ORIGINALSF0008S2001 SENATEPage FILE1-line NO.16 After "Wyoming" insert "with the intent to evade or elude law enforcement and".

SF0008ROTHFUSS ENROLLED1 ACT NO.

8, SENATE SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING BUDGET SESSION AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses;

creating the criminal offense of absconding for criminal purposes;

specifying penalties;

and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S.

6-5-215 is created to read:

6-5-215.

Absconding for criminal purposes;

penalty.

(a) A person is guilty of absconding for criminal purposes if the person travels from one (1) county to another county in Wyoming or from one (1) county in Wyoming to another jurisdiction outside of Wyoming:

(i) After having committed any criminal offense under this title or the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act of 1971 and with the intent to evade or elude law enforcement;

(ii) With the intent to commit an additional criminal offense under this title or the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act of 1971 after having committed an offense in the original county;

or (iii) To dispose of or conceal the proceeds, property or other items of value obtained after committing any criminal offense under this title or the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act of 1971.

(b) The penalty for absconding for criminal purposes shall be the same as the penalty for the most serious crime that was committed, was intended to be committed or furthered as a result of the absconding for criminal purposes.

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SF0008 ENROLLED ACT NO.

8, SENATE SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING BUDGET SESSION Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2026.

(END) Speaker of the House President of the Senate Governor TIME APPROVED:

_________ DATE APPROVED:

_________ I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

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