HB 280 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

Sex offender registration.

HB 280 modifies Wyoming's sex offender registration requirements for specific offenders. It mandates that people convicted of certain crimes involving minors (e.g., offenses with victims under 13 years old) must verify their address in person every 3 months with local sheriffs, instead of every 6 months for other offenses. The bill also prohibits these individuals from petitioning to be removed from the sex offender registry. These changes apply only to convictions occurring on or after July 1, 2025.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Signed Mar 13, 2025
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Introduced Enrolled · 5 edits · Mar 13, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates Wyoming's sex offender registration laws by reclassifying certain offenses to require more frequent in-person address verification. The changes affect how often offenders must report their location to law enforcement and which specific crimes trigger these stricter requirements.
Scope change
The bill modifies the scope of offenses requiring frequent verification by adding new crimes to subsection (j) and removing some crimes from subsection (h), while also changing the verification frequency for offenses in subsection (j).
REQUIREMENT

Changed address verification frequency from every six months to every three months for offenders convicted of certain offenses listed in subsection (j), such as sexual abuse of minors under thirteen years old.

Updated subsection (h) to maintain six-month verification frequency for offenses involving victims aged fourteen and older, while subsection (j) now requires three-month verification for more serious offenses involving younger victims.

ELIGIBILITY

Added new offenses to subsection (j) that require more frequent verification, including violations of W.S. 6-2-201 when the victim was a minor, and various sexual abuse statutes when victims were under thirteen years of age.

Removed certain offenses from subsection (h) that previously required six-month verification, including W.S. 6-2-302, 6-2-303, and 6-2-304(a)(iii) when the victim was under fourteen years of age.

TIMELINE

Added Section 2 clarifying that the act only applies to offenders convicted on and after the effective date, and Section 3 establishing July 1, 2025 as the effective date.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2025 · House Feb 12, 2025

How they voted

274
Passed
Total votes 31
Mar 5, 2025
D Democratic2
2 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican29
27 Yea 2 Nay
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Mar 13, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEA No. 0072
legislature
Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-4-0-0-0
upper
Mar 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-3-2-0-0
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors

Sponsors