---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chancery court vacancy amendments."
description: "2021/Summaries/HB0042.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 42"
citation: "Wyoming HB 42 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-06T21:20:39+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-09T00:11:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14121ee7-fcb6-4465-9651-cd4958833c84"
source_url: "http://lso.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2021/HB0042"
source_hash: "79e9f903405e5245f92cb799a7434541785aba00a5a3fffd13233ab05c6aa064"
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 42 (2021) — Chancery court vacancy amendments.

2021/Summaries/HB0042.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/HB0042.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0042H2001 (2nd reading) - Representative Walters (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Amends/HB0042H2001.pdf)
3. **Amendment HB0042H3001 (3rd reading) - Representative Gray (Withdrawn)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Amends/HB0042H3001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Enroll/HB0042.pdf)

## Votes

- S 3rd Reading:Passed 26-2-2-0-0 — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 53-7-0-0-0 — **53–7** (pass) · lower
- HB0042H2001: Amendment adopted 32-28-0-0-0 — **32–28** (pass) · lower
- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BlockChain/Technology — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09T00:11:18+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 6
- **2021-02-09T00:11:09+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0004 `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-04T18:29:22+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0004
- **2021-02-04T01:30:22+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0004
- **2021-02-03T22:41:09+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0004
- **2021-02-03T20:24:00+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 26-2-2-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02T17:40:22+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01T22:27:51+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2021-02-01T21:38:08+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2021-02-01T21:37:59+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-29T23:26:30+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29T23:26:19+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2021-01-29T18:41:18+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 53-7-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28T19:09:52+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27T22:26:06+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2021-01-27T17:47:30+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2021-01-27T17:47:19+00:00** H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-12T22:30:37+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12T17:58:25+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2021-01-06T21:20:39+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/14121ee7-fcb6-4465-9651-cd4958833c84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).