All Roll Calls
Yes: 100 • No: 4
WyomingSF 1002025 General SessionSenate
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; specifying and amending procedures for children to testify in specified criminal cases outside the presence of the defendant and the jury; specifying accommodations that may be provided to children testifying in specified criminal cases; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored By: Wendy Schuler (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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More courtroom support for child victims
Beginning July 1, 2025, Wyoming courts may provide reasonable accommodations for child victims under 18. Covered cases involve incest, specified sexual-assault or human-trafficking offenses, or violent felonies. Judges may act on their own or at either party's request. Help includes age-appropriate questions and oaths, protection from harassment, enough breaks, and a nearby person who supports the child's well-being. Courts may also allow a certified therapeutic dog, a comfort item, or both; support people cannot be or become witnesses.
Remote testimony protections for child victims
Beginning July 1, 2025, Wyoming courts may allow child victims under 18 to testify remotely in incest and specified sexual-assault cases. A hearing must establish that courtroom testimony would cause more than minor emotional distress and remote testimony is needed for the child's welfare. Excluding the defendant requires findings that their presence is substantially likely to cause serious distress and impair the child's communication. Testimony must use secure, live video, with a monitor showing the courtroom and defendant to the child. The defendant may waive having their image shown. The court must provide instant communication with the defense lawyer and reasonable breaks for consultation. On the prosecutor's request, the court may also exclude the jury after making findings outside its presence. The court must find that the jury's presence would cause serious emotional distress that impairs the child's communication. The jury must receive the testimony live by video.
Child testimony choices with courtroom limits
Beginning July 1, 2025, Wyoming law links recorded child testimony with the new live-testimony procedures. The rule applies when a child cannot or will not testify live under those procedures and an admissible videotaped deposition exists. If the prosecutor chooses that recording, the child cannot also testify in court without the defendant's consent. The court may instead allow live testimony under the new procedures in place of the recording. That choice does not remove the child's available accommodations.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Wendy Schuler
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Abby Angelos
Republican • House
Scott Heiner
Republican • House
Lloyd Larsen
Republican • House
Evie Brennan
Republican • Senate
Barry Crago
Republican • Senate
Mike Gierau
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/3/2025
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-2-0-0
Yes: 60 • No: 0
House vote • 2/21/2025
H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/7/2025
S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-4-0-0-0
Yes: 27 • No: 4
Senate vote • 2/3/2025
S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
Yes: 4 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Assigned Chapter Number 124
3/6/2025Governor Signed SEA No. 0067
3/6/2025GovernorH Speaker Signed SEA No. 0067
3/3/2025HouseS President Signed SEA No. 0067
3/3/2025SenateAssigned Number SEA No. 0067
3/3/2025H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-2-0-0
3/3/2025HouseH 2nd Reading:Passed
2/28/2025HouseH COW:Passed
2/27/2025HouseH Placed on General File
2/21/2025HouseH01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2/21/2025HouseH Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary
2/18/2025HouseH Received for Introduction
2/7/2025HouseS 3rd Reading:Passed 27-4-0-0-0
2/7/2025SenateS 2nd Reading:Passed
2/6/2025SenateS COW:Passed
2/5/2025SenateS Placed on General File
2/3/2025SenateS01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
2/3/2025SenateS Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary
1/22/2025SenateS Received for Introduction
1/10/2025SenateBill Number Assigned
1/9/2025
Bill Text
Engrossed
Enrolled
Introduced
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