# Wyoming SF 88: AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; prohibiting sex offenders from residing near child care facilities as specified; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date. Wyoming SF 88, AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; prohibiting sex offenders from residing near child care facilities as specified; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date., is a 2026 Budget Session Senate bill sponsored by Tim Salazar (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-06 (Assigned Chapter Number 59) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WY-SF88-2026 - 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 88 - State: Wyoming - Session: 2026 Budget Session - Title: AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; prohibiting sex offenders from residing near child care facilities as specified; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-02-09 - Last action: 2026-03-06, Assigned Chapter Number 59 - Sponsor: Tim Salazar (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (194 yes, 60 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Child care providers get sex-offender notices: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Wyoming's Division of Criminal Investigation must notify nearby child care facilities about offenders convicted of listed offenses. These are the offenses specified in W.S. 7-19-302(h) or (j). Notice must reach every covered child care facility within at least 1,000 feet of… - Sex-offender housing limits and address checks: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Wyoming adults required to register as sex offenders cannot live within 1,000 feet of a child care facility. Distance runs from the nearest point on the home's outside wall to the facility's property line. Homes established before July 1, 2026, or before the facility opened… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Tim Salazar (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-04 | Senate | S Adopted SF0088JC001: 29-2-0-0-0 | pass | 29 | 2 | | | 2026-03-04 | House | H Adopted SF0088JC001: 41-19-2-0-0 | pass | 41 | 19 | | | 2026-03-02 | House | H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-4-0-0 | pass | 58 | 0 | | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | S Concur:Failed 1-30-0-0-0 | fail | 1 | 30 | | | 2026-02-25 | House | H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-2-0-0 | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2026-02-20 | Senate | S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-6-0-0-0 | pass | 25 | 6 | | | 2026-02-17 | Senate | S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2026-02-11 | Senate | S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 28-3-0-0-0 | pass | 28 | 3 | | ## Actions (25) - 2026-03-06: Assigned Chapter Number 59 - 2026-03-06: Governor Signed SEA No. 0052 (Governor) - 2026-03-05: H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0052 (House) - 2026-03-05: S President Signed SEA No. 0052 (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Assigned Number SEA No. 0052 - 2026-03-02: H Appointed JCC01 Members (House) - 2026-03-02: S Appointed JCC01 Members (Senate) - 2026-03-02: S Concur:Failed 1-30-0-0-0 (Senate) - 2026-03-02: S Received for Concurrence (Senate) - 2026-03-02: H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-4-0-0 (House) - 2026-02-27: H 3rd Reading:Laid Back (House) - 2026-02-26: H 2nd Reading:Passed (House) - 2026-02-25: H COW:Passed (House) - 2026-02-25: H Placed on General File (House) - 2026-02-25: H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-2-0-0 (House) - 2026-02-23: H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary (House) - 2026-02-20: H Received for Introduction (House) - 2026-02-20: S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-6-0-0-0 (Senate) - 2026-02-19: S 2nd Reading:Passed (Senate) - 2026-02-18: S COW:Passed (Senate) - 2026-02-17: S Placed on General File (Senate) - 2026-02-17: S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 (Senate) - 2026-02-11: S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 28-3-0-0-0 (Senate) - 2026-02-10: S Received for Introduction (Senate) - 2026-02-09: Bill Number Assigned ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Engross/SF0088.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Enroll/SF0088.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Introduced/SF0088.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 - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Engross/SF0088.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Enroll/SF0088.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Introduced/SF0088.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-SF88-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).