Senate panel advances Second Amendment Preservation Act amendments after law‑enforcement concerns

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday advanced Senate File 101, amendments to the Second Amendment Preservation Act, after hearing testimony from law‑enforcement leaders who warned the changes could complicate cooperation with federal task forces. The committee voted 5‑0 to report the bill out with a drafting amendment.

Sponsor remarks and bill scope: The bill’s sponsor told the committee the amendments close gaps in last year’s law by adding civil penalties against agencies and clarifying that Wyoming funds and officers should not be used to enforce federal gun‑control laws. “It puts critical civil penalties into the law that let individual gun owners defend their rights in the event of a violation,” the sponsor said, and emphasized the draft does not allow individual officers…