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1		-	ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
2		-	BILL NO. HB0147
3		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 67, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
5		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
6		-	1
7		-	AN ACT relating to the administration of government;
8		-	prohibiting governmental entities from engaging in any
9		-	diversity, equity or inclusion program, activity or policy;
10		-	prohibiting governmental entities engaging in institutional
11		-	discrimination; prohibiting required attendance for certain
12		-	programs or trainings; providing definitions; requiring
13		-	rulemaking; providing applicability; and providing for
14		-	effective dates.
15		-	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
16		-	Section 1. W.S. 9-25-101 is created to read:
17		-	CHAPTER 25
18		-	PROHIBITED PRACTICES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS
19		-	ARTICLE 1
20		-	DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION ACTIVITIES
21		-	9-25-101. Definitions.
22		-	(a) As used in this section:
23		-	(i) "Diversity, equity or inclusion" means any
24		-	program, activity or policy that promotes differential or
25		-	preferential treatment of individuals or classifies
26		-	individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,
27		-	ethnicity or national origin;
28		-	(ii) "Governmental entity" means the state, any
29		-	department thereof, the University of Wyoming and any
30		-	county, city, town, school district, community college
31		-	district, other political subdivision and other public
32		-	corporation of the state; ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
33		-	BILL NO. HB0147
34		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 67, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
35		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
36		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
37		-	2(iii) "Institutional discrimination" means any
38		-	of the following concepts:
39		-	(A) That any race, color, religion, sex,
40		-	ethnicity or national origin is inherently superior or
41		-	inferior;
42		-	(B) That a person should be discriminated
43		-	against or adversely treated because of the person's race,
44		-	color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin;
45		-	(C) That the moral character of a person is
46		-	determined by the person's race, color, religion, sex,
47		-	ethnicity or national origin;
48		-	(D) That because of a person's race, color,
49		-	religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin the person is
50		-	inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, whether
51		-	consciously or subconsciously;
52		-	(E) That by virtue of a person's race,
53		-	color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin, the
54		-	person is inherently responsible for actions committed in
55		-	the past by other members of the same race, color,
56		-	religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin;
57		-	(F) That fault, blame or bias should be
58		-	assigned to members of a race, color, religion, sex,
59		-	ethnicity or national origin, on the basis of race, color,
60		-	religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin;
61		-	(G) That any person should accept,
62		-	acknowledge, affirm or assent to a sense of guilt,
63		-	complicity or a need to apologize on the basis of the ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
64		-	BILL NO. HB0147
65		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 67, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
66		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
67		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
	1	+	2025
	2	+	STATE OF WYOMING
	3	+	25LSO-0326
	4	+	ENGROSSED
	5	+	1HB0147
	6	+	HOUSE BILL NO. HB0147
	7	+	Prohibition of institutional discrimination.
	8	+	Sponsored by: Representative(s) Rodriguez-Williams,
	9	+	Angelos, Brady, Brown, G, Knapp, Strock and
	10	+	Tarver and Senator(s) Hutchings, Ide, Kolb
	11	+	and Smith, D
	12	+	A BILL
	13	+	for
	14	+	1 AN ACT relating to the administration of government;
	15	+	2 prohibiting governmental entities from engaging in any
	16	+	3 diversity, equity or inclusion program, activity or policy;
	17	+	4 prohibiting governmental entities engaging in institutional
	18	+	5 discrimination; prohibiting required attendance for certain
	19	+	6 programs or trainings; providing definitions; requiring
	20	+	7 rulemaking; providing applicability; and providing for
	21	+	8 effective dates.
	22	+	9
	23	+	10
	24	+	11
	25	+	12W.S. 9-25-101 is created to read:
	26	+	13
	27	+	14 CHAPTER 25 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0326
	28	+	ENGROSSED
	29	+	2HB0147
	30	+	1 PROHIBITED PRACTICES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS
	31	+	2
	32	+	3 ARTICLE 1
	33	+	4 DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION ACTIVITIES
	34	+	5
	35	+	6
	36	+	7
	37	+	8 (a) As used in this section:
	38	+	9
	39	+	10 (i) "Diversity, equity or inclusion" means any
	40	+	11 program, activity or policy that promotes differential or
	41	+	12 preferential treatment of individuals or classifies
	42	+	13 individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,
	43	+	14 ethnicity or national origin;
	44	+	15
	45	+	16 (ii) "Governmental entity" means the state, any
	46	+	17 department thereof, the University of Wyoming and any
	47	+	18 county, city, town, school district, community college
	48	+	19 district, other political subdivision and other public
	49	+	20 corporation of the state;
	50	+	21
	51	+	22 (iii) "Institutional discrimination" means any
	52	+	23 of the following concepts: 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0326
	53	+	ENGROSSED
	54	+	3HB01471
	55	+	2 (A) That any race, color, religion, sex,
	56	+	3 ethnicity or national origin is inherently superior or
	57	+	4 inferior;
	58	+	5
	59	+	6 (B) That a person should be discriminated
	60	+	7 against or adversely treated because of the person's race,
	61	+	8 color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin;
	62	+	9
	63	+	10 (C) That the moral character of a person is
	64	+	11 determined by the person's race, color, religion, sex,
	65	+	12 ethnicity or national origin;
	66	+	13
	67	+	14 (D) That because of a person's race, color,
	68	+	15 religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin the person is
	69	+	16 inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, whether
	70	+	17 consciously or subconsciously;
	71	+	18
	72	+	19 (E) That by virtue of a person's race,
	73	+	20 color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin, the
	74	+	21 person is inherently responsible for actions committed in
	75	+	22 the past by other members of the same race, color,
	76	+	23 religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin; 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0326
	77	+	ENGROSSED
	78	+	4HB01471
	79	+	2 (F) That fault, blame or bias should be
	80	+	3 assigned to members of a race, color, religion, sex,
	81	+	4 ethnicity or national origin, on the basis of race, color,
	82	+	5 religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin;
	83	+	6
	84	+	7 (G) That any person should accept,
	85	+	8 acknowledge, affirm or assent to a sense of guilt,
	86	+	9 complicity or a need to apologize on the basis of the
	87	+	10 person's race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national
	88	+	11 origin;
	89	+	12
	90	+	13 (H) That meritocracy or certain traits
	91	+	14 including a hard work ethic are racist or sexist.
	92	+	15
	93	+	16 (b) No governmental entity shall:
	94	+	17
	95	+	18 (i) Engage in any diversity, equity or inclusion
	96	+	19 program, activity or policy;
	97	+	20
	98	+	21 (ii) Engage in institutional discrimination;
	99	+	22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0326
	100	+	ENGROSSED
	101	+	5HB01471 (iii) Require instruction promoting
	102	+	2 institutional discrimination;
68	103		3
69		-	person's race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national
70		-	origin;
71		-	(H) That meritocracy or certain traits
72		-	including a hard work ethic are racist or sexist.
73		-	(b) No governmental entity shall:
74		-	(i) Engage in any diversity, equity or inclusion
75		-	program, activity or policy;
76		-	(ii) Engage in institutional discrimination;
77		-	(iii) Require instruction promoting
78		-	institutional discrimination;
79		-	(iv) Require any student, employee or contractor
80		-	to attend or participate in any diversity, equity or
81		-	inclusion program or training or any institutional
82		-	discrimination program or training.
83		-	(c) As a political class, classification or identity,
84		-	federally recognized Indian tribes and programs, trainings,
85		-	degrees, classes or endowments related to federally
86		-	recognized Indian tribes or Indian history, culture,
87		-	language and traditions, are not diversity, equity and
88		-	inclusion as defined by this section. Nothing in this
89		-	section shall be construed to apply to federally recognized
90		-	Indian tribes. For purposes of this section:
91		-	(i) "Federally recognized Indian tribe" means a
92		-	tribal government and its citizens who have an acknowledged
93		-	government-to-government relationship with the United
94		-	States of America; ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
95		-	BILL NO. HB0147
96		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 67, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
97		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
98		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
99		-	4(ii) Federally recognized Indian tribes and
100		-	their citizens shall be considered a political class,
101		-	classification or identity. Tribes and their members shall
102		-	not be considered a race or a racial classification.
103		-	Section 2. Not later than July 1, 2025, all
104		-	governmental entities as defined in section 1 of this act
105		-	shall take any actions required to implement this act
106		-	including the promulgation of rules, if necessary. ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
107		-	BILL NO. HB0147
108		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 67, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
109		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
110		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
111		-	5Section 3.
112		-	(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
113		-	section, this act is effective July 1, 2025.
114		-	(b) Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective
115		-	immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a
116		-	bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of
117		-	the Wyoming Constitution.
118		-	(END)
119		-	Speaker of the HousePresident of the SenateGovernorTIME APPROVED: _________DATE APPROVED: _________
120		-	I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.
121		-	Chief Clerk
	104	+	4 (iv) Require any student, employee or contractor
	105	+	5 to attend or participate in any diversity, equity or
	106	+	6 inclusion program or training or any institutional
	107	+	7 discrimination program or training.
	108	+	8
	109	+	9Not later than July 1, 2025, all
	110	+	10 governmental entities as defined in section 1 of this act
	111	+	11 shall take any actions required to implement this act
	112	+	12 including the promulgation of rules, if necessary.
	113	+	13 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0326
	114	+	ENGROSSED
	115	+	6HB01471
	116	+	2
	117	+	3 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
	118	+	4 section, this act is effective July 1, 2025.
	119	+	5
	120	+	6 (b) Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective
	121	+	7 immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a
	122	+	8 bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of
	123	+	9 the Wyoming Constitution.
	124	+	10
	125	+	11 (END)