---
type: "Bill"
title: "American Indian education program."
description: "AN ACT relating to public education; providing that the heritage, history and contributions of American Indian tribes be addressed through education; imposing requirements on the state board of education and the department of education; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 76"
citation: "Wyoming HB 76 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Barlow", "Blackburn", "Blake", "Case", "Connolly", "Ellis", "Larsen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-03T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b1e9af4-a12e-4cb7-8909-21236ff327e1"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0076.pdf"
source_hash: "b2cfaeebb25f0d8afb43507e62eb29eecdead465e10e4ff5f4ae38d8aec49bb2"
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 76 (2017) — American Indian education program.

AN ACT relating to public education; providing that the heritage, history and contributions of American Indian tribes be addressed through education; imposing requirements on the state board of education and the department of education; 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/HB0076.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0076.pdf)
3. **HEA0119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0076.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading:Passed 27-3-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopted HB0076JC001: 26-0-4-0-0 — **9–0** (fail) · legislature
- Concur:Failed 8-48-4-0-0 — **9–0** (fail) · legislature
- S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- H04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopted HB0076JC001: 51-0-9-0-0 — **9–0** (fail) · legislature
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-2-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 49-11-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Barlow — primary (person)
- Blackburn — primary (person)
- Blake — primary (person)
- Case — primary (person)
- Connolly — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Larsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03T07:00:00+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 H04 - Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** H04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-2-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 49-11-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+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 27-3-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Failed 8-48-4-0-0
- **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 HB0076JC001: 51-0-9-0-0
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Adopted HB0076JC001: 26-0-4-0-0
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0119
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0119
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0119
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0119 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+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/7b1e9af4-a12e-4cb7-8909-21236ff327e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).