New Wyoming Laws Will Take Effect July 1, 2025

By Employers Council Staff posted 06-25-2025 08:00 AM

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During its 2025 legislative session, the Wyoming Legislature passed several employment-related bills affecting public-sector diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and the use of gender pronouns, as well as public and private-sector utilization of non-compete agreements in the workplace. The following is an overview of the bills, all of which take effect July 1, 2025.

HB147: Prohibition of Institutional Discrimination

This law prohibits governmental entities from engaging in or requiring participation in DEI programs or other related activities. Specifically, it bars public entities from:

Implementing any DEI program, activity, or policy;

Engaging in institutional discrimination;

Requiring instruction promoting institutional discrimination;

Requiring any student, employee, or contractor to attend or participate in any DEI program or training or any institutional discrimination program or training.

SF 77: Compelled Speech Is Not Free Speech

This measure prohibits the state and its political subdivisions from requiring the use of another person’s preferred pronouns.

SF107: Noncompete Agreements Prohibited

This law states that any covenant not to compete that restricts the right of any person to receive compensation for performance of skilled or unskilled labor shall be void. This prohibition, however, does not apply to the following:

Sale of a Business: Any covenant not to compete contained in a contract for the purchase and sale of a business or the assets of a business;

Protection of Trade Secrets: Any covenant not to compete to the extent the covenant provides for the protection of trade secrets as defined by W.S. 63501(a)(xi);

Training and Relocation Cost Recovery: Any contractual provision providing for the recovery of all or a portion of the expense of relocating, educating, and training an employee as follows:

- Recovery of not more than 100% of the expense for an employee who has served an employer for a period of less than two years;

- Recovery of not more than 66% of the expense for an employee who has served an employer for between two and less than three years;

- Recovery of not more than 33% of the expense for an employee who has served an employer for between three and less than four years.

Executive and Management Personnel: Executive and management personnel and officers and employees who constitute professional staff to executive and management personnel.

This prohibition takes effect for contracts entered into on and after July 1, 2025. Agreements entered into prior to July 1, 2025, are not subject to the new law.

Wyoming employers who currently utilize agreements or are interested in using agreements that contain restrictive covenants are encouraged to contact an Employers Council attorney for guidance.