---
type: "Bill"
title: "Connect Wyoming program-federal funding."
description: "2021/Summaries/HB0197.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 197"
citation: "Wyoming HB 197 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newsome"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-02T14:57:45+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T17:12:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84d39250-bbb5-43ef-95d6-fe39e33639a4"
source_url: "http://lso.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2021/HB0197"
source_hash: "0ff2b479a53975d040e48abe28b647a69aec3390a9b826b47b114fa3ef33f847"
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 197 (2021) — Connect Wyoming program-federal funding.

2021/Summaries/HB0197.pdf

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Introduced/HB0197.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0197HS001 (Standing Committee) - House Appropriations Committee (Corrected, Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Amends/HB0197HS001.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Enroll/HB0197.pdf)

## Votes

- S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-0 — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 47-12-1-0-0 — **47–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newsome — primary (person)
- Barlow — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Duncan — cosponsor (person)
- Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- Eyre — cosponsor (person)
- Flitner — cosponsor (person)
- Greear — cosponsor (person)
- Kost — cosponsor (person)
- Landen — cosponsor (person)
- Sommers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-05T17:12:27+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 92
- **2021-04-05T17:12:18+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0064 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-01T20:13:28+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0064
- **2021-04-01T16:17:11+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0064
- **2021-04-01T14:12:40+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0064
- **2021-03-31T20:24:40+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30T16:24:03+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29T22:07:52+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2021-03-29T16:18:25+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2021-03-29T16:18:19+00:00** S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24T16:30:21+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T22:14:45+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-23T17:31:19+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 47-12-1-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T16:24:14+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-19T21:37:18+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2021-03-12T17:22:44+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2021-03-12T17:22:33+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05T17:46:34+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T15:42:11+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-02T14:57:45+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/84d39250-bbb5-43ef-95d6-fe39e33639a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).