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Committee hears testimony on proposed constitutional right to privacy; no committee vote recorded
Summary
Senate Joint Resolution 9, proposing an explicit right to privacy in the Wyoming Constitution, drew extensive discussion and public testimony but the Judiciary Committee did not take a final vote during the meeting; supporters cited statewide gaps in privacy protection and pointed to model language used by other states.
Senate Joint Resolution 9, which would add an explicit individual right to privacy to the Wyoming Constitution, received extended presentation, questions from committee members and public testimony, but no committee vote was recorded during the session.
Sponsor Senator Rafas told the committee the proposal is intended to add a simple, explicit right: modeled on language used in other states such as Hawaii and Montana, the resolution would declare that "the right of individual privacy is essential to the well-being of a free society and shall not be…
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