---
type: "Bill"
title: "Search and rescue operations."
description: "AN ACT relating to search and rescue operations; providing immunity for volunteers; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 152"
citation: "Wyoming HB 152 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Blake", "Burns", "Clem", "Eklund", "Gierau", "Halverson", "Lindholm", "Nethercott", "Pelkey", "Pownall", "Sommers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99f210bc-0576-48c6-95d1-a6d61d97f610"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0152.pdf"
source_hash: "f2ad8de145c06f1bbcdaf7edba9e6dbe2b2b32f4339006dcf8593bbdd5da015f"
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 152 (2017) — Search and rescue operations.

AN ACT relating to search and rescue operations; providing immunity for volunteers; 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/HB0152.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0152.pdf)
3. **HEA0063** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0152.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
- Concur:Passed 60-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 57-0-3-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Blake — primary (person)
- Burns — primary (person)
- Clem — primary (person)
- Eklund — primary (person)
- Gierau — primary (person)
- Halverson — primary (person)
- Lindholm — primary (person)
- Nethercott — primary (person)
- Pelkey — primary (person)
- Pownall — primary (person)
- Sommers — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23T07:00:00+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 57-0-3-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 60-0-0-0-0
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0063
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0063
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0063
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0063 `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/99f210bc-0576-48c6-95d1-a6d61d97f610`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).