HB0066

Amends Wyoming's judicial review standards for agency actions to eliminate judicial deference to agency interpretations and require courts to resolve ambiguities in favor of limiting agency power.

• Grants the Wyoming Supreme Court authority to adopt rules governing the judicial review process from agencies to district courts, including control over record content, pleadings, filing procedures, and supplemental evidence, with authority to supersede existing statutory provisions. (W.S. 16-3-114(b))
• Requires reviewing courts to decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, and determine the meaning and applicability of agency actions, considering the whole record and applying the rule of prejudicial error. (W.S. 16-3-114(c))
• Prohibits reviewing courts from deferring to state agency interpretations of statutes, rules, regulations, or agency decisions, and requires courts to interpret such provisions de novo. (W.S. 16-3-114(d))
• Requires reviewing courts to resolve any remaining interpretive doubt in favor of reasonable interpretations that limit agency power and maximize individual liberty in judicial review actions involving state agencies. (W.S. 16-3-114(e))
• Applies the new judicial review standards in W.S. 16-3-114(c) through (e) to judicial review of inspector decisions under W.S. 30-2-213. (W.S. 30-2-213(b))

Effective: July 1, 2026

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