SF 125 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

Defining health care and protecting the people's welfare.

This Wyoming bill (SF 125) defines "health care" in state law to clarify what legal actions qualify as health care. It specifies that medical procedures causing harm to body systems (like heart, brain, or organs) are *not* considered health care unless documented as medically necessary to save a pregnant woman’s life or for patients with no chance of meaningful recovery. The definition applies broadly to all Wyoming statutes and constitutional interpretations but excludes the Wyoming Health Care Decisions Act. The law takes effect July 1, 2025, aiming to protect public health and welfare through clear legal standards.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Vetoed
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Vetoed Mar 14, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Enrolled · 6 edits · Mar 5, 2025
MODERATE
This bill fundamentally redefines 'health care' in Wyoming to exclude abortion, with specific exceptions for life-threatening situations, incest, sexual assault, lethal fetal anomalies, and molar pregnancies. The legislation establishes that unborn babies are members of the human race with unalienable rights to life from conception and creates a new statute (W.S. 8-1-110) to codify these definitions and legislative findings.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope by creating a new statutory definition of health care that explicitly excludes abortion, while also establishing constitutional interpretations regarding the rights of unborn babies under the Wyoming constitution.
DEFINITION

Created new statute W.S. 8-1-110 defining health care to exclude abortion except in specific circumstances including life-threatening conditions for the pregnant woman, incest, sexual assault, lethal fetal anomalies, and molar pregnancies

Added specific definitions for abortion, ectopic pregnancy, lethal fetal anomaly, molar pregnancy, and pregnant to establish legal standards for interpreting the bill

REQUIREMENT

Requires reporting to law enforcement before performing abortions in cases of incest or sexual assault, with copies of reports provided to physicians

SCOPE

Established legislative findings that unborn babies are members of the human race with unalienable rights to life from conception under the Wyoming constitution

Determined that the health and general welfare of Wyoming people requires prohibition of abortion as defined in the act

TECHNICAL

Removed original bill header information and sponsorship details while adding enrolled act formatting and numbering

Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2025 · House Mar 3, 2025

How they voted

246
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 31
Feb 12, 2025
D Democratic2
2 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican29
24 Yea 4 Nay 1
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Mar 14, 2025
Vetoed
Governor Vetoed SEA No. 0092
legislature
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
S Concur:Passed 26-5-0-0-0
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 51-9-2-0-0
lower
Mar 3, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (53-1-4)
house
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-1-1-0-0
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 24-6-1-0-0
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor
upper
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors

Sponsors