---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food freedom act-amendments."
description: "AN ACT relating to agriculture; extending the Wyoming Food Freedom Act to apply to home processed food; authorizing sales of certain meat products and animals under the act; allowing transactions at producers' homes; amending definitions; authorizing agencies to provide requested assistance to producers; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 129"
citation: "Wyoming HB 129 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnard", "Blackburn", "Blake", "Boner", "Christensen", "Driskill", "Halverson", "Hunt", "Laursen", "Lindholm", "Pelkey", "Salazar", "Steinmetz", "Winters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-12T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6efcfca-c50a-4f62-85fb-99200656a80f"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0129.pdf"
source_hash: "85214ccd45a7cadad9356678f3745a41367efdef0a0c81aacdf76a5b3236927c"
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 129 (2017) — Food freedom act-amendments.

AN ACT relating to agriculture; extending the Wyoming Food Freedom Act to apply to home processed food; authorizing sales of certain meat products and animals under the act; allowing transactions at producers' homes; amending definitions; authorizing agencies to provide requested assistance to producers; 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/HB0129.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0129.pdf)
3. **HEA0055** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0129.pdf)

## Votes

- Concur:Passed 60-0-0-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 28-0-2-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barnard — primary (person)
- Blackburn — primary (person)
- Blake — primary (person)
- Boner — primary (person)
- Christensen — primary (person)
- Driskill — primary (person)
- Halverson — primary (person)
- Hunt — primary (person)
- Laursen — primary (person)
- Lindholm — primary (person)
- Pelkey — primary (person)
- Salazar — primary (person)
- Steinmetz — primary (person)
- Winters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 28-0-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 60-0-0-0-0
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0055
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0055
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0055
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0055 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+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/e6efcfca-c50a-4f62-85fb-99200656a80f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).