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WORLAND — Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed Senate File 66, amending the Slayer Rule, into law on Tuesday.

Sen. Ed Cooper (R-Ten Sleep) is the main sponsor of the bill and when introducing the bill to the Senate Committee of the Whole last month, said that the current Slayer Rule law, which states someone cannot profit if they take another person’s life, does not address joint tenancy and...