---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ownership of fossils and artifacts."
description: "2021/Summaries/SF0088.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SF 88"
citation: "Wyoming SF 88 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kost"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-05T14:26:51+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-02T19:29:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68585865-d373-4bbd-944a-e9680cfe03cd"
source_url: "http://lso.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2021/SF0088"
source_hash: "e8792e8195fb9d87d416805cfcd2cb704d08dbc03d1bdc6e12fa425646aefcc8"
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 SF 88 (2021) — Ownership of fossils and artifacts.

2021/Summaries/SF0088.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/SF0088.pdf)
2. **Amendment SF0088H2001 (2nd reading) - Representative Haroldson (Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Amends/SF0088H2001.pdf)
3. **Amendment SF0088H3001 (3rd reading) - Representative Haroldson (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Amends/SF0088H3001.pdf)
4. **Amendment SF0088HW001 (Committee of the Whole) - Representative Flitner (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Amends/SF0088HW001.pdf)
5. **Amendment SF0088SS001 (Standing Committee) - Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural R (Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Amends/SF0088SS001.pdf)
6. **Amendment SF0088SW001 (Committee of the Whole) - Senator Kost (Corrected, Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Amends/SF0088SW001.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2021/Enroll/SF0088.pdf)

## Votes

- H 3rd Reading:Passed 50-8-2-0-0 — **50–8** (pass) · lower
- S06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 50-8-2-0-0 — **50–8** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- H06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kost — primary (person)
- Barlow — cosponsor (person)
- Boner — cosponsor (person)
- Driskill — cosponsor (person)
- Flitner — cosponsor (person)
- Hicks — cosponsor (person)
- Sommers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-02T19:29:49+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 75
- **2021-04-02T19:29:40+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0025 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-30T23:16:43+00:00** H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0025
- **2021-03-30T22:30:39+00:00** S President Signed SEA No. 0025
- **2021-03-30T19:02:41+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0025
- **2021-03-30T15:44:26+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 50-8-2-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30T15:02:28+00:00** S Received for Concurrence
- **2021-03-29T22:56:51+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 50-8-2-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-26T16:41:13+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25T22:31:50+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2021-03-18T23:31:11+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2021-03-18T23:31:04+00:00** H06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10T17:31:19+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T00:19:08+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-03T21:35:08+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T21:58:16+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01T22:23:12+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2021-03-01T17:44:17+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2021-03-01T17:44:10+00:00** S06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05T17:34:16+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05T17:34:06+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-05T14:26:51+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/68585865-d373-4bbd-944a-e9680cfe03cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).