After an especially active session, the Wyoming LEgislature officially gaveled out last month – but the decisions made will have a deep and lasting impact on our state's people and communities.
From education funding to property tax reform to access to health care, there was no shortage of debate in Cheyenne. But so much of that debate also focused on stoking the “culture wars” at the expense of our civil liberties with bill after bill attacking immigrants’ rights, LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit Wyomingites and reproductive freedom.
“I’m not going to lie: Session 2025 was hard,” said Antonio Serrano, ACLU of Wyoming advocacy director. “Politicians aligned with the Wyoming Freedom Caucus were more committed to virtue signaling and projecting their ideological stances than supporting our state and protecting our civil rights – and we faced some serious losses across the board. But we are prepared to move forward, to shift our state’s priorities.”
So what really happened in Cheyenne? What does the outcome of the legislation mean for our future? What can we do to affect change during the next legislative session? Get all the details at Legislative Lowdown, the ACLU’s post-session event.
IF YOU GO
WHAT: Legislative Lowdown
WHEN:1 p.m., Saturday, April 12
WHERE: Teton County Library, 125 Virginian Lane, Jackson
About the ACLU of Wyoming
The American Civil Liberties Union of Wyoming is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of civil liberties and civil rights. The ACLU of Wyoming is part of a three-state chapter that also includes North Dakota and South Dakota. The team in Wyoming is supported by staff in those states.
The ACLU believes freedoms of press, speech, assembly, and religion, and the rights to due process, equal protection and privacy, are fundamental to a free people. In addition, the ACLU seeks to advance constitutional protections for groups traditionally denied their rights, including people of color, women, and the LGBTQ communities. The ACLU of Wyoming carries out its work through selective litigation, lobbying at the state and local level, and through public education and awareness of what the Bill of Rights means for the people of Wyoming.
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