Text of WY HB 72 (2025)

2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0225 1 HB0072 HOUSE BILL NO. HB0072 Protecting women's privacy in public spaces act. Sponsored by: Representative(s) Lawley, Andrew, Angelos, Bratten, Haroldson, Heiner, Larson, JT, Neiman, Washut, Williams and Wylie and Senator(s) Brennan, Crago, Jones and Olsen A BILL for 1 AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; 2 specifying requirements for the use of sex-designated 3 restrooms, showers, sleeping quarters and locker room 4 facilities at public facilities; providing for complaints 5 and civil actions; specifying duties for public entities; 6 providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and 7 providing for an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: 10 11 Section 1. W.S. 1-39-124 and 9-25-101 through 12 9-25-103 are created to read: 13 14 1-39-124. Liability; sex-designated facilities. 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0225 2 HB0072 1 2 A governmental entity is liable for damages resulting from 3 a violation of W.S. 9-25-101 through 9-25-103 in accordance 4 with W.S. 9-25-101 through 9-25-103. 5 6 CHAPTER 25 7 CHANGING AREA AND RESTROOM REQUIREMENTS 8 9 9-25-101. Definitions. 10 11 (a) As used in this chapter: 12 13 (i) "Changing area" means an area in a public 14 facility in which a person may be in a state of undress in 15 the presence of others, including a changing room, locker 16 room or shower room; 17 18 (ii) "Correctional facility" means a jail, a 19 state penal institution, correctional facility operated by 20 a private entity under W.S. 7-22-102, the Wyoming boys' 21 school, the Wyoming girls' school and any youth 22 correctional facility in which a Wyoming youth is placed 23 under W.S. 14-6-201 through 14-6-252; 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0225 3 HB0072 1 2 (iii) "Educational facility" means the 3 University of Wyoming, a Wyoming community college, a 4 Wyoming public school district or a public school and any 5 facility owned, operated or leased by the University of 6 Wyoming, a Wyoming community college, a Wyoming public 7 school district or a public school; 8 9 (iv) "Female" means a person who has, had, will 10 have or would have had, but for a congenital anomaly or 11 intentional or unintentional disruption, the reproductive 12 system that at some point produces, transports and utilizes 13 eggs for fertilization; 14 15 (v) "Governmental entity" means the state, 16 University of Wyoming or any local government; 17 18 (vi) "Local government" means cities and towns, 19 counties, school districts, joint powers boards, airport 20 boards, public corporations, entities formed by a county 21 memorial hospital, special hospital district, rural health 22 care district or senior health care district that are 23 wholly owned by one (1) or more governmental entities, 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0225 4 HB0072 1 community college districts, special districts and their 2 governing bodies, all political subdivisions of the state, 3 and their agencies, instrumentalities and institutions; 4 5 (vii) "Male" means a person who has, had, will 6 have or would have had, but for a congenital anomaly or 7 intentional or unintentional disruption, the reproductive 8 system that at some point produces, transports and utilizes 9 sperm for fertilization; 10 11 (viii) "Public facility" means any building or 12 facility owned, operated or leased by a governmental entity 13 and shall include correctional facilities and educational 14 facilities; 15 16 (ix) "Public school" means a public school or 17 charter school in Wyoming; 18 19 (x) "Restroom" means a room or facility that 20 includes one (1) or more toilets or urinals; 21 22 (xi) "Sex" means a person's biological sex, 23 either male or female; 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0225 5 HB0072 1 2 (xii) "Sleeping quarters" means an area with at 3 least one (1) bed or cot and in which more than one (1) 4 person is housed overnight. 5 6 9-25-102. Public facilities; changing areas 7 exclusively for members of a single sex. 8 9 (a) In each public facility: 10 11 (i) Every multi-occupancy changing area, 12 restroom and sleeping quarters shall be designated for use 13 exclusively by males or exclusively by females; 14 15 (ii) Every multi-occupancy changing area, 16 restroom and sleeping quarters designated for one (1) sex 17 shall be used only by members of that sex. 18 19 (b) No person shall enter a changing area, restroom 20 or sleeping quarters that is designated for males or 21 females unless the person is a member of that sex. 22 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0225 6 HB0072 1 (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to 2 prohibit the administrator of a public facility from 3 providing a reasonable accommodation for a person. For 4 purposes of this subsection, a reasonable accommodation 5 shall not include access to a multi-occupancy changing 6 area, restroom, or sleeping quarters designated for the 7 opposite sex. 8 9 (d) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not 10 apply to: 11 12 (i) Single-occupancy changing areas, restrooms 13 or sleeping quarters that are conspicuously designated for 14 unisex use; 15 16 (ii) An employee who enters the changing area, 17 restroom or sleeping quarters to clean, maintain or inspect 18 a changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters when the 19 changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters is not 20 occupied; 21 22 (iii) A person who enters a changing area, 23 restroom or sleeping quarters to render medical assistance; 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0225 7 HB0072 1 2 (iv) A person or employee who enters the 3 changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters while in the 4 performance of the person's or employee's official duties; 5 6 (v) Any time during an ongoing natural disaster 7 or emergency or when necessary to prevent a serious threat 8 to public health or safety. 9 10 (e) A person who, while accessing a changing area or 11 restroom designated for use by the person's sex, encounters 12 another person of the opposite sex in the designated 13 changing area or restroom shall have a cause of action 14 against the public facility that: 15 16 (i) Provided the other person permission to use 17 a changing area or restroom of the opposite sex; or 18 19 (ii) Failed to take reasonable steps to prohibit 20 the other person from using the changing area or restroom 21 of the opposite sex. 22 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0225 8 HB0072 1 (f) A person who is required by a correctional 2 facility to share sleeping quarters with another person of 3 the opposite sex shall have a cause of action against the 4 correctional facility. 5 6 (g) All civil actions initiated under subsections (e) 7 or (f) of this section shall be brought not later than two 8 (2) years after the violation occurred. A person aggrieved 9 under this section who prevails in a cause of action 10 brought under this section may recover reasonable attorney 11 fees and costs from the governmental entity operating the 12 public facility. 13 14 9-25-103. Sex-designated changing areas and privacy 15 spaces in educational facilities. 16 17 (a) In each educational facility: 18 19 (i) Each multi-occupancy changing area, restroom 20 and sleeping quarters shall be designated by the 21 educational facility for use exclusively for males or 22 exclusively for females; 23 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0225 9 HB0072 1 (ii) Every multi-occupancy changing area, 2 restroom and sleeping quarters designated for one (1) sex 3 shall be used only by members of that sex. 4 5 (b) No person shall enter a changing area that is 6 designated for one (1) sex unless that person is a member 7 of that sex. 8 9 (c) Each educational facility that offers housing for 10 student residents shall provide students the option to be 11 housed only with persons of the same sex. 12 13 (d) During any activity or event authorized by an 14 educational facility where persons share sleeping quarters, 15 no person shall be required to share sleeping quarters with 16 a member of the opposite sex, unless all occupants of the 17 sleeping quarters are members of the same immediate family. 18 19 (e) In any other facility or setting in an 20 educational facility where a person may be in a state of 21 undress in the presence of others, the educational facility 22 shall provide separate, private changing areas designated 23 for use by persons based on their sex. Except as provided 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0225 10 HB0072 1 by subsection (f) of this section, no person shall enter 2 these changing areas unless that person is a member of the 3 designated sex. 4 5 (f) This section shall not apply to: 6 7 (i) Single-occupancy changing areas, restrooms 8 or sleeping quarters that are conspicuously designated for 9 unisex or family use; 10 11 (ii) Changing areas, restrooms or sleeping 12 quarters that have been temporarily designated for use by 13 that person's sex; 14 15 (iii) A person of one (1) sex who uses a 16 single-sex changing area or restroom designated for the 17 opposite sex, if that single-sex changing area or restroom 18 is the only facility reasonably available at the time of 19 the person's use of the changing area or restroom and no 20 members of the opposite sex are present in the changing 21 area or restroom at that time; 22 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0225 11 HB0072 1 (iv) A person employed to clean, maintain or 2 inspect a changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters when 3 the changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters is not 4 occupied; 5 6 (v) A person who enters a changing area, 7 restroom or sleeping quarters to render medical assistance; 8 9 (vi) A person who is in need of assistance and, 10 for the purposes of receiving that assistance, is 11 accompanied by a family member, legal guardian or the 12 person's designee who is a member of the designated sex for 13 the single-sex changing area, restroom or sleeping 14 quarters; 15 16 (vii) Any time during an ongoing natural 17 disaster or emergency or when necessary to prevent a 18 serious threat to public health or student safety. 19 20 (g) Each educational facility shall provide a 21 reasonable accommodation to any person who is unwilling or 22 unable for any reason to use a changing area or restroom 23 designated for the person's sex and located within an 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0225 12 HB0072 1 educational facility, or multi-occupancy sleeping quarters 2 while attending an activity sponsored by the educational 3 facility, and who makes a written request to the public 4 school for the reasonable accommodation. A reasonable 5 accommodation granted under this subsection shall not 6 include access to a changing area, restroom or sleeping 7 quarters that is designated for use by members of the 8 opposite sex while persons of the opposite sex are present 9 or could be present. 10 11 (h) Any person who, while accessing a changing area, 12 restroom or sleeping quarters designated for use by the 13 person's sex, encounters a person of the opposite sex may 14 bring a cause of action for declaratory and injunctive 15 relief against the educational facility if: 16 17 (i) The educational facility gave that person 18 permission to use the changing area or restroom of the 19 opposite sex; or 20 21 (ii) The educational facility failed to take 22 reasonable steps to prohibit that person from using the 23 changing area or restroom of the opposite sex. 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0225 13 HB0072 1 2 (j) A person who is required by the educational 3 facility to share sleeping quarters with a person of the 4 opposite sex shall have a private cause of action for 5 declaratory and injunctive relief against the educational 6 facility. 7 8 (k) Any action initiated under subsections (h) or (j) 9 of this section shall be in accordance with all of the 10 following: 11 12 (i) Any civil action shall be brought not later 13 than four (4) years after the event creating the cause of 14 action has occurred; 15 16 (ii) Any person who prevails in an action 17 brought under subsections (h) or (j) of this section may 18 recover from the educational facility five thousand dollars 19 ($5,000.00) for each instance that the person encountered a 20 person of the opposite sex while accessing a changing area, 21 restroom or sleeping quarters designated for use by the 22 person's sex; 23 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0225 14 HB0072 1 (iii) The person may also recover monetary 2 damages from the educational facility for all harm 3 suffered; 4 5 (iv) Any person who prevails in an action 6 brought under subsections (h) or (j) of this section shall 7 be entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs 8 from the educational facility; 9 10 (v) Nothing in this section shall limit any 11 other remedy of law or equity available to the person 12 against the educational facility. 13 14 Section 2. W.S. 1-39-104(a) is amended to read: 15 16 1-39-104. Granting immunity from tort liability; 17 liability on contracts; exceptions. 18 19 (a) A governmental entity and its public employees 20 while acting within the scope of duties are granted 21 immunity from liability for any tort except as provided by 22 W.S. 1-39-105 through 1-39-112, and 1-39-122 and through 23 1-39-123 1-39-124. Any immunity in actions based on a 2025 STATE OF WYOMING 25LSO-0225 15 HB0072 1 contract entered into by a governmental entity is waived 2 except to the extent provided by the contract if the 3 contract was within the powers granted to the entity and 4 was properly executed and except as provided in W.S. 5 1-39-120(b). The claims procedures of W.S. 1-39-113 apply 6 to contractual claims against governmental entities. 7 8 Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2025. 9 10 (END)

ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0072 ENROLLED ACT NO. 48, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 1 AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; specifying requirements for the use of sex-designated restrooms, showers, sleeping quarters and locker room facilities at public facilities; providing for complaints and civil actions; specifying duties for public entities; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1. W.S. 1-39-124 and 9-25-101 through 9-25-103 are created to read: 1-39-124. Liability; sex-designated facilities. A governmental entity is liable for damages resulting from a violation of W.S. 9-25-101 through 9-25-103 in accordance with W.S. 9-25-101 through 9-25-103. CHAPTER 25 CHANGING AREA AND RESTROOM REQUIREMENTS 9-25-101. Definitions. (a) As used in this chapter: (i) "Changing area" means an area in a public facility in which a person may be in a state of undress in the presence of others, including a changing room, locker room or shower room; (ii) "Correctional facility" means a state penal institution, correctional facility operated by a private ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0072 ENROLLED ACT NO. 48, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 2 entity under W.S. 7-22-102, the Wyoming boys' school and the Wyoming girls' school; (iii) "Educational facility" means the University of Wyoming and a Wyoming community college and any facility owned, operated or leased by the University of Wyoming or a Wyoming community college. "Educational facility" shall not include any multi-occupancy changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters located inside a space that an educational facility utilizes as a private residence or as reservable commercial lodging; (iv) "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; (v) "Governmental entity" means the state, University of Wyoming or any local government but shall not include any school district or any city or county jail where adults are incarcerated or managed youth facility where persons are placed under W.S. 14-6-201 through 14-6-252; (vi) "Local government" means cities and towns, counties, joint powers boards, airport boards, public corporations, entities formed by a county memorial hospital, special hospital district, rural health care district or senior health care district that are wholly owned by one (1) or more governmental entities, community college districts, special districts and their governing bodies, all political subdivisions of the state, and their agencies, instrumentalities and institutions. "Local government" shall not include any school district or any ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0072 ENROLLED ACT NO. 48, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 3 city or county jail where adults are incarcerated or managed youth facility where persons are placed under W.S. 14-6-201 through 14-6-252; (vii) "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 system that at some point produces, transports and utilizes sperm for fertilization; (viii) "Public facility" means any building or facility owned, operated or leased by a governmental entity and shall include correctional facilities and educational facilities. "Public facility" shall not include any multi-occupancy changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters located inside a space that a governmental entity or public facility utilizes as a private residence or as reservable commercial lodging; (ix) "Restroom" means a room or facility that includes one (1) or more toilets or urinals; (x) "Sex" means a person's biological sex, either male or female; (xi) "Sleeping quarters" means an area with at least one (1) bed or cot and in which more than one (1) person is housed overnight. 9-25-102. Public facilities; changing areas exclusively for members of a single sex. (a) In each public facility: ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0072 ENROLLED ACT NO. 48, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 4 (i) Every multi-occupancy changing area, restroom and sleeping quarters shall be designated for use exclusively by males or exclusively by females; (ii) Every multi-occupancy changing area, restroom and sleeping quarters designated for one (1) sex shall be used only by members of that sex. (b) In each public facility, no person shall enter a changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters that is designated for males or females unless the person is a member of that sex. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the administrator of a public facility from providing a reasonable accommodation for a person. For purposes of this subsection, a reasonable accommodation shall not include access to a multi-occupancy changing area, restroom, or sleeping quarters designated for the opposite sex. (d) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to: (i) Single-occupancy changing areas, restrooms or sleeping quarters that are conspicuously designated for unisex use; (ii) An employee who enters the changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters to clean, maintain or inspect a changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters when the changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters is not occupied; ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0072 ENROLLED ACT NO. 48, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 5 (iii) A person who enters a changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters to render medical assistance or caregiving assistance; (iv) A person or employee who enters the changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters while in the performance of the person's or employee's official duties; (v) Any time during an ongoing natural disaster or emergency or when necessary to prevent a serious threat to public health or safety; (vi) Changing areas, restrooms or sleeping quarters that have been temporarily designated for use by that person's sex; (vii) A coach and members of an athletic team or activity that includes members of both the male and female sexes present in a changing area or restroom during an athletic activity, in accordance with all of the following: (A) Another suitable changing area or restroom is not available; (B) The coach is the coach of an athletic activity or team with members of both the male and female sexes; (C) All persons in the changing area or restroom are fully clothed; (D) If available, the coach shall be accompanied by not less than one (1) additional adult at all times in the changing area or restroom, provided that an additional adult shall not be required if members of the ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0072 ENROLLED ACT NO. 48, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 6 activity or team of both sexes are present in the changing area or restroom. (e) In each public facility, a person who, while accessing a changing area or restroom designated for use by the person's sex, encounters another person of the opposite sex in the designated changing area or restroom shall have a cause of action against the public facility that: (i) Provided the other person permission to use a changing area or restroom of the opposite sex; or (ii) Failed to take reasonable steps to prohibit the other person from using the changing area or restroom of the opposite sex. Reasonable steps may include but are not limited to posting appropriate signage and adopting policies and procedures for the enforcement of the provisions of this act. (f) A person who is required by a correctional facility to share sleeping quarters with another person of the opposite sex shall have a cause of action against the correctional facility. (g) A person aggrieved under this section who prevails in a cause of action brought under this section is entitled to actual damages and may recover reasonable attorney fees and costs from the governmental entity operating the public facility. 9-25-103. Sex-designated changing areas and privacy spaces in educational facilities. (a) In each educational facility: ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0072 ENROLLED ACT NO. 48, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 7 (i) Each multi-occupancy changing area, restroom and sleeping quarters shall be designated by the educational facility for use exclusively for males or exclusively for females; (ii) Every multi-occupancy changing area, restroom and sleeping quarters designated for one (1) sex shall be used only by members of that sex. (b) In each educational facility, no person shall enter a changing area that is designated for one (1) sex unless that person is a member of that sex. (c) Each educational facility that offers housing for student residents shall provide students the option to be housed only with persons of the same sex. (d) During any activity or event authorized by an educational facility where persons share sleeping quarters, no person shall be required to share sleeping quarters with a member of the opposite sex, unless all occupants of the sleeping quarters are members of the same immediate family. (e) In any other facility or setting in an educational facility where a person may be in a state of undress in the presence of others, the educational facility shall provide separate, private changing areas designated for use by persons based on their sex. Except as provided by subsection (f) of this section, no person shall enter these changing areas unless that person is a member of the designated sex. (f) This section shall not apply to: ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0072 ENROLLED ACT NO. 48, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 8 (i) Single-occupancy changing areas, restrooms or sleeping quarters that are conspicuously designated for unisex or family use; (ii) Changing areas, restrooms or sleeping quarters that have been temporarily designated for use by that person's sex; (iii) A person of one (1) sex who uses a single-sex changing area or restroom designated for the opposite sex, if that single-sex changing area or restroom is the only facility reasonably available at the time of the person's use of the changing area or restroom and no members of the opposite sex are present in the changing area or restroom at that time; (iv) A person employed to clean, maintain or inspect a changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters when the changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters is not occupied; (v) A person who enters a changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters to render medical assistance or caregiving assistance; (vi) A person who is in need of assistance and, for the purposes of receiving that assistance, is accompanied by a family member, legal guardian or the person's designee who is a member of the designated sex for the single-sex changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters; (vii) Any time during an ongoing natural disaster or emergency or when necessary to prevent a serious threat to public health or student safety; ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0072 ENROLLED ACT NO. 48, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 9 (viii) A school official or employee who enters the changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters while in the performance of the official's or employee's official duties and who takes reasonable steps to ensure that no person in the room is in a state of undress; (ix) A coach and members of an athletic team or activity that includes members of both the male and female sexes present in a changing area or restroom during an athletic activity, in accordance with all of the following: (A) Another suitable changing area or restroom is not available; (B) The coach is the coach of an athletic activity or team with members of both the male and female sexes; (C) All persons in the changing area or restroom are fully clothed; (D) If available, the coach shall be accompanied by not less than one (1) additional adult at all times in the changing area or restroom, provided that an additional adult shall not be required if members of the activity or team of both sexes are present in the changing area or restroom. (g) Each educational facility shall provide a reasonable accommodation to any person who is unwilling or unable for any reason to use a changing area or restroom designated for the person's sex and located within an educational facility, or multi-occupancy sleeping quarters while attending an activity sponsored by the educational ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0072 ENROLLED ACT NO. 48, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 10 facility, and who makes a written request to the educational facility for the reasonable accommodation. A reasonable accommodation granted under this subsection shall not include access to a changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters that is designated for use by members of the opposite sex while persons of the opposite sex are present or could be present. (h) In each educational facility, any person who, while accessing a changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters designated for use by the person's sex, encounters a person of the opposite sex may bring a cause of action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the educational facility if: (i) The educational facility gave that person permission to use the changing area or restroom of the opposite sex; or (ii) The educational facility failed to take reasonable steps to prohibit that person from using the changing area or restroom of the opposite sex. (j) A person who is required by the educational facility to share sleeping quarters with a person of the opposite sex shall have a private cause of action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the educational facility. (k) Any action initiated under subsections (h) or (j) of this section shall be in accordance with all of the following: ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0072 ENROLLED ACT NO. 48, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 11 (i) Any civil action shall be brought not later than four (4) years after the event creating the cause of action has occurred; (ii) Any person who prevails in an action brought under subsections (h) or (j) of this section may recover from the educational facility five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for each instance that the person encountered a person of the opposite sex while accessing a changing area, restroom or sleeping quarters designated for use by the person's sex; (iii) The person may also recover monetary damages from the educational facility for all harm suffered; (iv) Any person who prevails in an action brought under subsections (h) or (j) of this section shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs from the educational facility; (v) Nothing in this section shall limit any other remedy of law or equity available to the person against the educational facility. Section 2. W.S. 1-39-104(a) is amended to read: 1-39-104. Granting immunity from tort liability; liability on contracts; exceptions. (a) A governmental entity and its public employees while acting within the scope of duties are granted immunity from liability for any tort except as provided by W.S. 1-39-105 through 1-39-112, and 1-39-122 and through 1-39-123 1-39-124. Any immunity in actions based on a ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL NO. HB0072 ENROLLED ACT NO. 48, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING 2025 GENERAL SESSION 12 contract entered into by a governmental entity is waived except to the extent provided by the contract if the contract was within the powers granted to the entity and was properly executed and except as provided in W.S. 1-39-120(b). The claims procedures of W.S. 1-39-113 apply to contractual claims against governmental entities. Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2025. (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