WyomingWyoming law defines conduct covered by child exploitation crimes
Since July 1, 2026, Wyoming law has defined explicit sexual conduct for the child sexual exploitation crime to include specified sexual acts, abuse, and displays.
What it does
Wyoming law defines “explicit sexual conduct” for its child sexual exploitation crime to include sexual acts, abuse, and certain displays of body parts.
Argument forListing covered sexual acts, abuse, and displays could help people understand what the law means by explicit sexual conduct.
Argument againstBecause the definition includes simulated sexual acts and several kinds of body displays, people may find it hard to tell when a depiction fits.
More detail
Wyoming law defines “explicit sexual conduct” for its child sexual exploitation crime. The definition includes intercourse between people of the same or opposite sex, bestiality, masturbation, sadistic or masochistic abuse, and certain displays of body parts. This definition took effect July 1, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Mar 6Assigned Chapter Number 30Latest
- Mar 6Governor Mark Gordon Signed HEA No. 0013Became Law
- Mar 3S President Signed HEA No. 0013
- Mar 3H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0013
- Mar 3Assigned Number HEA No. 0013
- Mar 2S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0Passed Senate
- Vote recorded S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 27S 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Feb 26S COW:PassedMinor
- Feb 24S Placed on General File
- Vote recorded S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 24S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0Minor
- Feb 23S Introduced and Referred to S01 - JudiciaryMinor
- Feb 23S Received for IntroductionMinor
- Feb 22H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-1-1-0-0Passed House
- Vote recorded H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-1-1-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 20H 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Feb 20H COW:PassedMinor
- Feb 14H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0Minor
- Vote recorded H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 13H Placed on General File
- Feb 10H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor 60-2-0-0-0Minor
- Vote recorded H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor 60-2-0-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 9H Received for IntroductionMinor
- 2025
- Dec 29Bill Number AssignedIntroduced
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