---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secretary of state's office-amendments."
description: "AN ACT relating to the secretary of state; modifying time period, publication and notice requirements relating to business entities; amending requirements for the secretary of state to publish certain documents; removing requirement for the secretary of state to distribute copies of the election code to county clerks; accordingly repealing the requirement that county clerks distribute copies of election code to election judges; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "Wyoming HB 23 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-09T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab82b42c-f59a-488a-9ef9-6e2f8a3c37d8"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0023.pdf"
source_hash: "98fa0a2c4310e2ecf9e4cbb0e718f8a7718062dfbe8b95aa18c9a19ff893aa65"
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 23 (2017) — Secretary of state's office-amendments.

AN ACT relating to the secretary of state; modifying time period, publication and notice requirements relating to business entities; amending requirements for the secretary of state to publish certain documents; removing requirement for the secretary of state to distribute copies of the election code to county clerks; accordingly repealing the requirement that county clerks distribute copies of election code to election judges; providing an appropriation; 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/HB0023.pdf)
2. **HEA0048** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0023.pdf)

## Votes

- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 28-0-2-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 55-3-2-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · 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
- **2017-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 55-3-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+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 Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+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 28-0-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0048
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0048
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0048
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0048 `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/ab82b42c-f59a-488a-9ef9-6e2f8a3c37d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).