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Committee amends, advances bill targeting interstate/cross‑county absconding after criminal conduct
Summary
The Joint Judiciary Committee amended and advanced 26LSO0082 on Oct. 13, a draft aimed at penalizing travel across jurisdictional lines when tied to criminal activity, after adopting drafting changes to require intent and align punishment to the most serious underlying offense.
The Joint Judiciary Committee reviewed bill draft 26LSO0082 on Oct. 13, a proposal aimed at making it an offense to travel across county or state lines after committing criminal conduct with the purpose of continuing or concealing the criminal activity.
Alan Thompson, executive director of the Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police, testified that law enforcement supports tools to disrupt cross‑jurisdictional retail theft but stressed proportionality: as drafted…
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