Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-403 (2026)

Meetings to be open; participation by public;

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     (a) All meetings of the governing body of an agency are
public meetings, open to the public at all times, except as
otherwise provided. No action of a governing body of an agency
shall be taken except during a public meeting following notice
of the meeting in accordance with this act. Action taken at a
meeting not in conformity with this act is null and void and not
merely voidable.

     (b) A member of the public is not required as a condition
of attendance at any meeting to register his name, to supply
information, to complete a questionnaire, or fulfill any other
condition precedent to his attendance. A person seeking
recognition at the meeting may be required to give his name and
affiliation.
    (c)   Minutes of a meeting:

          (i) Are required to be recorded but not published
from meetings when no action is taken by the governing body;

          (ii) Are not required to be recorded or published for
day-to-day administrative activities of an agency or its
officers or employees.

     (d) No meeting shall be conducted by electronic means or
any other form of communication that does not permit the public
to hear, read or otherwise discern meeting discussion
contemporaneously. Communications outside a meeting, including,
but not limited to, sequential communications among members of
an agency, shall not be used to circumvent the purpose of this
act.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 14 cases (3 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 18× “§ 16-4-403 (a) (LexisNexis 2009), which reads as follows: (a) All meetings of the governing body of an agency are public meetings, open to the public at all times, except as otherwise provided. No action of a governing body of an agency shall be taken except during a public…”

Worker's Comp. Claim of Decker v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Med. Comm'n, 2008 WY 100 (Wyo. 2008). · cites it 8× “§ 16-4-403. Meetings to be open; participation by public; minutes.”

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 4× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-403 . 3 [¶13] The rationale behind the Act’s open-government objective is the same as the purpose of the Wyoming Public Records Act—to maintain an “open and accountable government.”

N. Laramie Range Found. v. Converse Cnty. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 290 P.3d 1063 (Wyo. 2012). · cites it 2× “" Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-403 (a) (LexisNexis 2011).”

Ward v. Bd. of Trs. of Goshen Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 865 P.2d 618 (Wyo. 1993). · cites it 3× “Ward asserts that the meetings violated W.S. 16-4-403 because the Board took “action.”

Fontaine v. Bd. of Cnty. Com'rs of Park Cnty., 4 P.3d 890 (Wyo. 2000). · cites it 2× “Although no action can be taken by an agency in an executive session (Wyo.Stat.Ann. § 16-4-403(a)), the provision relating to minutes, Wyo.”

Hicks v. Dowd, 2007 WY 74 (Wyo. 2007). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-403 . Meetings to be open; participation by public; minutes.”

Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters Local Union No. 279 v. City of Cheyenne, 2013 WY 157 (Wyo. 2013). · cites it 2× “§ 16-4-402 and § 16-4-403 (LexisNexis 2018). Wyo. Stat. Ann.”

Jerry Peterson v. Laramie City Council, 2024 WY 23 (Wyo. 2024). “He claimed the “[Z]oom format” presented a “condition precedent” to attendance at the City Council meetings in violation of § 16-4-403(b), which states: “A member of the public is not required as a condition of attendance at any meeting to register his name, to supply…”

Valley Realty & Dev., Inc. v. Town of Hartford, 685 A.2d 292 (Vt. 1996). “, Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-403(a) (1995) (action taken at meeting not in conformity with open meeting law is “null and void and not merely voidable”).”

Monty Elliott v. Natrona Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 2023 WY 61 (Wyo. 2023). · cites it 2× “He also argues the decision to deny the license transfer was made during the executive session in violation of the open meetings provision found in Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-403 (a). The Board contends, under a plain reading of Wyo.”

Thomas Hamann v. Heart Mountain Irrigation Dist., a Wyoming Pub. Irrigation Dist., 2025 WY 75 (Wyo. 2025). · cites it 2× “” Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 16-4-403 (a) (2023). 6 of the public pursuant to governmental authorization.”

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— Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-403(a) — 5 cases

Fontaine v. Bd. of Cnty. Com'rs of Park Cnty., 4 P.3d 890 (Wyo. 2000). “Although no action can be taken by an agency in an executive session (Wyo.Stat.Ann. § 16-4-403(a)), the provision relating to minutes, Wyo.”

Worker's Comp. Claim of Decker v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Med. Comm'n, 2008 WY 100 (Wyo. 2008). “§ 16-4-403. Meetings to be open; participation by public; minutes.”

Ward v. Bd. of Trs. of Goshen Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 865 P.2d 618 (Wyo. 1993). “Ward asserts that the meetings violated W.S. 16-4-403 because the Board took “action.”

Deering v. Bd. Dirs. Fremont Cty. Lib., 954 P.2d 1359 (Wyo. 1998).

— Wyo. Stat. § 16-4-403(b) — 1 case

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