---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study on evaluation requirements for small cities and towns."
description: "AN ACT relating to the department of audit; requiring a report on evaluation requirements for small cities and towns as specified; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 266"
citation: "Wyoming HB 266 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bovee", "Harshman", "Landen", "Loucks", "Obermueller", "Perkins", "Sweeney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17f464bf-b8c5-4f8b-a9ff-77ef2d51555f"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0266.pdf"
source_hash: "380055855b45a29e9402e70b4548e662faf0270f7900e3b7f3ff587bdeb601fc"
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 266 (2017) — Study on evaluation requirements for small cities and towns.

AN ACT relating to the department of audit; requiring a report on evaluation requirements for small cities and towns 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/HB0266.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0266.pdf)
3. **HEA0089** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0266.pdf)

## Votes

- S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- H07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 50-9-1-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bovee — primary (person)
- Harshman — primary (person)
- Landen — primary (person)
- Loucks — primary (person)
- Obermueller — primary (person)
- Perkins — primary (person)
- Sweeney — 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 H07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** H07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 50-9-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0089
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0089
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0089
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0089 `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/17f464bf-b8c5-4f8b-a9ff-77ef2d51555f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).