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Select Committee advances bill to remove sunset on Wyoming's Indian Child Welfare Act
Summary
Tribal leaders, court officials and tribal child welfare workers urged the Select Committee to repeal the sunset on Wyoming's ICWA backup statute so the state retains protections for Native children if federal provisions are later struck down; the committee voted to introduce the bill for session consideration.
The Select Committee on Tribal Relations voted to recommend introduction of a bill that removes a statutory sunset on Wyoming's Indian Child Welfare Act backup law.
Scotty Shaw, who presented the draft remotely, said the Wyoming provision (enacted as a state backstop) was written to preserve state procedures in case federal ICWA provisions are declared unconstitutional. "This bill simply repeals Wyoming statute 14-6-715(b), which is the sunset date for the Wyoming ICWA," Shaw said.
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