---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abortion amendments."
description: "AN ACT relating to abortions; prohibiting the sale or transfer of any aborted child or cells or tissue from an aborted child for experimentation; providing applicability; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 116"
citation: "Wyoming HB 116 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Agar", "Clem", "Edwards", "Gray", "Halverson", "Jennings", "Kinskey", "Lone", "Meier", "Piiparinen", "Steinmetz", "Winters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b425902a-5a0e-47d6-8356-f60b6708e8c4"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0116.pdf"
source_hash: "b0da838a23c395043c73dfe7210506916a322febdce5445850c5cbb3b73c915d"
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 116 (2017) — Abortion amendments.

AN ACT relating to abortions; prohibiting the sale or transfer of any aborted child or cells or tissue from an aborted child for experimentation; providing applicability; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Introduced/HB0116.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0116.pdf)
3. **HEA0094** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0116.pdf)

## Votes

- S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 — **6–3** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 48-11-1-0-0 — **6–3** (pass) · legislature
- H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-3-0-0-0 — **6–3** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Passed 48-12-0-0-0 — **6–3** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 20-10-0-0-0 — **6–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Agar — primary (person)
- Clem — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Gray — primary (person)
- Halverson — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kinskey — primary (person)
- Lone — primary (person)
- Meier — primary (person)
- Piiparinen — primary (person)
- Steinmetz — primary (person)
- Winters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-3-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 48-11-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Laid Back
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 20-10-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 48-12-0-0-0
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0094
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0094
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0094
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0094 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b425902a-5a0e-47d6-8356-f60b6708e8c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).