptions from personal liability when deadly force is used to protect priority military assets.
The bill was presented by Major General Greg Porter, the state's Adjutant General, and Lieutenant Colonel Karen Henkel, senior legal counsel to the Adjutant General, who said…
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