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House passes "What Is a Woman" measure after rejecting multiple floor amendments
Summary
House Bill 32 (the "What Is a Woman" bill) passed the Wyoming House on Jan. 20 after the chamber rejected several proposed third‑reading amendments; final recorded passage was 50‑9 (3 excused).
On third reading, House Bill 32 — titled in the clerk’s readout as the “What is a woman” act — was the subject of several floor amendments and debate before final passage.
Representative Chastick brought third‑reading amendment 1, which would have deleted language directing courts about the level of constitutional scrutiny applicable to the bill; Chastick said courts, not the Legislature, determine levels of constitutional scrutiny. Representative Brown and others opposed amendment 1 on similar grounds, and the amendment failed on a voice vote.
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