WY-HB149-2025

Wyoming · HB 149 · 2025

Adoption discrimination-keep kids first act.

Bill key

WY-HB149-2025

State

Wyoming

Session

2025

Introduced

January 10, 2025

Last recorded status

failed

Link

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Citation (Bluebook)

H.B. 149, 68th Leg., Gen. Sess. (Wyo. 2025), https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/HB0149.

Short citation

Wyo. H.B. 149.

Topics

• Marriage, family & custody
• Religious exemptions

Tags

• Religious Exemptions: Adoption and Foster Care
• Child Custody Bill

Summary

Adoption discrimination-keep kids first act.

Curator notes

SOGI not enumerated

Sponsors

12 sponsors

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Abby Angelos	Republican	Representative	HD-003	Primary sponsor
Jeremy Haroldson	Republican	Representative	HD-004	Primary sponsor
Paul Hoeft	Republican	Representative	HD-025	Primary sponsor
Chip Neiman	Republican	Representative	HD-001	Primary sponsor
Ken Pendergraft	Republican	Representative	HD-029	Primary sponsor
Rachel Rodriguez-Williams	Republican	Representative	HD-050	Primary sponsor
Daniel Singh	Republican	Representative	HD-061	Primary sponsor
Evie Brennan	Republican	Senator	SD-031	Primary sponsor
Lynn Hutchings	Republican	Senator	SD-005	Primary sponsor
Robert Ide	Republican	Senator	SD-029	Primary sponsor
Jared Olsen	Republican	Senator	SD-008	Primary sponsor
Tim Salazar	Republican	Senator	SD-026	Primary sponsor

Model-bill lineage

Model-bill templates this bill matches

• Protecting Freedom of Conscience (MS HB1523) Derived
• Child Protection Act (agency conscience exemptions) Shares provisions
• Marriage Tolerance Act (First Amendment Defense Act) Shares provisions
• First Amendment Defense Act Shares provisions

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• AR HB 1669 (2025)
• AZ SB 1399 (2022)
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• CO HB 1206 (2018)
• CO SB 241 (2018)
• IA SF 212 (2023)
• ID H 578 (2024)
• KY HB 495 (2022)
• MA H 1392 (2020)
• MA H 1536 (2022)
• MS HB 1176 (2019)
• SC H 3121 (2025)
• SC H 3611 (2023)
• SC H 3801 (2023)
• SC H 3878 (2021)
• SC S 540 (2025)
• TX HB 2779 (2017)

Bill text

• As introduced (16,870 characters) · Open the printed bill (PDF)

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