HB134 protects a basic principle of representative government: citizens must be able to communicate with their elected officials without hidden interference by bureaucratic systems. When emails from constituents are silently diverted away from a legislator’s inbox, it creates an unacceptable barrier between the people and those who serve them. That is not a technical issue. It is a democratic one.

Wyoming citizens should never have to wonder whether their voices are being quietly filtered out of the legislative process. This bill restores transparency and accountability to constituent communication by requiring the Legislative Service Office to verify when emails are being blocked and to correct that routing upon request. If there is no real security threat, there is no justification for keeping lawful communication out of a legislator’s direct view.

This is not about weakening cybersecurity or flooding inboxes with spam. The bill preserves a clear, common-sense exception for actual, articulable security threats. What it prevents is the quiet suppression of legitimate political speech through automated filters that operate beyond public visibility or oversight.