---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial air service improvement."
description: "AN ACT relating to aeronautics; establishing the Wyoming Commercial Air Service Improvement Act; providing legislative findings; creating the Wyoming commercial air service improvement council; prescribing duties; providing for a commercial air service improvement plan; providing a sunset date; transferring rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of the council as specified; authorizing the aeronautics commission to enter into contracts related to commercial air service improvement; requiring reports; creating an account; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SF 40"
citation: "Wyoming SF 40 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bebout", "Blake", "Brown", "Coe", "Freeman", "Henderson", "Kinskey", "Von Flatern", "Walters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e3da766-f00e-4fc6-950f-9c9913142809"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Digest/SF0040.pdf"
source_hash: "85a271ce1d1b3017fd230bd8fba7a9390cbc2d7a137b9a53e1243b3fef237184"
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 40 (2018) — Commercial air service improvement.

AN ACT relating to aeronautics; establishing the Wyoming Commercial Air Service Improvement Act; providing legislative findings; creating the Wyoming commercial air service improvement council; prescribing duties; providing for a commercial air service improvement plan; providing a sunset date; transferring rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of the council as specified; authorizing the aeronautics commission to enter into contracts related to commercial air service improvement; requiring reports; creating an account; providing appropriations; 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/2018/Introduced/SF0040.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Engross/SF0040.pdf)
3. **SEA0040** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Enroll/SF0040.pdf)

## Votes

- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 — **24–5** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 22-8-0-0-0 — **24–5** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Passed 21-8-1-0-0 — **24–5** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 40-19-1-0-0 — **24–5** (pass) · legislature
- Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals 24-5-1-0-0 — **24–5** (pass) · legislature
- S09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 — **24–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bebout — primary (person)
- Blake — primary (person)
- Brown — primary (person)
- Coe — primary (person)
- Freeman — primary (person)
- Henderson — primary (person)
- Kinskey — primary (person)
- Von Flatern — primary (person)
- Walters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2018-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2018-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals 24-5-1-0-0 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** S09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2018-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 22-8-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2018-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2018-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 40-19-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 21-8-1-0-0
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0040
- **2018-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed SEA No. 0040
- **2018-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed SEA No. 0040
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 124
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0040 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e3da766-f00e-4fc6-950f-9c9913142809`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).