# Wyoming HB 149: AN ACT relating to children; providing legislative findings; specifying protections for specified adoption and foster care providers and parents; prohibiting discriminatory actions associated with adoption and foster care; specifying remedies and causes of action; making conforming amendments; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.

Wyoming HB 149, AN ACT relating to children; providing legislative findings; specifying protections for specified adoption and foster care providers and parents; prohibiting discriminatory actions associated with adoption and foster care; specifying remedies and causes of action; making conforming amendments; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date., is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-03-03 (H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Wyoming HB 149
- State: Wyoming
- Session: 2025 General Session
- Title: AN ACT relating to children; providing legislative findings; specifying protections for specified adoption and foster care providers and parents; prohibiting discriminatory actions associated with adoption and foster care; specifying remedies and causes of action; making conforming amendments; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-10
- Last action: 2025-03-03, H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
- Sponsor: Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Abby Angelos (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jeremy Haroldson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Hoeft (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chip Neiman (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ken Pendergraft (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Daniel Singh (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Evie Brennan (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lynn Hutchings (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bob Ide (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jared Olsen (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tim Salazar (Republican), Senate

## Actions (5)

- 2025-03-03: H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 (House)
- 2025-02-07: H No report prior to CoW Cutoff (House)
- 2025-01-30: H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor (House)
- 2025-01-13: H Received for Introduction (House)
- 2025-01-10: Bill Number Assigned

## Bill text

- Introduced: [PDF](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Introduced/HB0149.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Introduced/HB0149.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 62: AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; amending the crimes of prostitution and…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-HB62-2025)
- [SF 104: AN ACT relating to the probate code; amending maximum values for certain procee…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF104-2025)
- [SF 95: AN ACT relating to banks, banking and finance; providing for the conversion of…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF95-2025)
- [HB 279: AN ACT relating to property taxation; specifying that if multiple property tax…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-HB279-2025)
- [SF 10: AN ACT relating to children; authorizing parents and guardians to enter into bi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF10-2025)
- [HB 136: AN ACT relating to compensation and benefits; excluding the Affordable Care Act…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-HB136-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-HB149-2025 (as of 2026-11-01).