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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Balanced budget amendment-resolution."
+description: "A JOINT RESOLUTION petitioning Congress to call a convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced federal budget."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
+legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HJ 2"
+citation: "Wyoming HJ 2 (2017)"
+classification: ["joint resolution"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barlow", "Bebout", "Boner", "Case", "Clem", "Driskill", "Harshman", "Hicks", "Hunt", "Laursen", "Lindholm", "Miller", "Perkins", "Peterson", "Wasserburger", "Winters"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2016-12-20T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-03-17T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67b85446-7c8d-4474-b803-7b80019b65dd"
+source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HJ0002.pdf"
+source_hash: "fccf81084d48350fc3e2709c81cd3008b329ed2a5e03ded3a6b15b04eaf98220"
+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 HJ 2 (2017) — Balanced budget amendment-resolution.
+
+A JOINT RESOLUTION petitioning Congress to call a convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced federal budget.
+
+## 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/HJ0002.pdf)
+2. **HEA0002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HJ0002.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading:Passed 20-10-0-0-0 — **5–4** (pass) · legislature
+- 2nd Reading:Passed — **5–4** (pass) · legislature
+- S03 - Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–4** (pass) · legislature
+- H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-4-0-0-0 — **5–4** (pass) · legislature
+- 3rd Reading:Passed 35-23-2-0-0 — **5–4** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barlow — primary (person)
+- Bebout — primary (person)
+- Boner — primary (person)
+- Case — primary (person)
+- Clem — primary (person)
+- Driskill — primary (person)
+- Harshman — primary (person)
+- Hicks — primary (person)
+- Hunt — primary (person)
+- Laursen — primary (person)
+- Lindholm — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Perkins — primary (person)
+- Peterson — primary (person)
+- Wasserburger — primary (person)
+- Winters — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-20T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
+- **2017-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
+- **2017-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-4-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
+- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
+- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 35-23-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
+- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** S03 - Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
+- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
+- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Laid Back
+- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 20-10-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEJR No. 0002
+- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEJR No. 0002
+- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEJR No. 0002
+- **2017-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEJR No. 0002 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67b85446-7c8d-4474-b803-7b80019b65dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).
+