---
type: "Bill"
title: "Game and fish fees."
description: "AN ACT relating to game and fish; increasing certain fees relating to game and fish licenses, preference points, permits, applications, and stamps; increasing certain watercraft fees administered by the game and fish department; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 288"
citation: "Wyoming HB 288 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9eb3d1d5-89d8-403a-870d-45b845f347e8"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0288.pdf"
source_hash: "a9212be56d629e75600199d2d95fffa0a71682fbced0f4948476b08a65ab8283"
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 288 (2017) — Game and fish fees.

AN ACT relating to game and fish; increasing certain fees relating to game and fish licenses, preference points, permits, applications, and stamps; increasing certain watercraft fees administered by the game and fish department; 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/HB0288.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0288.pdf)
3. **HEA0115** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0288.pdf)

## Votes

- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 20-10-0-0-0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 40-18-2-0-0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- House Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 40-18-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+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`
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 20-10-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0115
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0115
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0115
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0115 `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/9eb3d1d5-89d8-403a-870d-45b845f347e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).