---
type: "Bill"
title: "Automatic restoration of the right to vote."
description: "AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; amending requirements for restoration of voting rights to persons convicted of nonviolent felonies; repealing certain eligibility requirements for certificates of restoration of rights; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 75"
citation: "Wyoming HB 75 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barlow", "Blake", "Bovee", "Brown", "Byrd", "Case", "Dayton", "Driskill", "Pelkey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-03T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/288ce6f7-c1dd-4c0c-aa95-d58ada153f2a"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0075.pdf"
source_hash: "87b496d033de4afffa4d45df68dc1b38320accc2866fe0e1dc5ea55c0e2bde3e"
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 75 (2017) — Automatic restoration of the right to vote.

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; amending requirements for restoration of voting rights to persons convicted of nonviolent felonies; repealing certain eligibility requirements for certificates of restoration of rights; 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/HB0075.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0075.pdf)
3. **HEA0106** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0075.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading:Passed 22-8-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 41-17-2-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barlow — primary (person)
- Blake — primary (person)
- Bovee — primary (person)
- Brown — primary (person)
- Byrd — primary (person)
- Case — primary (person)
- Dayton — primary (person)
- Driskill — primary (person)
- Pelkey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00** H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 41-17-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 22-8-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0106
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0106
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0106
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0106 `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/288ce6f7-c1dd-4c0c-aa95-d58ada153f2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).