---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student data privacy, security and transparency."
description: "AN ACT relating to education; amending requirements of state data security plan to ensure privacy of student data collected; requiring policies for the collection, access, privacy, security and use of student data by school districts; accordingly requiring school districts to adopt and enforce policies for the collection, access, privacy, security and use of student data; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "Wyoming HB 8 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-12-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1078bc59-ba22-4473-907b-cdbcda2ede8d"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0008.pdf"
source_hash: "32a848f080395ac1450127ea7155982dc5602af334ff6c62df556abc7a55ac63"
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 8 (2017) — Student data privacy, security and transparency.

AN ACT relating to education; amending requirements of state data security plan to ensure privacy of student data collected; requiring policies for the collection, access, privacy, security and use of student data by school districts; accordingly requiring school districts to adopt and enforce policies for the collection, access, privacy, security and use of student data; 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/HB0008.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0008.pdf)
3. **HEA0014** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0008.pdf)

## Votes

- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 19-11-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- H04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 59-0-1-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Joint Education Interim Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-07T07:00:00+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 H04 - Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** H04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 59-0-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 19-11-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0014
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0014
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0014
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0014 `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+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/1078bc59-ba22-4473-907b-cdbcda2ede8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).