---
type: "Bill"
title: "Government ethics-clerks of the district courts."
description: "AN ACT relating to government ethics; providing that clerks of the district courts are subject to the Ethics and Disclosure Act; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SF 59"
citation: "Wyoming SF 59 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barlow", "Case", "Driskill", "Greear", "Hicks", "Kirkbride", "Lindholm"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-03T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a6265b4-e693-4c9e-9d1c-defdc88d27ee"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/SF0059.pdf"
source_hash: "9edd41531fcc29621f3583a9ec310103d2071c152169540430b5911ec1cd8321"
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 59 (2017) — Government ethics-clerks of the district courts.

AN ACT relating to government ethics; providing that clerks of the district courts are subject to the Ethics and Disclosure Act; 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/SF0059.pdf)
2. **SEA0022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/SF0059.pdf)

## Votes

- H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 55-0-5-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 28-0-2-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barlow — primary (person)
- Case — primary (person)
- Driskill — primary (person)
- Greear — primary (person)
- Hicks — primary (person)
- Kirkbride — primary (person)
- Lindholm — 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
- **2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 28-0-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 55-0-5-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0022
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed SEA No. 0022
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed SEA No. 0022
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0022 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+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/3a6265b4-e693-4c9e-9d1c-defdc88d27ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).