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-2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0460
+Baby Olivia act-requiring human development
+education.
+26LSO-0460, 1.0
 
- 1 HB0186
+   HB0186
+FISCAL NOTE
 
-HOUSE BILL NO. HB0186
+NOTICE-AGENCY ESTIMATE OF ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACT REQUESTED
 
-Baby Olivia act-requiring human development education.
+This bill has administrative impact that appears to increase duties or
+responsibilities of one or more state agencies and may impact agency spending or
+staffing requirements. As introduced, the bill does not modify any state agency
+budget or current personnel authorizations.
+The following state agencies will be asked to provide their estimate of the
+administrative fiscal impact prior to the first committee meeting held to
+consider the bill:
 
-Sponsored by: Representative(s) Ottman, Guggenmos, Hoeft
-and Rodriguez-Williams and Senator(s) Boner,
-Brennan, Dockstader, Hutchings and Steinmetz
+Department of Education
 
-A BILL
-
-for
-
-1 AN ACT relating to education; specifying requirements for
-2 the provision of human development education as specified;
-3 specifying exceptions; specifying requirements for the
-4 department of education to establish and publish acceptable
-5 instructional materials related to human development
-6 education; specifying other duties for the department of
-7 education; requiring legislative approval for health
-8 education standards and curricula as specified; making
-9 conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and
-10 providing for effective dates.
-11
-12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
-13
-14 Section 1.  W.S. 21-9-105 is created to read:
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-1 21-9-105.  Instruction in human growth and development
-2 required; duties of department of education; exceptions.
-3
-4 (a)  Each school district shall provide instruction
-5 for all students in grades five (5) through (12) in human
-6 growth and development. The instruction required under this
-7 section shall include, at a minimum:
-8
-9 (i)  A video of an ultrasound, conducted in
-10 high-definition, that shows the early fetal development of
-11 organs;
-12
-13 (ii)  A video that demonstrates fertilization and
-14 the stages of human development from conception until
-15 birth.
-16
-17 (b)  The state department of education shall determine
-18 and publish on its website a list of materials suitable to
-19 satisfy the educational requirements specified in this
-20 section. The department shall make materials available to
-21 parents upon request.
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-1 (c)  Each school district shall establish a process by
-2 which the parents or guardian of a student may have the
-3 student excused from the educational requirements specified
-4 in this section upon written request by the parents or
-5 guardian.
-6
-7 (d)  The state department of education shall, by rule,
-8 establish a process by which the department shall conduct
-9 annual audits of school districts to ensure that school
-10 districts are complying with the educational requirements
-11 specified in this section.
-12
-13 (e)  No school district or the state department of
-14 education shall adopt or establish any instructional
-15 material or model curricula that conflict with the
-16 instruction required under this section.
-17
-18 Section 2.  W.S. 21-9-101(b)(i) by creating a new
-19 subparagraph (P) is amended to read:
-20
-21 21-9-101.  Educational programs for schools;
-22 standards; core of knowledge and skills; special needs
-23 programs; class size requirements; cocurricular activities.
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-2 (b)  Each school district within the state shall
-3 provide educational programs sufficient to meet uniform
-4 student content and performance standards at the level
-5 established by the state board of education in the
-6 following areas of knowledge and skills:
-7
-8 (i)  Common core of knowledge:
-9
-10 (P)  Human development education, in
-11 accordance with W.S. 21-9-105.
-12
-13 Section 3.  This act shall apply beginning with the
-14 2026-2027 school year.
-15
-16 Section 4.  The state board of education, the state
-17 department of education and each school district shall take
-18 all actions necessary to implement this act.
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-1 Section 5.
-2
-3 (a)  Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
-4 section, this act is effective July 1, 2026.
-5
-6 (b)  Sections 4 and 5 of this act are effective
-7 immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a
-8 bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of
-9 the Wyoming Constitution.
-10
-11 (END)
+Prepared by:   Matthew Willmarth, LSO  Phone: 777-7881
+(Information provided by Trent Carroll, Department of Education, 777-7720)