# Wyoming SF 53: AN ACT relating to education; requiring amateur status for participation in high school athletic activities; specifying requirements for amateur status; providing exceptions; and providing for an effective date. Wyoming SF 53, AN ACT relating to education; requiring amateur status for participation in high school athletic activities; specifying requirements for amateur status; providing exceptions; and providing for an effective date., is a 2026 Budget Session Senate bill sponsored by Gary Crum (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-03 (Assigned Chapter Number 28); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF53-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Wyoming SF 53 - State: Wyoming - Session: 2026 Budget Session - Title: AN ACT relating to education; requiring amateur status for participation in high school athletic activities; specifying requirements for amateur status; providing exceptions; and providing for an effective date. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-22 - Last action: 2026-03-03, Assigned Chapter Number 28 - Sponsor: Gary Crum (Republican) - Cosponsors: 11 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (125 yes, 8 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Wyoming students face sports pay limits: mixed, high. Beginning July 1, 2026, students representing Wyoming high schools in association-sanctioned sports or activities must keep amateur status. Violations make students ineligible in the sport or activity involved. Students lose amateur status by competing for money, accepting competition pay, or recei… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Gary Crum (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Ocean Andrew (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rob Geringer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Steve Harshman (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Cody Wylie (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brian Boner (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Ed Cooper (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Barry Crago (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Bill Landen (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Tara Nethercott (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Wendy Schuler (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Cheri Steinmetz (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-27 | House | H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-2-3-0-0 | pass | 57 | 2 | | | 2026-02-23 | House | H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 7-1-1-0-0 | pass | 7 | 1 | | | 2026-02-19 | Senate | S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0 | pass | 29 | 2 | | | 2026-02-16 | Senate | S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2026-02-10 | Senate | S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education 27-3-1-0-0 | pass | 27 | 3 | | ## Actions (21) - 2026-03-03: Assigned Chapter Number 28 - 2026-03-03: Governor Signed SEA No. 0024 (Governor) - 2026-03-02: H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0024 (House) - 2026-03-02: S President Signed SEA No. 0024 (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Assigned Number SEA No. 0024 - 2026-02-27: H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-2-3-0-0 (House) - 2026-02-26: H 3rd Reading:Laid Back (House) - 2026-02-25: H 2nd Reading:Passed (House) - 2026-02-24: H COW:Passed (House) - 2026-02-23: H Placed on General File (House) - 2026-02-23: H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 7-1-1-0-0 (House) - 2026-02-20: H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education (House) - 2026-02-19: H Received for Introduction (House) - 2026-02-19: S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0 (Senate) - 2026-02-18: S 2nd Reading:Passed (Senate) - 2026-02-17: S COW:Passed (Senate) - 2026-02-16: S Placed on General File (Senate) - 2026-02-16: S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 (Senate) - 2026-02-10: S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education 27-3-1-0-0 (Senate) - 2026-01-29: S Received for Introduction (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Bill Number Assigned ## Bill text - Enrolled: [PDF](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Enroll/SF0053.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Introduced/SF0053.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 178: AN ACT relating to labor and employment; prohibiting public employers and specified organizations from automatic deductions of dues and uniform assessments as… (vetoed) - SF 101: AN ACT relating to the protection of constitutional rights; amending the Second Amendment Protection Act as specified; creating exceptions to the Second Amendm… (vetoed) - SF 81: AN ACT relating to K-12 public school finance; implementing the 2025 cost of education study as modified by the legislature; modifying the education resource b… (became law) - SF 1: AN ACT to make appropriations for the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2028; providing definitions; providing for appropriations and… (signed) - SF 66: AN ACT relating to game and fish; authorizing persons with life threatening illnesses and persons who are vision-impaired to receive donated hunting licenses a… (signed) - SF 61: AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing a sales tax and use tax exemption to the purchase or transfer of a motor vehicle to family members as specif… (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Enroll/SF0053.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Introduced/SF0053.pdf) ## Related - [HB 178: AN ACT relating to labor and employment; prohibiting public employers and speci…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-HB178-2026) - [SF 101: AN ACT relating to the protection of constitutional rights; amending the Second…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF101-2026) - [SF 81: AN ACT relating to K-12 public school finance; implementing the 2025 cost of ed…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF81-2026) - [SF 1: AN ACT to make appropriations for the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2026 a…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF1-2026) - [SF 66: AN ACT relating to game and fish; authorizing persons with life threatening ill…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF66-2026) - [SF 61: AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing a sales tax and use tax exem…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF61-2026) - [Wyoming bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/wyoming/bills) - [Wyoming state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/wyoming) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF53-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).