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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
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1 AN ACT relating to education; amending student eligibility
2 requirements in interscholastic or intercollegiate
3 activities; specifying requirements for the University of
4 Wyoming and community colleges for student eligibility;
5 prohibiting participation in athletic activities as
6 specified; providing definitions; repealing alternate
7 procedures for determining student eligibility; making
8 conforming amendments; and providing for effective dates.
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12W.S. 21-25-103 is created to read:
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4 (a) Any student or a parent or guardian of a student
5 who is harmed by a false accusation of a violation of this
6 chapter or a violation of this chapter shall have a private
7 cause of action for injunctive relief, damages, attorney
8 fees and any other relief available under law against the
9 school, government entity, licensing or accrediting
10 organization, athletic association or athletic organization
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13 (b) Any school that suffers any direct or indirect
14 harm as a result of a false accusation of a violation of
15 this chapter or a violation of this chapter shall have a
16 private cause of action for injunctive relief, damages,
17 attorney fees and any other relief available under law
18 against the government entity, licensing or accrediting
19 organization, athletic association or athletic organization
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3HB00601 (c) A civil action commenced under this section shall
2 be brought not later than two (2) years after the violation
3 of this chapter occurred.
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5. W.S. 21-25-101(a)(iii) and by creating new
6 paragraphs (v) through (ix) and 21-25-102(a)(intro), (b),
7 (c), (d)(i), (ii), (e) and by creating new subsections (g)
8 and (h) are amended to read:
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14 (iii) "School" means a school consisting of
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4 (a) A public school or a private school that competes
5 against a public school shall expressly designate
6 athletic as one (1) of
7 the following based on sex:
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9 (b) A student of the male sex shall not compete, and
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11 to compete, in an athletic activity
12 students of the female sex.
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14 (c) A government entity or licensing or accrediting
15 organization shall not entertain a complaint, open an
16 investigation or take any other adverse action against a
17 school described in subsection (a) of this section for
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6HB00601 (i) Restrict the eligibility of any student to
2 participate in any
3 designated for students of the male sex or designated as
4 coed or mixed; or
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6 (ii) Prohibit a school from permitting males to
7 train or practice with an
8 that is designated for females so long as no female is
9 deprived of a roster spot on a team
10, opportunity to participate in a practice
11 or competition, scholarship, admission to an educational
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16 (e) A government entity, any licensing or any
17 athletic association shall not
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21 (i) A school for maintaining separate athletic
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2 (ii) A student if the student or the parent or
3 guardian of a student requests a contested case pursuant to
4 subsection (f) of this section or that reports a violation
5 of this section to an employee or representative of the
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8HB00601Not later than July 1, 2025, the
2 University of Wyoming and each Wyoming community college
3 shall take all actions necessary to implement this act.
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8 section, this act is effective July 1, 2025.
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12 bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of
13 the Wyoming Constitution.
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