HB 83 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

Child custody-sex offense conviction presumption.

HB 83 creates a legal presumption that parents required to register as sex offenders (under Wyoming law) cannot have unsupervised visitation with children. It also requires courts to specifically consider any parent's sex-related conviction when determining child custody in divorce cases. The bill amends Wyoming statutes to add this factor to custody decisions and establishes the visitation presumption, effective July 1, 2025. This directly affects parents with sex offense convictions and family courts handling custody disputes.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Signed Mar 6, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Enrolled · 3 edits · Mar 6, 2025
MINOR
This bill was finalized and enrolled after passing both legislative chambers. The core policy content remains unchanged, establishing a rebuttable presumption that parents who must register as sex offenders should not have unsupervised visitation with their children. The primary differences are formatting updates, page numbering, and the effective date changing from July 1, 2025 to immediately upon becoming law.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the law applies to the same situations as the introduced version.
TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for the bill to become law.

TECHNICAL

Header information was updated from 'Introduced' to 'Enrolled' with new act number (60) and legislature session details.

Minor formatting and line break adjustments were made throughout the text during the enrollment process.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2025 · House Feb 6, 2025

How they voted

274
Passed
Total votes 31
Mar 3, 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 6, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEA No. 0060
legislature
Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-4-0-0-0
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors

Sponsors