Wyo. Stat. § 22-25-102

restricted; limitation on contributions; right to communicate;
civil penalty.

     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no
organization except a political party, political action
committee or candidate's campaign committee, directly or
indirectly through any officer, member, director or employee,
shall contribute funds, other items of value or election
assistance directly to any candidate or candidate's campaign
committee or to any political party or political action
committee which directly coordinates with a candidate or a
candidate's campaign committee. The secretary of state shall
promulgate rules to define direct coordination as prohibited by
this section. No person shall solicit or receive a payment or
contribution from an organization prohibited from making
contributions under this subsection.

     (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, only a
natural person, political party, or a political action committee
or a candidate's campaign committee organized under W.S.
22-25-101 shall contribute funds or election assistance directly
to any candidate or group of candidates. No person shall solicit
or receive a political payment or contribution from any source
other than a natural person, political party, political action
committee or candidate's campaign committee organized under W.S.
22-25-101.

     (c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no
individual other than the candidate, or the candidate's
immediate family shall contribute directly or indirectly:

          (i) To any candidate for statewide political office,
or to any candidate for statewide political office’s candidate's
campaign committee:

               (A) More than two thousand five hundred dollars
($2,500.00) per election; and

               (B) Except as otherwise provided in this
subparagraph, no contribution for the general election may be
given prior to the date for the primary election. This
subparagraph shall not apply to any candidate unopposed in the
primary election or nominated in accordance with W.S. 22-4-303
or 22-5-301.
          (ii) To any candidate for nonstatewide political
office, or to any candidate for nonstatewide political office’s
candidate's campaign committee:

               (A) More than one thousand five hundred dollars
($1,500.00) per election; and

               (B) Except as otherwise provided in this
subparagraph, no contribution for the general election may be
given prior to the date for the primary election. This
subparagraph shall not apply to any candidate unopposed in the
primary election or nominated in accordance with W.S. 22-4-303
or 22-5-301.

          (iii)   Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 80, § 1.

    (d)   Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 1, § 2.

     (e) Any violation of the provisions of subsection (a),
(b), (c), (j), (m) or (n) of this section is subject to a civil
penalty up to five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and costs
including a reasonable attorney's fee for a first violation and
up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) and costs including a
reasonable attorney's fee for a second or subsequent violation
which shall be imposed in a court of competent jurisdiction. The
amount of penalty imposed shall be in such amount as will deter
future actions of a similar nature. An action to impose the
civil penalty may be prosecuted by and in the name of any
candidate adversely affected by the transgression, any political
party, any county attorney, any district attorney or the
attorney general. Proceeds of the penalty collected shall be
paid to the state treasurer and credited as provided in W.S. 8-
1-109.

     (f) Direct contributions from any entity affiliated with a
political party do not violate subsection (a) of this section.
These contributions shall be a matter of internal party
governance. Contributions to political parties are not subject
to the limits of subsection (c) of this section provided the
contributions are available to use as the appropriate party
authorities choose and are not exclusively dedicated to any
particular candidate. Contributions donated to a political party
which are designated by the donor to be used only for a
particular candidate and no other purpose are subject to the
limitations of subsection (c) and of this section.
     (g) The prohibitions in this section do not apply to
contributions of funds or other items of value to political
parties for the purpose of supporting multi-state or national
political party conferences or conventions. Any contribution
made pursuant to this subsection shall also comply with all
applicable federal election commission regulations governing
contributions to political parties. Any political party which
receives funds to sponsor such conferences or conventions shall
file an itemized statement of contributions and expenditures
with the secretary of state within ten (10) days after the
conference or convention.

     (h) No organization, political party, political action
committee or candidate's campaign committee shall solicit or
obtain contributions for any of the purposes specified in
subsection (a) of this section from an individual on an
automatic basis, including but not limited to a payroll
deduction plan or reverse checkoff method, unless the individual
who is contributing affirmatively consents in writing to the
contribution. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
authorize contributions otherwise prohibited under this election
code.

     (j) For purposes of subsection (c) of this section the
primary, general and special elections shall be deemed separate
elections. No candidate for political office shall accept,
directly or indirectly, contributions which violate subsection
(c) of this section. Contributions to a candidate's campaign
committee shall be considered to be contributions to the
candidate. Subsection (c) of this section does not limit
political contributions by political parties, nor expenditures
by a candidate from his own funds nor from his candidate's
campaign committee funds.

     (k) The prohibitions in this section shall not be
construed to prohibit any organization from:

          (i) Exercising its first amendment rights to cause
electioneering communications or independent expenditures to be
made;

          (ii) Bearing any portion of a political action
committee's administrative costs or costs of soliciting
contributions.

     (m) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no
political action committee shall contribute directly or
indirectly more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per
election to any candidate for political office other than
statewide political office. For purposes of this subsection the
primary, general and special elections shall be deemed separate
elections. No candidate for political office shall accept,
directly or indirectly, contributions which violate this
subsection. Contributions to a candidate's campaign committee
shall be considered to be contributions to the candidate. This
subsection does not limit political contributions by political
parties, nor expenditures by a candidate from his own funds nor
from his candidate's campaign committee funds.

     (n) Contributions donated to a political action committee
which are designated by the donor to be used only for a
particular candidate and no other purpose are subject to the
limitations of subsection (c) of this section.