---
type: "Bill"
title: "School finance-interfund borrowing."
description: "AN ACT relating to school finance; eliminating the interest charged for funds borrowed from the common school account within the permanent land fund to cash flow the school foundation program account; amending the date for the repayment of borrowed funds; conforming account names; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 38"
citation: "Wyoming HB 38 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-15T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73cdf6a8-0875-4db1-baf1-e7b63c1ddf40"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0038.pdf"
source_hash: "e02f4fd571d04e93776a939bee57dd0683671c9b6a28704512ec319d2aef8184"
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 38 (2017) — School finance-interfund borrowing.

AN ACT relating to school finance; eliminating the interest charged for funds borrowed from the common school account within the permanent land fund to cash flow the school foundation program account; amending the date for the repayment of borrowed funds; conforming account names; making conforming amendments; 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/HB0038.pdf)
2. **HEA0040** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0038.pdf)

## Votes

- H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 19-10-1-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Passed 59-0-1-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 56-3-1-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Joint Education Interim Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-15T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 56-3-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations `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 19-10-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 59-0-1-0-0
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0040
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0040
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0040
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0040 `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/73cdf6a8-0875-4db1-baf1-e7b63c1ddf40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).