Prohibition of institutional discrimination. | 25LSO-0326, 1.0 |
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HB0147
ORIGINAL House ENGROSSED
Bill No. HB0147
ENROLLED ACT NO. 67, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2025 General Session
AN ACT relating to the administration of government; prohibiting governmental entities from engaging in any diversity, equity or inclusion program, activity or policy; prohibiting governmental entities engaging in institutional discrimination; prohibiting required attendance for certain programs or trainings; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; providing applicability; and providing for effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. W.S. 9‑25‑101 is created to read:
CHAPTER 25
PROHIBITED PRACTICES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS
ARTICLE 1
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION ACTIVITIES
9‑25‑101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this section:
(i) \"Diversity, equity or inclusion\" means any program, activity or policy that promotes differential or preferential treatment of individuals or classifies individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin;
(ii) \"Governmental entity\" means the state, any department thereof, the University of Wyoming and any county, city, town, school district, community college district, other political subdivision and other public corporation of the state;
(iii) \"Institutional discrimination\" means any of the following concepts:
(A) That any race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin is inherently superior or inferior;
(B) That a person should be discriminated against or adversely treated because of the person's race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin;
(C) That the moral character of a person is determined by the person's race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin;
(D) That because of a person's race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin the person is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, whether consciously or subconsciously;
(E) That by virtue of a person's race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin, the person is inherently responsible for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin;
(F) That fault, blame or bias should be assigned to members of a race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin;
(G) That any person should accept, acknowledge, affirm or assent to a sense of guilt, complicity or a need to apologize on the basis of the person's race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin;
(H) That meritocracy or certain traits including a hard work ethic are racist or sexist.
(b) No governmental entity shall:
(i) Engage in any diversity, equity or inclusion program, activity or policy;
(ii) Engage in institutional discrimination;
(iii) Require instruction promoting institutional discrimination;
(iv) Require any student, employee or contractor to attend or participate in any diversity, equity or inclusion program or training or any institutional discrimination program or training.
(c) As a political class, classification or identity, federally recognized Indian tribes and programs, trainings, degrees, classes or endowments related to federally recognized Indian tribes or Indian history, culture, language and traditions, are not diversity, equity and inclusion as defined by this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to federally recognized Indian tribes. For purposes of this section:
(i) \"Federally recognized Indian tribe\" means a tribal government and its citizens who have an acknowledged government‑to‑government relationship with the United States of America;
(ii) Federally recognized Indian tribes and their citizens shall be considered a political class, classification or identity. Tribes and their members shall not be considered a race or a racial classification.
Section 2. Not later than July 1, 2025, all governmental entities as defined in section 1 of this act shall take any actions required to implement this act including the promulgation of rules, if necessary.
Section 3.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2025.
(b) Sections 2 and 3 of this act are 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.
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HB0147 | Prohibition of institutional discrimination. |
Sponsored By: Representative(s) Rodriguez-Williams, Angelos, Brady, Brown, G, Knapp, Strock and Tarver and Senator(s) Hutchings, Ide, Kolb and Smith, D
AN ACT relating to the administration of government; prohibiting governmental entities from engaging in any diversity, equity or inclusion program, activity or policy; prohibiting governmental entities engaging in institutional discrimination; prohibiting required attendance for certain programs or trainings; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; providing applicability; and providing for effective dates.
1/10/2025 Bill Number Assigned
1/13/2025 H Received for Introduction
1/14/2025 H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education
1/16/2025 H04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Representative(s) Andrew, Bratten, Erickson, Guggenmos, Kelly, Lawley, Singh, Strock, Williams
Ayes 9 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
1/16/2025 H Placed on General File
HB0147HS001.01/ADOPTED [DIVIDED AMENDMENT]
(CORRECTED COPY)
Page 3-line 6 Delete \"not\".
Page 5-line 1 After \"Engage in\" delete balance of line.
Page 5-after line 2 Insert and renumber as necessary:
\"(iii) Require instruction promoting institutional discrimination;\".
Page 5-line 4 Delete \"(iii)\" and insert \"(iv)\". Andrew, Chairman
HB0147HS001.02/FAILED [DIVIDED AMENDMENT]
(CORRECTED COPY)
Page 5-after line 7 Insert:
\"(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit discussion during instruction.\". Andrew, Chairman
1/16/2025 H COW:Passed
1/17/2025 H 2nd Reading:Passed
HB0147H3001/FAILED
Page 1-line 6 After \"trainings;\" insert \"providing exceptions;\".
Page 5-after line 7 Insert:
\"(c) This section shall not apply to:
(i) Correctional officers as defined by W.S. 9-1-701(a)(xv);
(ii) Correctional officer training as defined by W.S 9-1-701(a)(xvi);
(iii) Detention officers as defined by W.S. 9-1-701(a)(iii);
(iv) Law enforcement units as defined by W.S. 9-1-701(a)(vi);
(v) Peace officers as defined by W.S. 7-2-101(a)(iv);
(vi) The peace officer standards and training commission created by W.S. 9-1-702;
(vii) Peace officer training as defined by W.S. 9-1-701(a)(x).\". Provenza
1/20/2025 H 3rd Reading:Passed 51-8-3-0-0
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Representative(s) Allemand, Andrew, Angelos, Banks, Bear, Brady, Bratten, Brown, G, Brown, L, Byron, Campbell, K, Clouston, Davis, Eklund, Erickson, Filer, Geringer, Guggenmos, Haroldson, Harshman, Heiner, Hoeft, Jarvis, Johnson, Kelly, Knapp, Larsen, Larson, Lawley, Lien, Locke, Lucas, Mccann, Neiman, Ottman, Pendergraft, Rodriguez-Williams, Schmid, Singh, Smith, Strock, Styvar, Tarver, Thayer, Washut, Wasserburger, Webb, Wharff, Williams, Winter, Wylie
Nays: Representative(s) Campbell, E, Chestek, Connolly, Nicholas, Provenza, Sherwood, Storer, Yin
Excused: Representative(s) Posey, Riggins, Webber
Ayes 51 Nays 8 Excused 3 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
1/21/2025 S Received for Introduction
2/18/2025 S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary
2/24/2025 :Refer to S05 - Agriculture
2/27/2025 S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) French, Ide, Mckeown, Taliaferro Pearson
Excused: Senator Crago
Ayes 4 Nays 0 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
2/27/2025 S Placed on General File
2/27/2025 S COW:Passed
HB0147S2001/ADOPTED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)
Page 5-after line 7 Insert and renumber as necessary:
\"(c) As a political class, classification or identity, federally recognized Indian tribes and programs, trainings, degrees, classes or endowments related to federally recognized Indian tribes or Indian history, culture, language and traditions, are not diversity, equity and inclusion as defined by this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to federally recognized Indian tribes. For purposes of this section:
(i) \"Federally recognized Indian tribe\" means a tribal government and its citizens who have an acknowledged government‑to‑government relationship with the United States of America;
(ii) Federally recognized Indian tribes and their citizens shall be considered a political class, classification or identity. Tribes and their members shall not be considered a race or a racial classification.\" Case
2/28/2025 S 2nd Reading:Passed
3/3/2025 S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) Anderson, Barlow, Biteman, Boner, Brennan, Cooper, Crago, Crum, Dockstader, Driskill, French, Gierau, Hicks, Hutchings, Ide, Jones, Kolb, Landen, Laursen, Mckeown, Nethercott, Olsen, Pappas, Pearson, Salazar, Schuler, Scott, Smith, Steinmetz
Nays: Senator(s) Case, Rothfuss
Ayes 29 Nays 2 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
3/3/2025 H Received for Concurrence
3/3/2025 H Concur:Passed 55-5-2-0-0
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Representative(s) Allemand, Andrew, Angelos, Banks, Bear, Brady, Bratten, Brown, G, Brown, L, Byron, Campbell, E, Campbell, K, Chestek, Clouston, Connolly, Davis, Eklund, Erickson, Filer, Geringer, Guggenmos, Haroldson, Harshman, Heiner, Hoeft, Johnson, Kelly, Knapp, Larsen, Larson, Lawley, Lien, Locke, Lucas, Mccann, Neiman, Ottman, Pendergraft, Posey, Riggins, Rodriguez-Williams, Singh, Smith, Strock, Styvar, Tarver, Thayer, Washut, Wasserburger, Webb, Webber, Wharff, Williams, Winter, Wylie
Nays: Representative(s) Jarvis, Provenza, Sherwood, Storer, Yin
Excused: Representative(s) Nicholas, Schmid
Ayes 55 Nays 5 Excused 2 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
3/3/2025 Assigned Number HEA No. 0067
3/4/2025 H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0067
3/4/2025 S President Signed HEA No. 0067
3/4/2025 Governor Signed HEA No. 0067
3/4/2025 Assigned Chapter Number 110
Chapter No. 110 Session Laws of Wyoming 2025
Bill No.: HB0147 Effective: 7/1/2025
LSO No.: 25LSO-0326
Enrolled Act No.: HEA No. 0067
Chapter No.: 110
Prime Sponsor: Rodriguez-Williams
Catch Title: Prohibition of institutional discrimination.
Has Report: No
Subject: Prohibition of institutional discrimination.
Summary/Major Elements:
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill. |