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Wyoming · Through 2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01

Wyo. Stat. § 27-6-114: Employment of children under 16 in amusement, immoral or dangerous pursuits forbidden; exceptions.

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  1. TITLE 27 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
  2. CHAPTER 6 - EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN

(a) It is unlawful for any person having the care, custody or control of any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to:

(i) Exhibit, use or employ that child:

(A) As an actor or performer in any concert hall or room where alcoholic liquors and malt beverages are sold or given away except as provided in subsection (b) of this section;

(B) For any illegal or immoral purpose;

(C) For any business or in any place, situation, exhibition or vocation injurious to the morals, health or safety of the child.

(ii) Cause, procure or encourage a child to engage in any practice specified in paragraph (a)(i) of this subsection.

(b) Nothing in this section applies to or prevents:

(i) The employment or use of any child as:

(A) A singer or musician in any church, school or academy;

(B) A dishwasher, busboy or delivery person in a place where alcoholic liquors and malt beverages are sold.

(ii) The teaching or learning of the science or practice of music;

(iii) The physical development of a child's body in any respectable gymnasium or natatorium;

(iv) Children from taking part in amateur entertainments or theatricals for charity, or not for profit, in schools, churches, settlement houses or boys' or girls' clubs.

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