Text of WY HB 134 (2025)
Taxpayer funds-sexually explicit events prohibited-2.
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As introduced
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HB0134
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0134
Taxpayer funds-sexually explicit events prohibited-2.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Guggenmos, Brady, Johnson,
Lawley,
Lucas,
Webb
and
Webber
and
Senator(s) Boner and Pearson
A BILL
for
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AN ACT relating to the administration of the government;
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prohibiting specified entities from contributing to or
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sponsoring sexually explicit events; authorizing specified
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persons to determine if an event is sexually explicit;
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creating a mechanism for repaying state or federal funds as
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specified;
authorizing
an
appeals
process;
providing
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definitions; and providing for an effective date.
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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Section 1. W.S. 9-4-1401 is created to read:
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ARTICLE 14
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STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT EVENTS
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9-4-1401. State and federal funds; sexually explicit
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events prohibited; definitions; hearings; appeals.
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(a) As used in this section, "sexually explicit
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event" means any show, exhibition or presentation before an
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audience that lewdly or lasciviously depicts or simulates
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nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, prosthetic or
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imitation genitals or breasts, subject to determination by
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the entities specified in subsection (c) of this section.
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"Sexually explicit event" shall not include age appropriate
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sexual education instruction at the primary, secondary,
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undergraduate or graduate level.
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(b) No executive, legislative or judicial branch
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agency, department or institution, nor any city, town,
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county or political subdivision, including the University
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of Wyoming, the community colleges and school districts,
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shall use state or federal funds, personnel, facilities or
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equipment to sponsor or contribute to a sexually explicit
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event.
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(c) Upon request by the sponsor of an event, the
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following entities shall determine whether an event is
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sexually explicit:
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(i) For
all
executive
branch
agencies,
the
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governor;
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(ii) For the University of Wyoming, the board of
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trustees for the university;
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(iii) For
community
colleges,
the
community
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college commission;
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(iv) For primary and secondary public schools,
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the applicable local school board;
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(v) For
cities
and
towns,
the
applicable
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governing body;
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(vi) For
counties,
the
applicable
board
of
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county commissioners;
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(vii) For
the
judicial
branch,
the
chief
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justice;
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(viii) For the legislative branch, the president
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of
the
senate
and
the
speaker
of
the
house
of
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representatives.
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(d) In determining whether an event is sexually
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explicit
under
subsection
(c)
of
this
section,
the
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following shall apply:
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(i) A determination shall be made within thirty
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(30) calendar days of receiving a request;
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(ii) The
requestor
shall
have
fifteen
(15)
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calendar days after a decision regarding whether the event
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is sexually explicit to appeal that decision; and
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(iii) An appeal under this subsection shall be
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considered a contested case hearing that shall be conducted
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in the same manner as a contested case hearing under the
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Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
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(e) If it is determined that state or federal funds
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were used for a sexually explicit event, the recipient
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shall repay the funds expended to the granting entity
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within twenty (20) business days of the determination.
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Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2025.
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