---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of health facilities."
description: "AN ACT relating to department of health facilities; providing authorization for construction and renovation at the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center; providing an appropriation for the construction and renovation at the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center; providing a contingent appropriation with authority for an interfund loan for the construction and renovation at the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center; reappropriating funds related to the level III design study for the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center; continuing the task force on department of health facilities; specifying duties of the task force; repealing prior law related to the task force; providing an appropriation for the task force; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 291"
citation: "Wyoming HB 291 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfeb1763-8324-4dec-bb06-5a7d246349f7"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0291.pdf"
source_hash: "788afa144f34988829ab230c6a0d6aded9f985a890e36857d81f97215df2952b"
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 291 (2017) — Department of health facilities.

AN ACT relating to department of health facilities; providing authorization for construction and renovation at the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center; providing an appropriation for the construction and renovation at the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center; providing a contingent appropriation with authority for an interfund loan for the construction and renovation at the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center; reappropriating funds related to the level III design study for the Wyoming state hospital and Wyoming life resource center; continuing the task force on department of health facilities; specifying duties of the task force; repealing prior law related to the task force; providing an appropriation for the task force; 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/HB0291.pdf)
2. **HEA0038** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0291.pdf)

## Votes

- S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 26-3-1-0-0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Passed 49-11-0-0-0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 52-7-1-0-0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- House Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+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:Passed 52-7-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+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
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 26-3-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 49-11-0-0-0
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0038
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0038
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0038
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0038 `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/bfeb1763-8324-4dec-bb06-5a7d246349f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).