---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water rights procedures."
description: "AN ACT relating to water; specifying fees related to water adjudication; specifying use of the fees; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 47"
citation: "Wyoming HB 47 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barlow", "Boner", "Driskill", "Greear", "Henderson", "Kirkbride", "Laursen", "McKim"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-12-19T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5acc8b0-aa11-4bb9-9153-da24fc4acb36"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0047.pdf"
source_hash: "966b64fc5c4b700dcf0fdb3bc32e1c027242b3517910cbeec98dc7e87f6abad4"
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 47 (2017) — Water rights procedures.

AN ACT relating to water; specifying fees related to water adjudication; specifying use of the fees; 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/HB0047.pdf)
2. **HEA0067** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0047.pdf)

## Votes

- H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 58-2-0-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barlow — primary (person)
- Boner — primary (person)
- Driskill — primary (person)
- Greear — primary (person)
- Henderson — primary (person)
- Kirkbride — primary (person)
- Laursen — primary (person)
- McKim — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-19T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 58-2-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0067
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0067
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0067
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0067 `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/c5acc8b0-aa11-4bb9-9153-da24fc4acb36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).