---
type: "Bill"
title: "Circuit court judge salaries."
description: "AN ACT relating to the judicial branch; increasing salaries of circuit court judges; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SF 81"
citation: "Wyoming SF 81 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baldwin", "Barlow", "Barnard", "Biteman", "Boner", "Christensen", "Eklund", "Harshman", "Hastert", "Kirkbride", "Landen", "Meier", "Miller", "Nethercott", "Olsen", "Pappas", "Salazar", "Sweeney", "Winters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f31f70e9-60ee-4702-8804-34a7c2284a27"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/SF0081.pdf"
source_hash: "3e3a46bc31787026c0ec75f181892f9214d80ebedd46a9f7fce3e2df7e3ac455"
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 81 (2017) — Circuit court judge salaries.

AN ACT relating to the judicial branch; increasing salaries of circuit court judges; providing an appropriation; 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/SF0081.pdf)
2. **SEA0063** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/SF0081.pdf)

## Votes

- S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 40-20-0-0-0 — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Passed 18-12-0-0-0 — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0 — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 25-5-0-0-0 — **4–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Baldwin — primary (person)
- Barlow — primary (person)
- Barnard — primary (person)
- Biteman — primary (person)
- Boner — primary (person)
- Christensen — primary (person)
- Eklund — primary (person)
- Harshman — primary (person)
- Hastert — primary (person)
- Kirkbride — primary (person)
- Landen — primary (person)
- Meier — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Nethercott — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Pappas — primary (person)
- Salazar — primary (person)
- Sweeney — primary (person)
- Winters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 25-5-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 40-20-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 18-12-0-0-0
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0063
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed SEA No. 0063
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed SEA No. 0063
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0063 `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/f31f70e9-60ee-4702-8804-34a7c2284a27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).