---
type: "Bill"
title: "Penitentiary savings fund."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Wyoming state penitentiary; creating the Wyoming state penitentiary capital construction account within the strategic investments and projects account; directing funds to the account as specified; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 262"
citation: "Wyoming HB 262 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burkhart", "Coe", "Harshman", "Landen", "Perkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0629883f-7b9b-4f24-95a5-6f67db55c012"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0262.pdf"
source_hash: "451dc8fc9de0d97e729fdb035b4d4d612543a2a762691a532c56b407fd1d2698"
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 262 (2017) — Penitentiary savings fund.

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming state penitentiary; creating the Wyoming state penitentiary capital construction account within the strategic investments and projects account; directing funds to the account as specified; 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/HB0262.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0262.pdf)
3. **HEA0019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0262.pdf)

## Votes

- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 42-17-1-0-0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 27-2-1-0-0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Bill Laid Back Motion Failed 40-18-2-0-0 — **7–0** (fail) · legislature
- S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Burkhart — primary (person)
- Coe — primary (person)
- Harshman — primary (person)
- Landen — primary (person)
- Perkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 `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:Bill Laid Back Motion Failed 40-18-2-0-0
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 42-17-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 27-2-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0019
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0019
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0019
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0019 `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+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/0629883f-7b9b-4f24-95a5-6f67db55c012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).