Wyoming Legislature | 68th General Session
The 68th General Session will begin February 12th.
The deadline for congressmen to submit their completed bills is February 14th. Bills for 2024 that are relevant to our core values will appear on this page at that time.
HEA 13 (HB 0070)—Definition of home-based educational program. Signed by Governor 2/15 (Title 16).
Bills We Support
HEA 13 (HB 0070)—Definition of home-based educational program. Signed by Governor 2/15 (Title 16).
HB 0152—Life is a Human Right Act. Now HEA 88—Signed by Speaker 3/02.
SF 0133—Student Eligibility in Interscholastic Sports. Now SEA 92—Signed by Speaker 3/03.
SF 0174—Wyoming Charter School Authorizing Board. Now SEA 80—Signed by Speaker 3/02.
SF 0111—Child Abuse—Change of Sex. Not introduced by the deadline 2/23.
SF 0117—Parental Rights in Education. Not introduced by the deadline 2/23.
SF 0130—Educational Freedom Act. Not referred out of Committee by the deadline 2/24.
SF 0143—Wyoming Freedom Scholarship Act-2. Not introduced by the deadline 2/23.
SF 0144—Chloe’s Law—Child Gender Change Prohibition. Did not consider for CoW 2/27.
SF 0159—Stop ESG—Eliminate Economic Boycott Act. Did not consider for CoW 2/27.
SF 0172—Stop ESG—State Funds Fiduciary Duty Act. Did not consider for CoW 2/27.
Bills We Opposed (2023)
HB 0117—Abortion Amendments. Failed in Committee 2/03.
SF0133 | Protection of Parental Rights-Amendments
AN ACT relating to parental rights; authorizing claims and defenses against governmental action violating parental rights as specified; and providing for an effective date.
SF0125 | Defining Health Care and Protecting the People’s Welfare
AN ACT relating to statutes and rules of construction; providing a definition of health care generally applicable to law; providing findings; specifying exceptions; and providing for an effective date.
SF0109 | Open Enrollment within Wyoming School Districts
AN ACT relating to education; allowing children to enroll in any public school within their resident school district as specified; providing exceptions; providing priority for specified students; requiring reporting by school districts; amending the duties of the school district board of trustees; requiring the state superintendent of public instruction to publish reported information; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
HB0250 | Defining Life and the Rights of Natural Persons
AN ACT relating to statutes and rules of construction; specifying definitions and rules of construction for the term “person”; specifying exceptions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
HB0239 | Reproductive Freedom Act
AN ACT relating to abortion; creating the Reproductive Freedom Act; specifying the public policy of the state concerning reproductive rights; prohibiting the state from denying or interfering with a person’s right to have an abortion prior to viability of the fetus or to protect the person’s life or health; prohibiting unauthorized abortions; specifying a penalty; providing definitions; repealing conflicting provisions; and providing for an effective date.
HB0222 | Medical Ethics Defense Act-2
AN ACT relating to public health and safety; allowing health care professionals, health care institutions and health care payers the right not to participate in or pay for health care services as specified; authorizing religious-based health care organizations to make decisions consistent with religious beliefs; prohibiting discrimination for making health care decisions based on conscience; prohibiting adverse licensing actions based on protected expressive activity; specifying liability and damages for notice requirements; providing immunity; providing definitions; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
HB0207 | Religious Freedom Restoration Act
AN ACT relating to religious freedom; creating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act; providing definitions; limiting specified governmental actions that burden religious freedom; authorizing claims and defenses against governmental action that burden religious freedom; providing exceptions; and providing for an effective date.
HB0200 | Parent Rights – Amendments
AN ACT relating to education; clarifying procedures and requirements for school districts to provide parents notice of information regarding students; requiring school districts to publish and make materials available to parents; prohibiting school districts from requiring school district personnel and students to use a student’s preferred pronoun if the pronoun does not align with the student’s biological sex; requiring parental or guardian permission before instruction relating to diversity, equity or inclusion; authorizing school district personnel to opt out of mandatory trainings as specified; specifying disciplinary measures; providing for a cause of action; providing for a civil penalty; providing definitions; requiring reporting; and providing for an effective date.
HB0198 | Education Savings Accounts-Income Qualifications
AN ACT relating to education; modifying the amounts to be deposited in students’ accounts under the Wyoming education saving account act; and providing for an effective date.
HB0194 | Obscenity Amendments
AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; creating the crime of promoting obscenity to minors; amending the crime of promoting obscenity as specified; providing and amending definitions; repealing an exemption from the crime of promoting obscenity for activities conducted in the course of employment at a school, college, university, museum or public library; repealing obsolete provisions; and providing for an effective date.
HB0189 | Harmful Communication-Minors
AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; prohibiting adults from communicating with minors about sexual activity as specified; providing penalties; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; creating a cause of action; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
HB0180 | K-12 Mental Health Program-3
AN ACT relating to education; creating a program relating to K-12 mental health as specified; providing appropriations; providing positions; requiring reports; repealing a provision; and providing for an effective date.
