| 1 | 1 | | 2025 |
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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-07311SF0164 |
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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE FILE NO. SF0164 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Pari-mutual rodeo definitions. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Senator(s) Driskill |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL |
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| 8 | 8 | | for |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1 AN ACT relating to the Wyoming gaming commission; providing |
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| 10 | 10 | | 2 and amending definitions related to pari-mutuel rodeo |
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| 11 | 11 | | 3 events; and providing for an effective date. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 7. W.S. 11-25-104(f)(ix) and by creating new |
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| 16 | 16 | | 8 paragraphs (xxxvi) and (xxxvii) is amended to read: |
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| 20 | 20 | | 12. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 14 (f) Each permittee, licensee, any current and |
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| 23 | 23 | | 15 prospective employee, volunteer and contract employee of a |
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| 24 | 24 | | 16 permittee or licensee and each person who has access to 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-07312SF0164 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 1 restricted areas or animals housed on permitted event |
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| 26 | 26 | | 2 grounds for horse racing or for pari-mutuel activities |
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| 27 | 27 | | 3 shall be licensed by the commission and shall comply with |
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| 28 | 28 | | 4 all rules and regulations and all orders issued by the |
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| 29 | 29 | | 5 commission. No person shall hold any event with pari-mutuel |
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| 30 | 30 | | 6 wagering without obtaining a permit. The commission may |
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| 31 | 31 | | 7 require that all permittees, licensees, current and |
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| 32 | 32 | | 8 prospective employees, volunteers and contract employees of |
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| 33 | 33 | | 9 a permittee or licensee and each person who has access to |
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| 34 | 34 | | 10 restricted areas or animals housed on permitted event |
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| 35 | 35 | | 11 grounds for horse racing or for pari-mutuel activities |
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| 36 | 36 | | 12 submit fingerprints to the Wyoming division of criminal |
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| 37 | 37 | | 13 investigation to perform a criminal history background |
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| 38 | 38 | | 14 check pursuant to W.S. 7-19-201 in order to obtain state |
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| 39 | 39 | | 15 and national criminal history record information. The |
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| 40 | 40 | | 16 division may share the results of the criminal history |
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| 41 | 41 | | 17 background check with the commission pursuant to W.S. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 18 7-19-106(a)(xxxv). For purposes of this subsection, |
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| 43 | 43 | | 19 permittees, licensees, current and prospective employees, |
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| 44 | 44 | | 20 volunteers and contract employees of a permittee or |
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| 45 | 45 | | 21 licensee, shall include the following as defined: |
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| 46 | 46 | | 22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-07313SF01641 (ix) "Groom" means a person who cleans stalls, |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 bathes, brushes and provides general care to a race horse |
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| 48 | 48 | | 3; |
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| 56 | 56 | | 11. This act is effective July 1, 2025 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 13 (END) |
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