Wyoming Governor Signs Bills On Prostitution, Off-Label Drug Use

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon on Wednesday signed 10 more bills from the recently concluded legislative session into law.

Here is that list of bills:

HEA0069 HB0062 Prostitution amendments.

HEA0074 HB0164 Medical prescriptions-off-label purposes.

HEA0077 HB0137 Revisor's bill.

SEA0075 SF0165 Cancellation of registration notice-amendments.

SEA0078 SF0053 Trademarks and trade names-administrative cancellation.

SEA0085 SF0104 Probate code revisions.

SEA0086 SF0167 Board of chiropractic examiners-criminal history records.

SEA0087 SF0107 Noncompete agreements prohibited.

SEA0088 SF0101 Post-conviction DNA testing-procedure amendments.

SEA0089 SF0171 Boundary survey amendments.

The legislature periodically passes a revisor's bill, which in this session was House Bill  137. Revisor's bills in the Wyoming Legislature are changes in the wording of existing bills.

That typically pertains to typographical errors or changes in bills because some language in the bill has become obsolete for a variety of reasons. The changes are not intended to change the purpose of the legislation, but rather to clarify existing laws by correcting mistakes in the text of the original bill or else to bring the legislation up to date with existing terminology or changing conditions.

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House Bill 164 authorizes the use of medications for purposes other than those specifically approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. Often times drugs that have been declared safe for consumption by the FDA are found to be useful in treating other problems as well.

For example, bupropion, originally developed as an anti-depressant, has been found to  help people stop smoking in many instances. Such off label uses are in fact quite common among prescription drugs.