---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legislative employees."
description: "AN ACT relating to the legislature; specifying authority of the legislature to employ staff; specifying conditions of employment; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SF 29"
citation: "Wyoming SF 29 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Management Council"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-12-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1733b47-eb4c-4f55-9a1d-e47010237a7e"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/SF0029.pdf"
source_hash: "81e9eb0aa8ddad5bf0e90a68196b41b3333516fc559e2d762b16ab6864d36da9"
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 SF 29 (2017) — Legislative employees.

AN ACT relating to the legislature; specifying authority of the legislature to employ staff; specifying conditions of employment; 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/SF0029.pdf)
2. **SEA0059** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/SF0029.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading:Passed 48-12-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- S12 - Rules:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- H12 - Rules:Recommend Do Pass 12-0-1-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Management Council — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-13T07:00:00+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 S12 - Rules `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** S12 - Rules:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+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 29-0-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H12 - Rules `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** H12 - Rules:Recommend Do Pass 12-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 48-12-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0059
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed SEA No. 0059
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed SEA No. 0059
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0059 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+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/c1733b47-eb4c-4f55-9a1d-e47010237a7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).