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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Divorce-residency."
+description: "AN ACT relating to domestic relations; modifying residency requirements for the granting of a divorce as specified; and providing for an effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
+legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 161"
+citation: "Wyoming HB 161 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Case", "Connolly", "Gierau", "Hastert", "Lindholm", "Pelkey", "Zwonitzer"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3379289c-16b8-4887-9851-94d305841ff3"
+source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0161.pdf"
+source_hash: "8fd4aac965da201e3fdeccf60730ff65611708ccdebbe7dd90aa35d1a40fe292"
+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 161 (2017) — Divorce-residency.
+
+AN ACT relating to domestic relations; modifying residency requirements for the granting of a divorce as specified; 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/HB0161.pdf)
+2. **HEA0078** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0161.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- 3rd Reading:Passed 53-4-3-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Case — primary (person)
+- Connolly — primary (person)
+- Gierau — primary (person)
+- Hastert — primary (person)
+- Lindholm — primary (person)
+- Pelkey — primary (person)
+- Zwonitzer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
+- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
+- **2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
+- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
+- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 53-4-3-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
+- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
+- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
+- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0078
+- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0078
+- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0078
+- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0078 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+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/3379289c-16b8-4887-9851-94d305841ff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).
+