---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance-electronic communications."
description: "AN ACT relating to unemployment compensation; allowing electronic communications as specified; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 71"
citation: "Wyoming HB 71 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-12-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a617ca3c-5f26-42a8-8d80-0e009a5a4b88"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0071.pdf"
source_hash: "08f454c879cbd5ee0fedb5d3d643b396604377b1dbee8a18672efee7a59990a5"
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 71 (2017) — Unemployment insurance-electronic communications.

AN ACT relating to unemployment compensation; allowing electronic communications as specified; 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/HB0071.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0071.pdf)
3. **HEA0006** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0071.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading:Passed 58-1-1-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 27-0-3-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- S10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Interim Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-30T07:00:00+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 H10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 58-1-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** S10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 27-0-3-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0006
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0006
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0006
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0006 `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+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/a617ca3c-5f26-42a8-8d80-0e009a5a4b88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).