Judiciary committee hears a broad slate of interim topics; members told to rank priorities
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Summary
The Joint Judiciary Interim Committee took testimony on numerous interim topics — from eviction procedures and DUI penalties to drones and judicial deference — and asked members to rank items for staff work so co-chairs can consolidate recommendations for management council.
The Joint Judiciary Interim Committee used its interim meeting to collect proposals on a wide range of statutory topics and directed members to rank items for follow-up.
Representative Brady and online landlords described delays in the eviction process that reduce rental supply and leave landlords unable to recover damages. Representative Campbell asked the committee to review foster-care practice to better weigh young children’s best interests against reunification goals.
Senator Ed Cooper urged study of dark-money resolutions to press the state’s congressional delegation on a constitutional approach to campaign-finance reform. Representative Store asked the committee to examine DUI penalties and HB 192, which would equate refusal of a chemical test to an initial DUI for treatment and license-suspension purposes.
Other presenters sought reviews of peace-officer definitions (Wyoming Livestock Board), political-party references in statute, remote public access to court records (state court administrator Elise Butler), airspace ownership and drones, judicial deference and anti-SLAPP protections (Goldwater Institute), eligibility after escapes from adult community-corrections centers (Department of Corrections), and updating monetary caps in the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act.
Committee co-chairs told members to fill out topic-ranking sheets and return them to LSO (Bridal) today; co-chairs said they may combine related items (for example, child-abuse topics) when finalizing the interim work plan. No formal votes were taken.
