---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education-computer science and computational thinking."
description: "AN ACT relating to education; adding computer science and computational thinking to the state educational program; eliminating keyboarding from the state educational program; providing that computer science courses may satisfy certain high school graduation requirements and certain Hathaway scholarship requirements; providing a date by which the state board of education must adopt uniform content and performance standards for computer science; requiring a report; repealing an obsolete provision; providing applicability; and providing for effective dates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SF 29"
citation: "Wyoming SF 29 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-12-29T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a209a9a8-b5c9-419d-ab2d-738aaf13adab"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Digest/SF0029.pdf"
source_hash: "536e5d3dc8cb9e2dd2e2664f9322c448d7347430c04f85ea19a4b3796067ad17"
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 (2018) — Education-computer science and computational thinking.

AN ACT relating to education; adding computer science and computational thinking to the state educational program; eliminating keyboarding from the state educational program; providing that computer science courses may satisfy certain high school graduation requirements and certain Hathaway scholarship requirements; providing a date by which the state board of education must adopt uniform content and performance standards for computer science; requiring a report; repealing an obsolete provision; providing applicability; and providing for effective dates.

## 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/2018/Introduced/SF0029.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Engross/SF0029.pdf)
3. **SEA0048** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Enroll/SF0029.pdf)

## Votes

- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 — **27–2** (pass) · legislature
- H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 6-2-1-0-0 — **27–2** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Passed 25-5-0-0-0 — **27–2** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 27-2-1-0-0 — **27–2** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 50-9-1-0-0 — **27–2** (pass) · legislature
- Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education 27-2-1-0-0 — **27–2** (pass) · legislature
- S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **27–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Joint Education Interim Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-29T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2018-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2018-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education 27-2-1-0-0 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2018-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2018-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 27-2-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2018-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 6-2-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** H04: Rerefer to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2018-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2018-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 50-9-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2018-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 25-5-0-0-0
- **2018-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0048
- **2018-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed SEA No. 0048
- **2018-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed SEA No. 0048
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0048 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 123

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a209a9a8-b5c9-419d-ab2d-738aaf13adab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).