Wyoming State Legislature

A bill seeking to cut that tax rate was watered down as it moved through the Legislature, but what remained of the bill was signed into law by Gov. Mark Gordon last week.

The Wyoming Legislature has passed a bill banning trans girls and women from competing in high school and middle school sports.

Wyoming's "Don't Say Gay" bill has failed this session, having missed a key deadline Friday evening.

A bill banning transgender girls and women from female high school sports is one step closer to becoming law, advancing out of its second committee.

Wyoming lawmakers have considered two bills this session aimed at outlawing gender-affirming care for people under 18. One of those bills is still in play, but "Chloe's Law" died in a committee Wed., Feb. 22, ending its path through the legislature.

Supporters say the bills are about stopping alleged assaults on children's health and education — but the claims made by these supporters are at odds with the best available research in the fields they seek to legislate.

In Wyoming, teachers and school administrators who spank or paddle a child are granted legal immunity from any lawsuits or criminal charges they would otherwise face. That will continue to be the case now that Senate File 47 is dead.

Jones said times have changed and the evidence is now clear that corporal punishment is useless or worse in the pursuit of discipline.

Wyoming will remain one of just two states without a shield law.