Text of WY HB 32 (2025)

2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0238 1 HB0032 HOUSE BILL NO. HB0032 What is a Woman Act. Sponsored by: Representative(s) Lien, Allemand, Angelos, Bear, Brady, Campbell, K, Guggenmos, Heiner, Hoeft, McCann, Pendergraft and Webb and Senator(s) Pearson A BILL for 1 AN ACT relating to common law, statutes and rules of 2 construction; specifying definitions and standards for the 3 application of a person's biological sex in law, rules or 4 regulations; providing for the law to distinguish between 5 accommodations for males and females; requiring the 6 collection of vital statistics and other data to identify 7 persons as male or female at birth; and providing for an 8 effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: 11 12 Section 1. W.S. 8-1-110 is created to read: 13 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0238 2 HB0032 1 8-1-110. References to males and females; separate 2 accommodations for males and females; data reporting 3 requirements. 4 5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with 6 respect to the application of a person's biological sex 7 under any law or rule and regulation in this state, the 8 following definitions and standards shall apply: 9 10 (i) A person's "sex" means the person's 11 biological sex, either male or female, at birth; 12 13 (ii) "Female" means a person whose biological 14 reproductive system is developed to produce ova and/or who 15 exhibits XX chromosomes and does not exhibit a Y 16 chromosome; 17 18 (iii) "Male" means a person whose biological 19 reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a 20 female and/or who exhibits XY chromosomes or exhibits a Y 21 chromosome; 22 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0238 3 HB0032 1 (iv) The terms "woman" and "girl" refer to human 2 females, and the terms "man" and "boy" refer to human 3 males; 4 5 (v) "Mother" means a parent of the female sex; 6 7 (vi) "Father" means a parent of the male sex; 8 9 (vii) With respect to biological sex, the term 10 "equal" does not mean "same" or "identical"; 11 12 (viii) With respect to biological sex, separate 13 accommodations are not inherently unequal; and 14 15 (ix) A person born with a medically recognized 16 condition of a "disorder or difference in sex development" 17 shall be provided legal protections and accommodations 18 afforded under the Americans with Disabilities Act, as 19 amended, and any other applicable Wyoming law. 20 21 (b) The legislature finds that laws, rules and 22 regulations that distinguish between the sexes are subject 23 to intermediate constitutional scrutiny. Intermediate 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0238 4 HB0032 1 constitutional scrutiny forbids unfair discrimination 2 against similarly situated male and female persons but 3 allows the law to distinguish between the sexes where such 4 distinctions are substantially related to important 5 governmental objectives. 6 7 (c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 8 contrary, laws, rules and regulations that recognize or 9 enforce distinctions between the sexes with respect to 10 athletics, prisons or other detention facilities, domestic 11 violence shelters, rape crisis centers, locker rooms, 12 restrooms and other areas where safety or privacy are 13 implicated and that result in separate accommodations 14 between the sexes are substantially related to the 15 important governmental objectives of protecting the health, 16 safety and privacy of persons in such circumstances. 17 18 (d) Any school district, or public school thereof, 19 and any state agency, department, office or other political 20 subdivision that collects vital statistics for the purpose 21 of complying with anti-discrimination laws or for the 22 purpose of gathering accurate public health, crime, 23 economic or other data shall identify each person who is 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0238 5 HB0032 1 part of the collected data set as either male or female 2 consistent with the persons sex at birth. 3 4 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon 5 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law 6 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming 7 Constitution. 8 9 (END)

ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0032 ENROLLED ACT NO. 73, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 1 AN ACT relating to common law, statutes and rules of construction; specifying definitions and standards for the application of a person's biological sex in law, rules or regulations; providing for the law to distinguish between accommodations for males and females; requiring the collection of vital statistics and other data to identify persons as male or female at birth; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1. W.S. 8-1-110 is created to read: 8-1-110. References to males and females; separate accommodations for males and females; data reporting requirements. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to the application of a person's biological sex under any law or rule and regulation in this state, the following definitions and standards shall apply: (i) A person's "sex" means the person's biological sex, either male or female, at birth; (ii) "Female" means a person who has, had, will have or would have had, but for a congenital anomaly or intentional or unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports and utilizes eggs for fertilization; (iii) "Male" means a person who has, had, will have or would have had, but for a congenital anomaly or intentional or unintentional disruption, the reproductive ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0032 ENROLLED ACT NO. 73, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 2 system that at some point produces, transports and utilizes sperm for fertilization; (iv) The terms "woman" and "girl" refer to human females, and the terms "man" and "boy" refer to human males; (v) "Mother" means a parent of the female sex; (vi) "Father" means a parent of the male sex; (vii) With respect to biological sex, the term "equal" does not mean "same" or "identical"; (viii) With respect to biological sex, separate accommodations are not inherently unequal; and (ix) A person born with a medically recognized condition of a disorder or difference in sex development shall not be denied legal protections and accommodations afforded under applicable law. (b) The legislature finds that laws, rules and regulations that distinguish between the sexes are subject to intermediate constitutional scrutiny. Intermediate constitutional scrutiny forbids unfair discrimination against similarly situated male and female persons but allows the law to distinguish between the sexes where such distinctions are substantially related to important governmental objectives. (c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, laws, rules and regulations that recognize or enforce distinctions between the sexes with respect to athletics, prisons or other detention facilities, domestic ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0032 ENROLLED ACT NO. 73, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 3 violence shelters, rape crisis centers, locker rooms, restrooms and other areas where safety or privacy are implicated and that result in separate accommodations between the sexes are substantially related to the important governmental objectives of protecting the health, safety and privacy of persons in such circumstances. (d) Any school district, or public school thereof, and any state agency, department, office or other political subdivision that collects vital statistics for the purpose of complying with anti-discrimination laws or for the purpose of gathering accurate public health, crime, economic or other data shall, when identification by sex is used, identify each person who is part of the collected data set as either male or female consistent with the persons sex at birth. ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0032 ENROLLED ACT NO. 73, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 4 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution. (END) Speaker of the House President of the Senate Governor TIME APPROVED: _________ DATE APPROVED: _________ I hereby certify that this act originated in the House. Chief Clerk