---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational safety and health administration actions."
description: "AN ACT relating to the administration of government; recognizing limitations on the regulatory authority of the occupational safety and health administration; providing legislative findings in relation to those limitations; specifying the policy of the state in regard to actions of the occupational safety and health administration; authorizing intervention by the attorney general to protect the interests of the state as specified; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 70"
citation: "Wyoming HB 70 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-12-28T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0416d3f3-739a-4a06-b0b5-a89f27ff61be"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0070.pdf"
source_hash: "17fb8864487ca04f5f8d4ff156eb8c03effd176c28f5c55dedd6183647403987"
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 70 (2017) — Occupational safety and health administration actions.

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; recognizing limitations on the regulatory authority of the occupational safety and health administration; providing legislative findings in relation to those limitations; specifying the policy of the state in regard to actions of the occupational safety and health administration; authorizing intervention by the attorney general to protect the interests of the state 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/HB0070.pdf)
2. **HEA0036** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0070.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading:Passed 56-3-1-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 28-0-2-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- S10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-28T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 56-3-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** S10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 28-0-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0036
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0036
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0036
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0036 `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/0416d3f3-739a-4a06-b0b5-a89f27ff61be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).