---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business entities-communications contact."
description: "AN ACT relating to business entities; modifying persons authorized to be a designated communications contact; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 22"
citation: "Wyoming HB 22 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-12-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a113f81-50d5-4678-a39a-42967852574b"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0022.pdf"
source_hash: "3418d6b96c1d5dd620dc83e0a65f05b4dff1939bc48c1885b57fd6f7be33bfb3"
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 22 (2017) — Business entities-communications contact.

AN ACT relating to business entities; modifying persons authorized to be a designated communications contact; 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/HB0022.pdf)
2. **HEA0105** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0022.pdf)

## Votes

- H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- S07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopted HB0022JC001: 60-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (fail) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-2-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 16-13-1-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Failed 16-44-0-0-0 — **9–0** (fail) · legislature
- Adopted HB0022JC001: 26-4-0-0-0 — **9–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-09T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+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 58-0-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** S07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 16-13-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Failed 16-44-0-0-0
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Adopted HB0022JC001: 60-0-0-0-0
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Adopted HB0022JC001: 26-4-0-0-0
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0105
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0105
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0105
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0105 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+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/7a113f81-50d5-4678-a39a-42967852574b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).