HB 152 Wyoming House · 2023 Regular Session

Life is a Human Right Act.

Wyoming's HB 152, the "Life is a Human Right Act," prohibits most abortions by defining "abortion" as the intentional termination of an unborn baby's life from conception. It directly affects pregnant individuals and medical providers in Wyoming by banning abortion except when a physician uses reasonable medical judgment to prevent the death of the pregnant woman, address a serious risk to her life or a life-sustaining organ, or treat an ectopic pregnancy. The bill explicitly excludes contraception from the prohibition and defines "unborn baby" as a living human from fertilization through birth. This law creates criminal penalties for violations and amends existing abortion-related statutes.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
Signed into Law
Mar 2023
Introduced Jan 25, 2023 Signed Mar 17, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 1, 2023 · House Feb 8, 2023

How they voted

255
Passed
Total votes 30
Mar 1, 2023
D Democratic2
2 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican28
25 Yea 3 Nay
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Mar 17, 2023
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEA No. 0088
legislature
Mar 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
H Concur:Passed 49-10-3-0-0
lower
Mar 1, 2023
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-5-1-0-0
upper
Feb 27, 2023
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Feb 22, 2023
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture
upper
Feb 8, 2023
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 46-16-0-0-0
lower
Feb 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-4-0-0-0
lower
Jan 25, 2023
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary
lower
1 primary · 35 co-sponsors

Sponsors