---
type: "Bill"
title: "Livestock identification choice act."
description: "2021/Summaries/HB0229.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 229"
citation: "Wyoming HB 229 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neiman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-03T13:26:48+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-06T19:39:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eab4a83-2ecd-4cb7-9b53-a41d6477363c"
source_url: "http://lso.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2021/HB0229"
source_hash: "f3cfb29c09a3bed250100e61640390ad07763ff927dab570997f7518f5bf949b"
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 229 (2021) — Livestock identification choice act.

2021/Summaries/HB0229.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/HB0229.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0229HS001 (Standing Committee) - House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water (Divided)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Amends/HB0229HS001.pdf)
3. **Amendment HB0229HS001.01 (Standing Committee) - House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water (Corrected, Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Amends/HB0229HS001.01.pdf)
4. **Amendment HB0229HS001.02 (Standing Committee) - House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water (Corrected, Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Amends/HB0229HS001.02.pdf)
5. **Amendment HB0229S2001 (2nd reading) - Senator Steinmetz (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Amends/HB0229S2001.pdf)
6. **Amendment HB0229SS001 (Standing Committee) - Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Amends/HB0229SS001.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Enroll/HB0229.pdf)

## Votes

- H Concur:Passed 59-1-0-0-0 — **59–1** (pass) · lower
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0 — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Neiman — primary (person)
- Andrew — cosponsor (person)
- Barlow — cosponsor (person)
- Bear — cosponsor (person)
- Clausen — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Driskill — cosponsor (person)
- Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- French — cosponsor (person)
- Hicks — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Laursen — cosponsor (person)
- Sommers — cosponsor (person)
- Steinmetz — cosponsor (person)
- Styvar — cosponsor (person)
- Winter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-06T19:39:28+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 111
- **2021-04-06T19:39:18+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0066 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-02T15:39:54+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0066
- **2021-04-01T23:07:11+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0066
- **2021-04-01T21:47:45+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0066
- **2021-04-01T17:28:35+00:00** H Concur:Passed 59-1-0-0-0
- **2021-03-31T21:51:45+00:00** H Received for Concurrence
- **2021-03-31T20:26:36+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30T16:27:01+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29T20:24:06+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2021-03-26T20:11:42+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2021-03-26T20:11:37+00:00** S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22T16:08:49+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19T21:53:03+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-19T17:49:56+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T16:30:33+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17T22:53:07+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2021-03-10T00:33:54+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2021-03-10T00:33:48+00:00** H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05T17:55:06+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T15:56:37+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-03T13:26:48+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/3eab4a83-2ecd-4cb7-9b53-a41d6477363c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).