HB0170

Failed

Escape-parole eligibility.

Inmates convicted or disciplined for assault or escape become ineligible for parole.

Full legal title

AN ACT relating to probation and parole generally; clarifying that judicial convictions and administrative disciplinary findings for assault or escape determine parole ineligibility; and providing for an effective date.

Crime

Sponsor:

Co-sponsors: Representative(s) Banks, Brady, Erickson, Guggenmos, Hoeft, Lucas, McCann, Schmid, Singh, Washut, Webber, Senator(s) Boner

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What does this bill do?

Clarifies that judicial convictions and administrative disciplinary findings for assault or escape result in parole ineligibility for prisoners serving those sentences.

Amends the parole eligibility statute to establish that a prisoner is ineligible for parole on a sentence if they have been convicted in district court or found by final determination in a Wyoming Department of Corrections administrative hearing of assault or escape while serving that sentence. (W.S. 7-13-402(b), Sec. 1)

Effective: July 1, 2026

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Actions (3)

2/13/2026(House)

H Did not Consider for Introduction

2/11/2026(House)

H Received for Introduction

2/11/2026(LSO)

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