Mark Gordon
Mark Gordon is the Governor of Wyoming, in office since January 2019, and previously served as the state's treasurer. Entries naming him record his signature on bills and budget provisions passed by the Wyoming Legislature, including restrictions on the use of public funds. He appears in the record as the signing authority.
2026 Events (2)
Wyoming enacted a 2026 budget footnote barring public funds, including Medicaid, from gender-affirming care
On March 9, 2026, Wyoming enacted Senate File 0001, its 2026 biennial general-government appropriations act, which Gov. Mark Gordon signed after line-item vetoing roughly two dozen other items and footnotes. A Department of Health footnote (Section 048, Footnote 1) bars the department from expending any general, federal, or other funds under its control to pay for "an elective abortion or a gender transition procedure," or for facilities, equipment, or training used to carry them out, through June 30, 2028. Because the department administers Wyoming Medicaid, the footnote cuts off public coverage of gender-affirming care for transgender residents.
Wyoming Gov. Gordon signed HB 122 barring the state's rural health transformation funds from gender-affirming care
On March 6, 2026, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed House Bill 122, the Wyoming Rural Health Transformation Program act (enrolled as HEA 21), which governs how the state spends roughly $205 million in federal Rural Health Transformation Program money. The law's Section 35-25-708(a) bars any of those funds from being spent on abortions or on "sex-trait modification procedures" as defined in 45 C.F.R. § 156.400 — categorically excluding gender-affirming care from a major public health funding stream.
2025 Events (5)
Wyoming Gov. Gordon signed HB 164 excluding gender-affirming care for minors from new off-label prescribing protections
On March 19, 2025, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed House Bill 164 (Enrolled Act No. 74) into law, authorizing prescribers and pharmacists to prescribe and dispense FDA-approved drugs for off-label uses and granting them immunity from health-licensing-board discipline. The act expressly withholds that authorization and immunity from any prescription intended to transition a minor's biological sex or affirm a gender identity inconsistent with birth sex, placing gender-affirming care for transgender minors in the same excluded category as Schedule I and II controlled substances and abortion-inducing drugs.
Wyoming Gov. Gordon signed SF0044 barring transgender college athletes from women's sports teams
On March 13, 2025, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed SF0044, "Fairness in sports-intercollegiate athletics," into law as Senate Enrolled Act No. 94 (Chapter 144, Session Laws of Wyoming 2025). The law creates W.S. 21-25-301, requiring University of Wyoming and Wyoming community college students to compete in intercollegiate athletics according to a "biological sex" defined by reproductive function, barring them from teams designated for the opposite sex. The effect is to exclude transgender student-athletes from competing consistent with their gender identity.
Wyoming Gov. Gordon signed HB 72 requiring birth-sex use of public restrooms, prison sleeping quarters, and college facilities
On March 3, 2025, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed House Bill 72, the "Protecting Privacy in Public Spaces Act" (Enrolled Act No. 48), requiring multi-occupancy restrooms, changing areas, and sleeping quarters in government buildings, state correctional facilities, and public universities to be designated and used according to reproductive sex at birth. The act creates civil causes of action against public entities that permit cross-sex access, with a $5,000 statutory-damages remedy for violations at the University of Wyoming and community colleges. It took effect July 1, 2025.
Wyoming Gov. Gordon signed SF0062 requiring K-12 students to use restrooms and facilities matching sex assigned at birth
On March 3, 2025, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed Senate File 0062 (Enrolled Act No. 53) into law, creating W.S. 21-3-137 and requiring every public school district in the state, from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, to designate multiple-occupancy restrooms, changing rooms, and school-activity sleeping quarters for the exclusive use of one sex defined by reproductive biology at birth. The law permits only single-occupancy "reasonable accommodations," directs school boards to discipline noncompliance, bars boards from adopting contrary policy, and creates a parental right of action against noncompliant districts. It took effect immediately upon signing.
Wyoming enacted SF0077 barring state and local government from requiring employees to use colleagues' preferred pronouns
On Feb. 27, 2025, Wyoming's SF0077, "Compelled speech is not free speech," became law after Gov. Mark Gordon declined to sign it, taking effect as Chapter 62 of the 2025 Session Laws. The statute, codified at W.S. 9-14-601, prohibits the state and its political subdivisions — including counties and public schools — from requiring any employee to refer to another employee by preferred pronouns as a condition of employment, contracting, or benefit, and creates a private civil right of action. It took effect July 1, 2025.
2024 Events (2)
Wyoming Gov. Gordon signed SF 99 banning gender-transition care for minors
On March 22, 2024, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed Senate File 99, the "Children Gender Change Prohibition," barring physicians and health care providers from performing gender-transition procedures — including sterilizing surgeries, mastectomies, and puberty-blocking or cross-sex hormone prescriptions — on anyone under 18 to affirm a gender identity differing from sex assigned at birth. The same drugs and procedures remain permitted for minors treated for precocious puberty or intersex conditions, and a violation is grounds for suspension or revocation of a provider's license. The law took effect July 1, 2024.
Wyoming enacted SEA 8, requiring parental opt-in before instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity
On March 6, 2024, Wyoming Senate Enrolled Act 8 (Senate File 9) took effect after Gov. Mark Gordon allowed it to become law without his signature. The law requires public schools to obtain written or electronic parental permission at least one day in advance before a student may participate in any class or training that addresses sexual orientation or gender identity — a restriction not applied to other subjects.
2023 Events (1)
Wyoming enacted SF0133, barring transgender students from girls' interscholastic sports in grades 7-12
On March 17, 2023, Wyoming SF0133 became law after Gov. Mark Gordon declined to veto it and allowed it to take effect without his signature. The law prohibits students of the male sex from competing on interscholastic sports teams designated for female students in grades 7 through 12 and establishes an administrative hearing process and an alternative eligibility commission. It took effect July 1, 2023.