Suicide prevention-2.

AN ACT relating to education; requiring suicide prevention education; and providing for an effective date.

Education

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Representative Rodriguez-Williams
Last action: 2021-03-22
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2021

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and was voted down in committee, so there is uncertainty about future implementation details.

Suicide Prevention Education in Schools

The bill requires Wyoming school districts to provide suicide prevention programs for students.

What This Bill Does

Creates a new law that says schools must teach students about preventing suicides.
Allows schools to choose how they teach this, like using age-appropriate and evidence-based programs.

Who It Names or Affects

Students in Wyoming school districts
School districts in Wyoming

Terms To Know

Evidence-based: Programs that are based on research and have been proven to work well.
Age-appropriate: Materials or programs designed for a specific age group, so they make sense for the students using them.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and was voted down in committee.
It is unclear how schools will be supported to implement these new requirements.
There are no details on what kind of training teachers might need to teach this subject.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB0175HS001

Standing Committee • House Education Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds a provision for the bill to expire on July 1, 2026.

Adds language requiring the suicide prevention education requirement to end on July 1, 2026.

The exact impact of the sunset date is not detailed beyond the repeal of this section, so further specifics are unknown.

Bill History

2021-03-22 House
H COW:Failed 26-32-2-0-0
2021-03-19 House
H Placed on General File
2021-03-19 House
H04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0
2021-03-04 House
H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education
2021-03-02 House
H Received for Introduction
2021-03-01 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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21LSO-0643
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0643
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0175

Suicide prevention-2.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Rodriguez-Williams

A BILL

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AN ACT relating to education; requiring suicide prevention education; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 21
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105 is created to read:

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Suicide prevention instruction.

A school district shall provide suicide prevention programs to students. A school district shall provide programs under this subsection in any appropriate manner, which may include age appropriate, evidence based programs on suicide
prevention provided that the programs shall be consistent with the suicide prevention education materials provided under W.S. 21
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202(a)(xxxv) and the training provided under W.S. 21
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110(a)(xxxiii).

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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