---
type: "Bill"
title: "Digital expression protection."
description: "2020/Summaries/HB0008.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "Wyoming HB 8 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-12-10T23:31:38+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-09T21:30:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13a819e8-ecf7-4493-8587-e67e83b74394"
source_url: "http://lso.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2020/HB0008"
source_hash: "1bd362e2b35243d79a186c5d76083e0245e5d56642ceca3d20948d01cc6642bf"
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 HB 8 (2020) — Digital expression protection.

2020/Summaries/HB0008.pdf

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Introduced/HB0008.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0008H3001 (3rd reading) - Representative Greear (Withdrawn)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Amends/HB0008H3001.pdf)
3. **Amendment HB0008HS001 (Standing Committee) - House Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivis (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Amends/HB0008HS001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Enroll/HB0008.pdf)

## Votes

- H 3rd Reading:Passed 32-26-2-0-0 — **32–26** (pass) · lower
- S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 32-26-2-0-0 — **32–26** (pass) · lower
- H07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations 51-8-1-0-0 — **51–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-09T21:30:35+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 16
- **2020-03-09T21:30:22+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0013 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-05T18:29:55+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0013
- **2020-03-05T17:17:24+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0013
- **2020-03-04T21:10:44+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0013
- **2020-03-04T18:27:08+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-03T17:57:36+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02T18:34:06+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2020-02-27T23:57:51+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2020-02-27T23:57:34+00:00** S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25T00:06:18+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20T16:11:33+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-19T18:09:20+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 32-26-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-19T17:50:51+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 32-26-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-18T16:43:46+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-17T22:42:56+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2020-02-14T17:24:14+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2020-02-14T17:23:59+00:00** H07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11T01:01:21+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations 51-8-1-0-0 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07T22:00:23+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2019-12-10T23:31:38+00:00** Bill Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13a819e8-ecf7-4493-8587-e67e83b74394`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).