---
type: "Bill"
title: "Acupuncture Practice Act."
description: "AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; creating the Acupuncture Practice Act; establishing the board of acupuncture; regulating the practice of acupuncture in this state; providing rulemaking authority; providing penalties; establishing an account; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 165"
citation: "Wyoming HB 165 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Barlow", "Brown", "Christensen", "Flitner", "Kirkbride", "Larsen", "Northrup", "Pelkey", "Peterson", "Schwartz", "Sweeney", "Zwonitzer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64e1701c-7023-424a-b415-b32c9d7068a4"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0165.pdf"
source_hash: "b184c4007de0e9c63f3bd35e094e3e4853ef2a786fbeb60284f7f5992e5e18b7"
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 165 (2017) — Acupuncture Practice Act.

AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; creating the Acupuncture Practice Act; establishing the board of acupuncture; regulating the practice of acupuncture in this state; providing rulemaking authority; providing penalties; establishing an account; providing an appropriation; 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/HB0165.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0165.pdf)
3. **HEA0083** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0165.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading:Passed 26-3-1-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- S07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-1-1-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- H07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 47-13-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Passed 40-20-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Barlow — primary (person)
- Brown — primary (person)
- Christensen — primary (person)
- Flitner — primary (person)
- Kirkbride — primary (person)
- Larsen — primary (person)
- Northrup — primary (person)
- Pelkey — primary (person)
- Peterson — primary (person)
- Schwartz — primary (person)
- Sweeney — primary (person)
- Zwonitzer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** H07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0 `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 47-13-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** S07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-1-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 26-3-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 40-20-0-0-0
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0083
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0083
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0083
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0083 `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/64e1701c-7023-424a-b415-b32c9d7068a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).