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), which requires multi-occupancy restrooms, changing areas, and sleeping quarters in government buildings and state correctional facilities to be designated for and used exclusively by "male" or "female" as defined by reproductive sex at birth. The act defines "correctional facility" to include state penal institutions and the Wyoming boys' and girls' schools, so sleeping quarters in state prisons must be assigned by birth sex rather than gender identity.

A separate section, codified at W.S. 9-25-103, imposes the same facility-and-housing mandate on the University of Wyoming and the state's community colleges and carries a $5,000 statutory-damages remedy per violation plus actual damages and attorney fees. The law creates civil causes of action against public entities that permit cross-sex access and makes governmental entities liable under a new tort exception (W.S. 1-39-124). The act took effect July 1, 2025.