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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Small claims appearance fee."
+description: "AN ACT relating to small claims procedures; removing the requirement that an appearance fee be deposited with the court; and providing for an effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
+legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 16"
+citation: "Wyoming HB 16 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2016-12-08T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ced102f0-c685-44f9-9f15-ac733de7f246"
+source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0016.pdf"
+source_hash: "efcd582376b983f0377340cd95af6b11efc7acb82c5fb9b9217652f3016e5133"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wy"]
+---
+
+# Wyoming HB 16 (2017) — Small claims appearance fee.
+
+AN ACT relating to small claims procedures; removing the requirement that an appearance fee be deposited with the court; and providing for an effective date.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Introduced/HB0016.pdf)
+2. **HEA0001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0016.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- 3rd Reading:Passed 59-0-1-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joint Judiciary Interim Committee — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-08T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
+- **2017-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
+- **2017-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
+- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
+- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 59-0-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
+- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
+- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0001
+- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0001
+- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0001
+- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0001 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ced102f0-c685-44f9-9f15-ac733de7f246`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).
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