# Wyoming HJ 7: A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Wyoming state board of education to amend the state board's social studies student content and performance standards to include teaching benchmarks that analyze the negative consequences of the political ideologies of communism, fascism and socialism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Wyoming HJ 7, A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Wyoming state board of education to amend the state board's social studies student content and performance standards to include teaching benchmarks that analyze the negative consequences of the political ideologies of communism, fascism and socialism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries., is a 2026 Budget Session House bill sponsored by Rob Geringer (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-02-13 (H Did not Consider for Introduction) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Wyoming HJ 7
- State: Wyoming
- Session: 2026 Budget Session
- Title: A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Wyoming state board of education to amend the state board's social studies student content and performance standards to include teaching benchmarks that analyze the negative consequences of the political ideologies of communism, fascism and socialism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-02-10
- Last action: 2026-02-13, H Did not Consider for Introduction
- Sponsor: Rob Geringer (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 9
- 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: Rob Geringer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dalton Banks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bob Davis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lee Filer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Justin Fornstrom (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Martha Lawley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jayme Lien (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chip Neiman (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bo Biteman (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Evie Brennan (Republican), Senate

## Actions (3)

- 2026-02-13: H Did not Consider for Introduction (House)
- 2026-02-11: H Received for Introduction (House)
- 2026-02-10: Bill Number Assigned

## Bill text

- Introduced: [PDF](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Introduced/HJ0007.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Introduced/HJ0007.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-HJ7-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).