WyomingWyoming law limits where some registered sex offenders may live
Wyoming law limits where some registered sex offenders may live and requires the state to check their addresses and notify nearby child care facilities in specified cases.
What it does
Adults required to register as sex offenders may not live within 1,000 feet of a child care facility. The restriction has exceptions for residences established before July 1, 2026, or before the facility was established there.
The state must check address information from offenders against nearby child care facilities and the residence exceptions. Offenders may ask the sheriff or the state to check an address.
For people convicted of certain listed offenses, the state must notify every child care facility within at least 1,000 feet of their residence.
Argument forNotices could help child care facilities learn when certain people convicted of sex offenses live nearby.
Argument againstPeople who move later could have fewer housing options near child care facilities because the law bars some nearby residences.
More detail
A person required to register as a sex offender may not live within 1,000 feet of a child care facility. Distance is measured from the nearest point on the home's exterior wall to the facility's property line. A child care facility includes licensed providers and certain government-run facilities that care for children for payment; it does not include elementary, middle, or high schools. The restriction does not apply if the person's residence was established before July 1, 2026, or before the child care facility was established at that location. The law took effect July 1, 2026.
When the state division receives an offender's address information, it must check whether the person lives near a child care facility and whether an exception applies. The offender may ask the sheriff or the division to check whether an address is within 1,000 feet of a child care facility. The law took effect July 1, 2026.
The state division must notify child care facilities within at least 1,000 feet of an offender's residence. The notice goes to each child care facility within at least 1,000 feet of the offender's residence. This notice is required for an offender convicted of an offense listed in W.S. 7-19-302(h) or (j). The law took effect July 1, 2026.
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- Passed 2nd Chamber
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History
- 2026
- Mar 6Assigned Chapter Number 59Latest
- Mar 6Governor Mark Gordon Signed SEA No. 0052Became Law
- Mar 6H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0052
- Mar 5S President Signed SEA No. 0052
- Vote recorded SF0088JC001: H Adopted SF0088JC001: 41-19-2-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 5Assigned Number SEA No. 0052
- Mar 4
- Vote recorded SF0088JC001: S Adopted SF0088JC001: 29-2-0-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 3H Appointed JCC01 Members
- Mar 2S Appointed JCC01 Members
- Vote recorded S Concur:Failed 1-30-0-0-0. Result: fail.Upper
- Vote recorded H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-4-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 2S Concur:Failed 1-30-0-0-0
- Mar 2S Received for Concurrence
- Mar 2H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-4-0-0Passed 2nd Chamber
- Feb 27H 3rd Reading:Laid Back
- Feb 26H 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Feb 25H COW:PassedMinor
- Vote recorded H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-2-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 25H Placed on General File
- Feb 25H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-2-0-0Minor
- Feb 23H Introduced and Referred to H01 - JudiciaryMinor
- Feb 21H Received for IntroductionMinor
- Feb 20S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-6-0-0-0Passed 1st Chamber
- Vote recorded S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-6-0-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19S 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Feb 19S COW:PassedMinor
- Feb 18S Placed on General File
- Vote recorded S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 18S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0Minor
- Feb 11S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 28-3-0-0-0Minor
- Vote recorded S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 28-3-0-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 10S Received for IntroductionMinor
- Feb 9Bill Number AssignedIntroduced
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