Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-402 (2026)

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    (a)   As used in this act:

          (i) "Action" means the transaction of official
business of an agency including a collective decision, a
collective commitment or promise to make a positive or negative
decision, or an actual vote upon a motion, proposal, resolution,
regulation, rule, order or ordinance at a meeting;

          (ii) "Agency" means any authority, bureau, board,
commission, committee, or subagency of the state, a county, a
municipality or other political subdivision which is created by
or pursuant to the Wyoming constitution, statute or ordinance,
other than the state legislature, the judiciary, the consensus
revenue estimating group as defined in W.S. 9-2-1002 and the
investment funds committee created by W.S. 9-4-720;

          (iii) "Meeting" means an assembly of at least a
quorum of the governing body of an agency which has been called
by proper authority of the agency for the expressed purpose of
discussion, deliberation, presentation of information or taking
action regarding public business;

          (iv) "Assembly" means communicating in person, by
means of telephone or electronic communication, or in any other
manner such that all participating members are able to
communicate with each other contemporaneously;

          (v)    "This act" means W.S. 16-4-401 through 16-4-408.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 11 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2025 · leading case: Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc. v. Bldg. Code Bd. of Appeals, 2010 WY 2 (Wyo. 2010).

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Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc. v. Bldg. Code Bd. of Appeals, 2010 WY 2 (Wyo. 2010). · cites it 17× “The following definitions found in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-402 (a) (LexisNexis 2009) are relevant to the issues presented: (a) As used in this act: (i) "Action" means the transaction of official business of an agency including a collective decision of a governing body, a…”

Worker's Comp. Claim of Decker v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Med. Comm'n, 2008 WY 100 (Wyo. 2008). · cites it 17× “§ 16-4-402. Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Action" means the transaction of official business of an agency including a collective decision of a governing body, a collective commitment or promise by a governing body to make a positive or negative decision, or an…”

Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, a Wyoming Corp. v. City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, 2016 WY 125 (Wyo. 2016). · cites it 7× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-402 (a)(ii). We must therefore determine first, whether the EIS Team is an “authority, bureau, board, commission, committee, or subagency” of the City, and second, whether it was “created by or pursuant to the Wyoming constitution, statute or ordinance.”

Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters Local Union No. 279 v. City of Cheyenne, 2013 WY 157 (Wyo. 2013). · cites it 8× “See Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-402 and § 16-4-403 (LexisNexis 2018).”

Fontaine v. Bd. of Cnty. Com'rs of Park Cnty., 4 P.3d 890 (Wyo. 2000). · cites it 4× “"Meeting" is defined in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-402 (a)(#ii): "Meeting" means an assembly of at least a quorum of the governing body of an agency which has been called by proper authority of the ageney for the purpose of discussion, deliberation, presentation of information or…”

Aland v. Mead, 327 P.3d 752 (Wyo. 2014). · cites it 2× “" Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-402 (a)(iii) (LexisNexis 2013).”

Gronberg v. Teton Cnty. Hous. Auth., 2011 WY 13 (Wyo. 2011). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-402 (3)(i) (LexisNexis 2009) defines "action" as follows: (i) "Action" means the transaction of official business of an agency including a collective decision of a governing body, a collective commitment or promise by a governing body to make a positive or…”

Freudenthal v. Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc., 2010 WY 80 (Wyo. 2010). “In addition to this Court's interpretations of the WPRA, the Newspaper cites the legislature's amendment to the Public Meetings Act. The Newspaper argues the legislature affirmed its position that open government is better government when it amended the definition of "meeting"…”

Thomas Hamann v. Heart Mountain Irrigation Dist., a Wyoming Pub. Irrigation Dist., 2025 WY 75 (Wyo. 2025). · cites it 5× “Unruh’s conduct can only be attributed to HMID if its board took “action,” as the term is defined in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-402 (a)(i) (2023), 4 to specifically authorize that conduct.”

Ward v. Bd. of Trs. of Goshen Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 865 P.2d 618 (Wyo. 1993). ““Action” and “meeting” are defined in W.S. 16-4-402(a) (1990) as: (i) “Action” means the transaction of official business of an agency including a collective decision of a governing body, a collective commitment or promise by a governing body to make a positive or negative…”

Sheridan Newspapers, Inc. v. Bd. of Trs., 350 P.3d 266 (Wyo. 2015). “§ 16-4-402. Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (1) "Action" means the transaction of official business of an agency including a collective decision, a collective commitment or promise to make a positive or negative decision, or an actual vote upon a motion, proposal,…”

— Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-402(a) — 4 cases

Worker's Comp. Claim of Decker v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Med. Comm'n, 2008 WY 100 (Wyo. 2008). “§ 16-4-402. Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Action" means the transaction of official business of an agency including a collective decision of a governing body, a collective commitment or promise by a governing body to make a positive or negative decision, or an…”

Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters Local Union No. 279 v. City of Cheyenne, 2013 WY 157 (Wyo. 2013). “See Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-402 and § 16-4-403 (LexisNexis 2018).”

— Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-402(a)(i) — 3 cases

Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc. v. Bldg. Code Bd. of Appeals, 2010 WY 2 (Wyo. 2010). “The following definitions found in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-402 (a) (LexisNexis 2009) are relevant to the issues presented: (a) As used in this act: (i) "Action" means the transaction of official business of an agency including a collective decision of a governing body, a…”

Thomas Hamann v. Heart Mountain Irrigation Dist., a Wyoming Pub. Irrigation Dist., 2025 WY 75 (Wyo. 2025). “Unruh’s conduct can only be attributed to HMID if its board took “action,” as the term is defined in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-402 (a)(i) (2023), 4 to specifically authorize that conduct.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-402(a)(ii) — 2 cases

Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, a Wyoming Corp. v. City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, 2016 WY 125 (Wyo. 2016). “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-402 (a)(ii). We must therefore determine first, whether the EIS Team is an “authority, bureau, board, commission, committee, or subagency” of the City, and second, whether it was “created by or pursuant to the Wyoming constitution, statute or ordinance.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-402(a)(iii) — 1 case

— Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-402(h) — 1 case

— Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-402(ii) — 1 case

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