---
type: "Bill"
title: "Palliative care."
description: "AN ACT relating to public health and safety; creating the advisory council on palliative care; providing definitions; providing for council membership; providing duties for the council; providing duties for the department of health or other entity as specified; requesting a report as specified; providing a sunset date; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SF 88"
citation: "Wyoming SF 88 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baldwin", "Henderson", "Kinner", "Kirkbride", "Pelkey", "Schwartz", "Scott"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dfa768f-c542-4648-ab25-acbab2fce463"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/SF0088.pdf"
source_hash: "b89f56af51a508f6cac2b01aea05e591fe13e5fad2ff3b678864d86d0c4059f2"
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 88 (2017) — Palliative care.

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; creating the advisory council on palliative care; providing definitions; providing for council membership; providing duties for the council; providing duties for the department of health or other entity as specified; requesting a report as specified; providing a sunset date; 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/SF0088.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/SF0088.pdf)
3. **SEA0081** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/SF0088.pdf)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading:Bill Lay on the Table: Failed 43-17-0-0-0 — **5–0** (fail) · legislature
- H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-4-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Passed 27-3-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 35-25-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 20-10-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Baldwin — primary (person)
- Henderson — primary (person)
- Kinner — primary (person)
- Kirkbride — primary (person)
- Pelkey — primary (person)
- Schwartz — primary (person)
- Scott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 20-10-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-4-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Bill Lay on the Table: Failed 43-17-0-0-0
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 35-25-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 27-3-0-0-0
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0081
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed SEA No. 0081
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed SEA No. 0081
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0081 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+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/8dfa768f-c542-4648-ab25-acbab2fce463`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).