SF 53 Wyoming 2026 session
Keeping amateurism in high school athletics.
This bill establishes amateur status requirements for students participating in Wyoming high school sports or activities sanctioned by the Wyoming High School Activities Association. The bill specifies conditions under which a student forfeits amateur status, including accepting monetary compensation, receiving awards exceeding approved value or signing professional contracts. Provides exceptions that do not result in forfeiture of amateur status, including receiving necessary expenses, participating in certain fundraising activities or accepting scholarships. Provides that violations of amateur status requirements result in ineligibility to participate in the concerned sport or activity.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Enacted — last recorded action March 4, 2026
Assigned Chapter Number 28
Recorded votes
H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 7-1-1-0-0
7 yes · 1 no · pass February 24, 2026
S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
5 yes · 0 no · pass February 16, 2026
Decided by five votes or fewer.
S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education 27-3-1-0-0
27 yes · 3 no · pass February 10, 2026
Passage likelihood
Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Assigned Chapter Number 28
- Governor Signed SEA No. 0024
- H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0024
- S President Signed SEA No. 0024
- Assigned Number SEA No. 0024
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-2-3-0-0
- H 3rd Reading:Laid Back
- H 2nd Reading:Passed
- H COW:Passed
- H Placed on General File
- H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 7-1-1-0-0
- H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education
- H Received for Introduction
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0
- S 2nd Reading:Passed
- S COW:Passed
- S Placed on General File
- S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
- S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education 27-3-1-0-0
- S Received for Introduction
- Bill Number Assigned