Wyoming legislation · 2025 General Session
Wyoming SF100: Child witnesses-courtroom procedures.
Status: Chaptered, March 6, 2025
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.
What the bill says
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.
From the introduced text:
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. Section 1. W.S. 7‐11‐409 is created to accommodations. (a) In any case in which the defendant is charged with incest as defined in W.S. 6‐4‐402(a) or sexual assault as defined in W.S. 6‐2‐302 through 6‐2‐304 and 6‐2‐314 through 6‐2‐317 and a child less than eighteen (18) years of age is the victim, the court may allow the child to testify remotely, outside the presence of the defendant or the jury, in accordance with all of the (ii) The court may exclude the defendant from being physically present in the same room as the child during the child's testimony if the court finds that the presence of the defendant in the same room as the child is substantially likely to cause substantial emotional distress to the child and that the emotional distress is substantially likely to impair the ability of the child to communicate; (iii) If the defendant is excluded under paragraph (ii) of this subsection, the child shall testify by way of a two (2) way closed circuit television or other …
Sponsors
- Abby Angelos (R, H03)
- Scott Heiner (R, H18)
- Larsen, Lloyd (R, H54)
- Evie Brennan (R, S31)
- Crago, Barry (R, S22)
- Gierau, Mike (D, S17)
- Schuler, Wendy (R, S15) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed SEA No. 0067
- : Assigned Chapter Number 124
- : H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-2-0-0
- : Assigned Number SEA No. 0067
- : S President Signed SEA No. 0067
- : H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0067
- : H 2nd Reading:Passed
- : H COW:Passed
- : H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
- : H Placed on General File
Votes
- Amendment adopted 32-27-3-0-0 (March 3, 2025): 32 yea, 27 nay, passed
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 (February 21, 2025): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 24-6-1-0-0 (February 7, 2025): 24 yea, 6 nay, passed
- S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 (February 3, 2025): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Child witnesses-courtroom procedures.
Common questions
- What is SF100?
- SF100 is a bill in the Wyoming Legislature (2025 General Session): Child witnesses-courtroom procedures.
- What does SF100 do?
- In its own words: 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.
- What is the status of SF100?
- Chaptered as of March 6, 2025. Latest action: Governor Signed SEA No. 0067 (March 6, 2025).
- Who sponsored SF100?
- Schuler, Wendy (R, S15), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SF100?
- On the Wyoming Legislature website: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/SF0100
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