---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parental rights."
description: "AN ACT relating to parents; providing for a parental right to the care, custody and control of a child; providing applicability; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 153"
citation: "Wyoming HB 153 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker", "Baldwin", "Barnard", "Bebout", "Biteman", "Blackburn", "Blake", "Brown", "Case", "Clem", "Dayton", "Edwards", "Eklund", "Gray", "Jennings", "Kinskey", "Lindholm", "Loucks", "McKim", "Olsen", "Pownall", "Steinmetz", "Winters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85dfbc3e-c511-4731-abfb-cd771686f5c7"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0153.pdf"
source_hash: "724d106b3abcb4e70cbe71ca636a97dd6ed1082515c4005c752e50611519e6a0"
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 153 (2017) — Parental rights.

AN ACT relating to parents; providing for a parental right to the care, custody and control of a child; providing applicability; 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/HB0153.pdf)
2. **HEA0096** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0153.pdf)

## Votes

- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 3-1-1-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Passed 53-7-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 50-7-3-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 25-5-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 2nd Reading:Passed — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Baldwin — primary (person)
- Barnard — primary (person)
- Bebout — primary (person)
- Biteman — primary (person)
- Blackburn — primary (person)
- Blake — primary (person)
- Brown — primary (person)
- Case — primary (person)
- Clem — primary (person)
- Dayton — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Eklund — primary (person)
- Gray — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kinskey — primary (person)
- Lindholm — primary (person)
- Loucks — primary (person)
- McKim — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Pownall — primary (person)
- Steinmetz — primary (person)
- Winters — 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
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** H09 - Minerals: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 50-7-3-0-0 `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`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 3-1-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 25-5-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 53-7-0-0-0
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0096
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0096
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0096
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0096 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+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/85dfbc3e-c511-4731-abfb-cd771686f5c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).