Fairness in sports-intercollegiate athletics.
SF 44 requires the University of Wyoming and Wyoming community colleges to have students compete in intercollegiate athletics based on their biological sex as recorded on their official birth certificate. The bill prohibits male students from competing in women's sports teams and female students from competing in men's sports teams, except when no equivalent team exists for their sex. It defines "biological sex" using the sex listed on a student's birth certificate (or a government record correcting a clerical error), and includes protections against retaliation for reporting violations. The law takes effect July 1, 2025, and allows students to sue institutions for violations.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 16, 2025
Signed Mar 13, 2025
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What changed between versions
Introduced
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Enrolled
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3 edits
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Mar 13, 2025
MINOR
The bill was finalized and enrolled after passing through the legislative process, with minor formatting and numbering adjustments. The core policy requirements remain unchanged, maintaining restrictions on intercollegiate athletic competition based on biological sex as originally introduced.
Scope change
No substantive change to scope or applicability; the bill's provisions remain the same from introduction to enrollment.
TECHNICAL
Page headers and numbering were updated to reflect the enrolled version with official act number 94 and proper legislative session identification.
Minor formatting adjustments to spacing and line breaks throughout the document to meet final enrollment standards.
Added official enrollment metadata including act number, session information, and signature lines for the Governor and legislative officers.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 22, 2025 · House Mar 4, 2025
How they voted
27–3
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 31
Jan 22, 2025
D
Democratic2
100% Nay
R
Republican29
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Mar 13, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed SEA No. 0094
legislature
Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
S Concur:Passed 23-8-0-0-0
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 52-8-2-0-0
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
H04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-3-1-0-0
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
upper
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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