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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elections-recount deposits."
+description: "AN ACT relating to elections; modifying deposit fees and liability for costs related to candidate initiated recounts; and providing for an effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
+legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 163"
+citation: "Wyoming HB 163 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brown", "Coe", "Northrup", "Paxton", "Rothfuss"]
+version_count: 3
+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/1b38b738-3d81-4c72-8ce1-ec772a1adca4"
+source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0163.pdf"
+source_hash: "c1e9cc319c629610d2fb5e62e14c1425ae0f1cbdb8dde114b724c03fca34d56a"
+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 163 (2017) — Elections-recount deposits.
+
+AN ACT relating to elections; modifying deposit fees and liability for costs related to candidate initiated recounts; 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/HB0163.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0163.pdf)
+3. **HEA0044** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0163.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
+- S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
+- 3rd Reading:Passed 26-2-2-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
+- 3rd Reading:Passed 37-23-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brown — primary (person)
+- Coe — primary (person)
+- Northrup — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Rothfuss — 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
+- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
+- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
+- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 37-23-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
+- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
+- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
+- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 26-2-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0044
+- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0044
+- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0044
+- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0044 `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/1b38b738-3d81-4c72-8ce1-ec772a1adca4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).
+