Pre filed bills so far. Keep in mind that these are the ones that have made it through the last legislature. The new one hasn't been sworn in yet..
| HB0002 | Hunting license application fees increase. | Travel | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0003 | Animal abuse-predatory animals. | Travel | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0004 | Snowmobile registration and user fees. | Travel | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0005 | Fishing outfitters and guides-registration of fishing boats. | Travel | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0006 | Advance health care directives-dementia. | Larsen, L | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0007 | K-12 post secondary education options. | Harshman | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0008 | School finance-average daily membership. | Harshman | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0009 | Young entrepreneurs-limiting license requirements. | Harshman | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0010 | Limited mining operations-amendments. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0011 | Manufacturing sales and use tax exemption-amendments. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0012 | Industrial production equipment-deferral. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0013 | Integrated test center-governance. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0014 | Solid waste municipal cease and transfer funding. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0015 | Limited mining operations-bonding amendments. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0016 | Used nuclear fuel storage-amendments. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0017 | Career technical education equipment grants amendments. | Education | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0018 | Career technical education funding. | Education | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0019 | Social media-parental consent for minors required. | Harshman | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0020 | K-12 school facility leasing. | Sel Sch Fac | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0021 | School finance-routine maintenance worker calculation. | Sel Sch Fac | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0022 | Water and wastewater operator-emergency response. | Campbell, E | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0023 | Surrender driver's license-repeal. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0024 | Alternative fuel tax-electricity amendments. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0025 | Vehicle accident reporting-amendments. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0026 | Highway safety-child restraints. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0027 | Disabled parking windshield placards-revisions. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0028 | Commercial driver's licenses-revisions. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0029 | Severance tax distribution-highway fund. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0030 | Driver's licenses and IDs-revisions. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0031 | School safety and security. | Pendergraft | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0032 | What is a Woman Act. | Lien | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0033 | Vehicle sales and use tax distribution-highway fund. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0034 | Department of transportation-efficiency study. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0035 | Vacancies in elected office. | Harshman | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0036 | Hathaway scholarship-amendments. | Harshman | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0037 | Expulsion for possession of a deadly weapon. | Harshman | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0038 | Ad valorem taxation-payment and credit of penalties. | Revenue | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0039 | Property tax refund program-revisions. | Revenue | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0040 | Sales and use tax revisions. | Revenue | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0041 | Environmental quality-irrevocable letters of credit. | Lawley | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0042 | Regulation of surgical abortions. | Lawley | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0043 | Age verification for websites with harmful material. | Lawley | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0044 | Loren "Teense" Willford Memorial Highway. | Davis | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0045 | Removing otters as protected animals. | Byron | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0046 | Homeschool freedom act. | Strock | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0047 | Secretary of state-expedited filings. | BlockChain/Technology | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0048 | Department of family services-confidentiality amendments. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0049 | Treatment courts-amendments. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0050 | Disclosure of sensitive information-law enforcement. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0051 | Municipal courts-maximum penalties. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0052 | State's right of appeal in criminal cases. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0053 | Governmental claims-negligent investigations. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0054 | Chancery court judges-district and circuit court assistance. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0055 | Court automation fee-amendments. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0056 | Cities and towns notice for zoning changes-amendments. | Filer | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HJ0001 | Amending Wyoming's act of admission for earnings. | Cap Fin & Inv | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0002 | Hunting licenses-weighted bonus points system. | Travel | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0003 | Mule and whitetail deer-separate hunting seasons. | Travel | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0004 | State park peace officers-definition and scope of authority. | Travel | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0005 | School district vehicles-flashing lights authorized. | Cooper | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0006 | Residential property-removal of unlawful occupant. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0007 | Protection order amendments. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0008 | Protection orders-effective during appeal or review. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0009 | Restoration of rights amendments. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0010 | Settlement agreements for minors-parental authorization. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0011 | Use of fraudulent documents to wrongfully possess property. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0012 | Permanent protection orders. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0013 | Reading assessment and intervention amendments. | Education | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0014 | Wyoming imagination library program. | Education | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0015 | Oil and gas conservation commission-regulation of pits. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0016 | Industrial siting-tribal notification. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0017 | Carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery stimulus. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0018 | Enhanced oil recovery-severance tax exemption. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0019 | Impact assistance payments-maximum percentages and review. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0020 | Oil and gas bonding-options and bonding pools. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0021 | Ban on cell phone use in schools. | Schuler | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0022 | Ground for termination of parental rights-guardianship. | Schuler | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0023 | Handicap placards-health care providers' approval. | Labor | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0024 | Special license plates for multipurpose vehicles. | Barlow | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0025 | Electronic lien and title system. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0026 | Protection of military equipment. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0027 | Wyoming national guard member referral-amendments. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0028 | ROTC endowment program. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0029 | Firearm hold agreement-limited liability. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0030 | Wyoming's investment in veteran's mental health. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0031 | Boards and commissions veteran ex officio members. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0032 | Unpaved roads speed limits-amendments. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0033 | Noncitizen driver's license and ID card-revisions. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0034 | School finance-routine and major maintenance calculations. | Sel Sch Fac | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0035 | Governmental claims-maximum liability amounts. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0036 | Music therapy-use of title. | Labor | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0037 | Enhanced concealed carry in school zones. | Cooper | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0038 | Performance compensation-investment performance amendment. | Appropriations | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0039 | Automatic transfer of automobile title upon death. | Olsen | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0040 | Zoning protest petition-amendments. | Appropriations | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0041 | Federal acts-legal actions authorized. | Agriculture | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0042 | Resort hotel liquor licenses. | Gierau | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0043 | Temporary water use agreements amendments. | Agriculture | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0044 | Fairness in sports-intercollegiate athletics. | Schuler | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0045 | Wyoming state guard-amendments. | Laursen, D | Bill Number Assigned |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0019
Social media-parental consent for minors required.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Harshman, Lawley, Washut and Wharff and Senator(s) Barlow and Olsen
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to trade and commerce; requiring parental consent for minors under age eighteen (18) to use a social media platform; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. W.S. 40‑32‑101 and 40‑32‑102 are created to read:
CHAPTER 32
SOCIAL MEDIA REGULATION
40‑32‑101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this chapter:
(i) "Account holder" means a person who has or who creates or opens an account or profile to use a social media platform;
(ii) "Minor" means a person who is a resident of Wyoming, who is under the age of eighteen (18) and who is not married or has not become emancipated as provided in W.S. 14‑1‑201 through 14‑1‑206;
(iii) "Social media company" means a person that is an interactive computer service that provides a social media platform for use;
(iv) "Social media platform" means an online forum that a social media company makes available for an account holder to create a profile, upload posts, view the posts of other account holders or interact with other account holders or users.
40‑32‑102. Social media platforms; parental consent required; remedies.
(a) No social media company shall allow a minor to be an account holder on the social media company's social media platform unless the social media company obtains the express consent of the minor's parent or guardian.
(b) Each social media company shall deny access to its social media platform for each account holder who fails to meet the verification requirements specified in subsection (a) of this section until the social media company receives the express parental or guardian consent required under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The attorney general shall promulgate all rules for:
(i) The process by which a social media company can obtain parental consent for a minor seeking to open or create an account and be an account holder on a social media platform;
(ii) The method by which a parent or guardian of a minor can provide consent for a minor to open or create an account and be an account holder on a social media platform;
(iii) The methods by which social media companies shall verify the authenticity of the parental or guardian consent provided for a minor to open or create an account and be an account holder on a social media platform;
(iv) The methods by which a social media company shall allow parents or guardians to revoke or withdraw consent previously given for a minor to open or create an account and be an account holder on a social media platform and for parents or guardians to revoke or withdraw nonconsent previously expressed and thereafter consent for a minor to open or create an account and be an account holder on a social media platform.
(d) The attorney general may pursue any remedy authorized under the Wyoming Consumer Protection Act against a social media company that fails to comply with this article.
Section 2. The attorney general shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act.
Section 3.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, 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.
(b) Section 1 of this act is effective July 1, 2025.
SENATE FILE NO. SF0021
Ban on cell phone use in schools.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Schuler and Representative(s) Brown, L, Clouston and Larson, JT
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to education; requiring school districts to adopt policies prohibiting students from using cell phones and smart watches in schools as specified; providing exceptions; providing a definition; specifying applicability; and providing for effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. W.S. 21‑3‑110(a) by creating a new paragraph (xliv) is amended to read:
21‑3‑110. Duties of boards of trustees.
(a) The board of trustees in each school district shall:
(xliv) Adopt policies to prohibit students from using cellular telephones and smart watches during instructional time. For purposes of this paragraph, "smart watch" means a wearable computing device that closely resembles a wristwatch or other time keeping device with the capacity to act in place of or as an extension of a person's cellular telephone. "Smart watch" does not include a wearable device that can only tell time, monitor a person's health information or track a person's location. Policies adopted under this paragraph shall not prohibit students from using cellular telephones and smart watches under any of the following circumstances:
(A) In the case of an emergency or in response to a perceived threat of danger;
(B) When an employee of the school district authorizes a student to use a cellular telephone or a smart watch;
(C) When using a cellular telephone or a smart watch is included in a student's individualized education plan or plan developed under section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended;
(D) When a health care provider determines that the use of a cellular telephone or a smart watch is necessary to manage a student's health care.
Section 2. Not later than July 1, 2025, each school district board of trustees shall establish policies in accordance with this act.
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.
(END)
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