---
type: "Bill"
title: "Background checks-interstate compacts."
description: "AN ACT relating to criminal history records; authorizing licensure boards to obtain criminal background checks for health care professionals licensed pursuant to an interstate compact entered into by the state of Wyoming; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 241"
citation: "Wyoming HB 241 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baldwin", "Barlow"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3871816a-af05-4a2d-9741-922b735d6efd"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0241.pdf"
source_hash: "d012dfc208d7c92d6ca8105a07dcc864c668885f7e859cbe8e2a316b7a986640"
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 241 (2017) — Background checks-interstate compacts.

AN ACT relating to criminal history records; authorizing licensure boards to obtain criminal background checks for health care professionals licensed pursuant to an interstate compact entered into by the state of Wyoming; 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/HB0241.pdf)
2. **HEA0092** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0241.pdf)

## Votes

- Concur:Passed 52-7-1-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 56-2-2-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Baldwin — primary (person)
- Barlow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 56-2-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+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:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 52-7-1-0-0
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0092
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0092
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0092
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0092 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+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/3871816a-af05-4a2d-9741-922b735d6efd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).