WyomingWyoming law removes the sunset date for Indian child welfare rules
Starting July 1, 2026, Wyoming’s Indian Child Welfare Act will no longer have the sunset date that this law repeals.
What it does
The law repeals subsection (b), identified in the act’s title as the sunset date for Wyoming’s Indian Child Welfare Act. The text does not describe other changes to the Act.
Argument forRemoving the scheduled end date could let Wyoming’s Indian child welfare rules remain in place without expiring on that date.
Argument againstRemoving the scheduled end date could leave fewer built-in chances for lawmakers to reconsider whether these rules should continue.
More detail
The law repeals subsection (b) of Wyoming law on Indian child welfare; the act’s title identifies it as the sunset date. The repeal applies to subsection (b) of Wyoming law on Indian child welfare. The act takes effect July 1, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Mar 6Assigned Chapter Number 57Latest
- Mar 6Governor Mark Gordon Signed SEA No. 0048Became Law
- Mar 6H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0048
- Mar 5S President Signed SEA No. 0048
- Mar 4Assigned Number SEA No. 0048
- Vote recorded H 3rd Reading:Passed 40-20-2-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 4H 3rd Reading:Passed 40-20-2-0-0Passed 2nd Chamber
- Mar 3H 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Mar 2H COW:PassedMinor
- Feb 26H Placed on General File
- Vote recorded H08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 26H08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0Minor
- Feb 19H Introduced and Referred to H08 - TransportationMinor
- Feb 18H Received for IntroductionMinor
- Vote recorded S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-1-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 18S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-1-0-0Passed 1st Chamber
- Feb 17S 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Feb 16S COW:PassedMinor
- Feb 13S Placed on General File
- Vote recorded S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 3-0-2-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 3-0-2-0-0Minor
- Feb 9S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 30-1-0-0-0Minor
- Vote recorded S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 30-1-0-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29S Received for IntroductionMinor
- Jan 29Bill Number AssignedIntroduced