---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crime of bestiality."
description: "2021/Summaries/HB0046.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 46"
citation: "Wyoming HB 46 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-07T14:58:44+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-30T16:05:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed58e780-0f9c-4eaf-9985-4c9cbf433a51"
source_url: "http://lso.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2021/HB0046"
source_hash: "1724f27961f1ffddb30609402eaf17c2939925955ddd0395cfe58b8cf322e1da"
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 46 (2021) — Crime of bestiality.

2021/Summaries/HB0046.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/HB0046.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0046S3001 (3rd reading) - Senator Kost (Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Amends/HB0046S3001.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Enroll/HB0046.pdf)

## Votes

- H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0 — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- HB0046S3001: Amendment failed 4-26-0-0-0 — **4–26** (fail) · upper
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stith — primary (person)
- Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Kolb — cosponsor (person)
- Kost — cosponsor (person)
- Nethercott — cosponsor (person)
- Steinmetz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-30T16:05:42+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 39
- **2021-03-30T16:05:34+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0023 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-26T20:14:52+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0023
- **2021-03-26T17:46:28+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0023
- **2021-03-26T14:22:35+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0023
- **2021-03-25T17:43:09+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-24T16:24:36+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23T21:33:13+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2021-03-19T20:09:31+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2021-03-19T20:09:25+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T16:08:39+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08T19:07:49+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-08T18:05:02+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T17:41:13+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T23:33:55+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2021-03-04T00:52:00+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2021-03-04T00:51:52+00:00** H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01T18:24:07+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12T18:25:22+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2021-01-07T14:58:44+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/ed58e780-0f9c-4eaf-9985-4c9cbf433a51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).