---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student ownership and privacy rights."
description: "AN ACT relating to public education; prohibiting the conveyance or transfer of ownership rights of writings and other communications created by a student at the University of Wyoming or any community college in the state as specified; providing for an expectation of privacy in student writings and other communications as specified; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Wyoming HB 9 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-12-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6730ee8-ed1a-4f5b-9450-c6b1e5a4f5f9"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0009.pdf"
source_hash: "2faa269484d86d8f949e060606f37c548df9dd4ceafa2da4f035df55819ebe69"
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 9 (2017) — Student ownership and privacy rights.

AN ACT relating to public education; prohibiting the conveyance or transfer of ownership rights of writings and other communications created by a student at the University of Wyoming or any community college in the state as specified; providing for an expectation of privacy in student writings and other communications as specified; specifying applicability; 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/HB0009.pdf)
2. **HEA0027** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0009.pdf)

## Votes

- H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-2-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 16-13-1-0-0 — **9–0** (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 Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+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 4-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 16-13-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0027
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0027
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0027
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0027 `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+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/d6730ee8-ed1a-4f5b-9450-c6b1e5a4f5f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).