---
type: "Bill"
title: "School finance-omnibus education funding."
description: "AN ACT relating to school finance; an omnibus bill addressing education funding; revising the existing education funding formula; providing additional revenue for education by transferring existing revenues; providing for moratoria on new alternative schools and purchases and leases of school buses and other restrictions on education expenditures; specifying various dates for determination of funds to be distributed and for other implementation purposes; establishing a joint select committee on education funding; requiring reports; providing appropriations; modifying previous appropriations; repealing certain distributions related to education funding; providing conformance with other laws; providing sunset dates; and providing for effective dates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 236"
citation: "Wyoming HB 236 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5deadfe6-460f-4b1d-a710-ed02f11363ae"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0236.pdf"
source_hash: "65548eba81fcd6ec4d5772c6054117972ba84ae958f420335fcf07909b2bd89c"
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 236 (2017) — School finance-omnibus education funding.

AN ACT relating to school finance; an omnibus bill addressing education funding; revising the existing education funding formula; providing additional revenue for education by transferring existing revenues; providing for moratoria on new alternative schools and purchases and leases of school buses and other restrictions on education expenditures; specifying various dates for determination of funds to be distributed and for other implementation purposes; establishing a joint select committee on education funding; requiring reports; providing appropriations; modifying previous appropriations; repealing certain distributions related to education funding; providing conformance with other laws; providing sunset dates; and providing for effective dates.

## 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/HB0236.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0236.pdf)
3. **HEA0125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0236.pdf)
4. **Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Substitute/HB0236.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading:Passed 43-16-1-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- Adopted HB0236JC001: 45-13-2-0-0 — **7–2** (fail) · legislature
- COW:Passed — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 25-5-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- H04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- 2nd Reading:Passed — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- 2nd Reading:Passed — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- COW:Passed — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Failed 9-51-0-0-0 — **7–2** (fail) · legislature
- Adopted HB0236JC001: 25-4-1-0-0 — **7–2** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- House Education Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** H04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 43-16-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 25-5-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Failed 9-51-0-0-0
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Adopted HB0236JC001: 45-13-2-0-0
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Adopted HB0236JC001: 25-4-1-0-0
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0125
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0125
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0125
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0125 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+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/5deadfe6-460f-4b1d-a710-ed02f11363ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).