All Roll Calls
Yes: 205 • No: 19
WyomingHB 92026 Budget SessionHouseWALLET
AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; establishing the criminal offense of grooming of a minor for a sexual offense; specifying penalties; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored By: null Judiciary
Signed by Governor
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Grooming offenders face treatment and monitoring
People convicted of grooming a minor must complete sex offender treatment provided or approved by Wyoming's Department of Corrections. They are also subject to probation for up to 10 years. Courts cannot use the deferred-proceedings probation option for this felony. While required to register, offenders must verify their address in person with their county sheriff each year. The sheriff must photograph them and send the photo and verification to the division within three working days. Offenders without an established home, including transient offenders, satisfy address verification by following the law's separate reporting requirements.
New felony penalties for grooming minors
Effective upon enactment, Wyoming law adds protection for minors by making sexual grooming a felony. The offender must be at least 18 and at least four years older than the minor. The offense requires a purposeful or knowing pattern of grooming for one of four purposes: manipulating the minor into sexual conduct, enticing or forcing an in-person sexual meeting, providing access to sexually explicit material, or using authority to build an intimate or secret relationship. Grooming includes manipulation and trust-building online, in person, or through other people, even without a meeting or completed sexual conduct. Sexual conduct includes actual or simulated sexual acts, sexual displays, and viewing or depicting a nude or partly dressed child for sexual purposes or to abuse, humiliate, harass, or degrade the child. The definition excludes medical procedures from penetration by an object. The general maximum penalty is five years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both. For a minor older than 12 but under 16, the maximum is 10 years and $10,000; under 12, it is 15 years and $15,000. Offenders in positions of authority face higher maximums: 10 years and $10,000 generally, 20 years and $20,000 for ages 12 to under 16, and 30 years and $30,000 for children under 12. Each penalty tier allows imprisonment, a fine, or both.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
null Judiciary
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 2/27/2026
S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
Yes: 31 • No: 0
House vote • 2/27/2026
H Concur:Passed 57-0-5-0-0
Yes: 57 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/24/2026
S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
Yes: 5 • No: 0
House vote • 2/13/2026
H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0
Yes: 61 • No: 0
House vote • 2/11/2026
H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
Yes: 8 • No: 0
House vote • 2/9/2026
H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary 43-19-0-0-0
Yes: 43 • No: 19
Actions Timeline
Assigned Chapter Number 41
3/5/2026Governor Signed HEA No. 0012
3/5/2026GovernorS President Signed HEA No. 0012
3/2/2026SenateH Speaker Signed HEA No. 0012
3/2/2026HouseAssigned Number HEA No. 0012
2/27/2026H Concur:Passed 57-0-5-0-0
2/27/2026HouseH Received for Concurrence
2/27/2026HouseS 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
2/27/2026SenateS 2nd Reading:Passed
2/26/2026SenateS COW:Passed
2/25/2026SenateS Placed on General File
2/24/2026SenateS01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2/24/2026SenateS Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary
2/23/2026SenateS Received for Introduction
2/16/2026SenateH 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0
2/13/2026HouseH 2nd Reading:Passed
2/12/2026HouseH COW:Passed
2/11/2026HouseH Placed on General File
2/11/2026HouseH01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
2/11/2026HouseH Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary 43-19-0-0-0
2/9/2026HouseH Received for Introduction
1/9/2026HouseBill Number Assigned
12/1/2025
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