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Read. Follow. Verify.Wyoming Legislature urges adding Patrolman Michael A. Rosa to the state fallen officer memorial
Last action · February 23, 2026: H COW:H Did not consider for COWSponsors: Art Washut and 5 others
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What This Bill Proposed
The Wyoming Legislature encourages the Wyoming Law Enforcement Memorial Committee to add the name of Rock Springs Police Department Patrolman Michael A. Rosa to the state memorial at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy.
Changes only the honorary recognition of a deceased officer on a state monument; no state funding, legal rights, or administrative services are altered.
- Patrolman Michael A. Rosa was an undercover narcotics officer with the Rock Springs Police Department who was killed in the line of duty in 1978. context
- The Wyoming Law Enforcement Fallen Officer Memorial is located at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy in Douglas, Wyoming. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Wyoming Peace Officer Memorial Committee
The committee is urged by the legislature to add Patrolman Michael A. Rosa's name to the state fallen officer memorial.
Rock Springs Police Department
The agency where Patrolman Michael A. Rosa served is recognized in the resolution calling for his memorial enshrinement.
Key Facts
- The Wyoming Legislature formally encourages the Wyoming Law Enforcement Memorial Committee to add Patrolman Michael A. Rosa's name to the Wyoming Law Enforcement Fallen Officer Memorial.
- The enshrinement is requested to occur on or before the next Wyoming Law Enforcement Fallen Officer Memorial service.
- Patrolman Michael A. Rosa served with the Rock Springs Police Department for eight months as an undercover narcotics officer before being killed in the line of duty on July 15, 1978.
- The resolution notes that conviction of charged individuals has not historically been a requirement for inclusion on the Wyoming memorial, citing the inclusion of Deputy Tom Majors whose alleged killers were acquitted at trial.
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- Patrolman Rosa's name is already included on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C., and on the Officer Down Memorial Page.
- The Secretary of State of Wyoming is directed to transmit copies of the resolution to the Governor, the Attorney General, the director of the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, and the memorial committee.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This resolution did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
6 actions- Feb 23, 2026HouseH COW:H Did not consider for COW
- Feb 13, 2026HouseH01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-2-0-0
- Feb 13, 2026HouseH Placed on General File
- Feb 11, 2026HouseH Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary 49-11-2-0-0
- Feb 6, 2026HouseH Received for Introduction
- Feb 5, 2026Bill Number Assigned
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance15Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 15)
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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