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25LSO-0382
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0382
ENGROSSED
3.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0060
Student eligibility in sports-amendments.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Lawley, Andrew, Angelos, Banks, Clouston, Guggenmos, Haroldson, Heiner, Kelly, Larson, JT, Neiman, Singh and Williams and Senator(s) Brennan, Crago, Hutchings, Jones, Olsen, Schuler and Steinmetz
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to education; amending student eligibility requirements in interscholastic or intercollegiate activities; specifying requirements for the University of Wyoming and community colleges for student eligibility; prohibiting participation in athletic activities as specified; providing definitions; repealing alternate procedures for determining student eligibility; making conforming amendments; and providing for effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 21
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103 is created to read:
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103.
Participation in female sports; violations; remedies.
(a)
Any student or a parent or guardian of a student who is harmed by a false accusation of a violation of this chapter or a violation of this chapter shall have a private cause of action for injunctive relief, damages, attorney fees and any other relief available under law against the school, government entity, licensing or accrediting organization, athletic association or athletic organization violating this chapter.
(b)
Any school that suffers any direct or indirect harm as a result of a false accusation of a violation of this chapter or a violation of this chapter shall have a private cause of action for injunctive relief, damages, attorney fees and any other relief available under law against the government entity, licensing or accrediting organization, athletic association or athletic organization violating this chapter.
(c)
A civil action commenced under this section shall be brought not later than two (2) years after the violation of this chapter occurred.
Section 2
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W.S. 21
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101(a)(iii) and by creating new paragraphs (v) through (ix) and 21
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102(a)(intro), (b), (c), (d)(i), (ii), (e) and by creating new subsections (g) and (h) are amended to read:
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101.
Definitions.
(a)
As used in this chapter:
(iii)
"School" means a school consisting of grades
seven (7)
kindergarten (K)
through 12 (twelve), or any combination of grades within this range,
as determined by the plan of organization by the school district board of trustees
or an institution of higher education
;
(v)
"Athletic activity" means an interscholastic, intercollegiate or intramural athletic team or sport that is sponsored by a school or an organization of which the school is a member;
(vi)
"Female" means a person who naturally has, had, will have or would have, but for a congenital anomaly or intentional or unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that, at some point, produces, transports and utilizes eggs for fertilization;
(vii)
"Individual sport" means an athletic activity where participants compete as individuals for a time, score or result, regardless of whether their individual time, score or result contributes to an overall team score;
(viii)
"Institution of higher education" means the University of Wyoming and Wyoming community colleges;
(ix)
"Male" means a person who naturally has, had, will have or would have, but for a congenital anomaly or intentional or unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that, at some point, produces, transports and utilizes sperm for fertilization.
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102.
Participation in school athletic activities.
(a)
A public school or a private school that competes against a public school shall expressly designate
school
each
athletic
activities and teams
activity
as one (1) of the following based on sex:
(b)
A student of the male sex shall not compete, and a
public
school shall not allow a student of the male sex to compete, in an athletic activity
or team
designated for students of the female sex.
(c)
A government entity or licensing or accrediting organization shall not entertain a complaint, open an investigation or take any other adverse action against a school described in subsection (a) of this section for maintaining separate
school
athletic activities
and teams
for students of the female sex.
(d)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
(i)
Restrict the eligibility of any student to participate in any
interscholastic
athletic activity designated for students of the male sex or designated as coed or mixed; or
(ii)
Prohibit a school from permitting males to train or practice with an
interscholastic
athletic activity that is designated for females so long as no female is deprived of a roster spot on a team
or sport
for an athletic activity
, opportunity to participate in a practice or competition, scholarship, admission to an educational institution or any other benefit that accompanies participating in the
interscholastic
athletic activity
because of a male's participation in the athletic activity
.
(e)
A government entity, any licensing or any athletic association shall not
entertain or consider a complaint, open an investigation,
retaliate or take any adverse action against:
(i)
A school for maintaining separate athletic
teams or sports
activities
for students of the female sex; or
(ii)
A student if the student or the parent or guardian of a student requests a contested case pursuant to subsection (f) of this section or that reports a violation of this section to an employee or representative of the school or athletic association
or to any state or federal agency with oversight of the school
.
(g)
No school shall participate in any athletic activity designated for students of the female sex with or against a team that the school knows or, to a reasonable degree of certainty believes, has on the team a student of the male sex.
(h)
In the case of an individual sport, only the students of the female sex directly competing against a student that the school knows or, to a reasonable degree of certainty believes, is a student of the male sex are prohibited from competing in that athletic activity.
Section 3.
W.S. 16
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405(a)(xiii), 21
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101(a)(ii) and 21
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201 through 21
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204 are repealed.
Section 4.
Not later than July 1, 2025, the University of Wyoming and each Wyoming community college shall take all actions necessary to implement this act.
Section 5
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(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2025.
(b)
Sections 4 and 5 of this act are effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
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