---
type: "Bill"
title: "Salvage title-updates."
description: "AN ACT relating to motor vehicle certificates of title and abandoned vehicles; revising procedures to acquire a salvage title; specifying applicability for requirements pertaining to abandoned vehicles; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 78"
citation: "Wyoming HB 78 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-03T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a05385a-1b8b-48a3-a282-1b093e97ae90"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0078.pdf"
source_hash: "9472ea9338d813a93d08468e7b623aa3bb15a646b518a11eb24162767c5e3747"
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 78 (2017) — Salvage title-updates.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicle certificates of title and abandoned vehicles; revising procedures to acquire a salvage title; specifying applicability for requirements pertaining to abandoned vehicles; 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/HB0078.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0078.pdf)
3. **HEA0076** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0078.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopted HB0078JC001: 44-16-0-0-0 — **9–0** (fail) · legislature
- H08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Failed 2-58-0-0-0 — **9–0** (fail) · legislature
- Adopted HB0078JC001: 25-1-4-0-0 — **9–0** (fail) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-2-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee — primary (organization)

## 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
- **2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00** H08 - Transportation: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 58-0-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Failed 2-58-0-0-0
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Adopted HB0078JC001: 44-16-0-0-0
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Adopted HB0078JC001: 25-1-4-0-0
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0076
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0076
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0076
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0076 `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/7a05385a-1b8b-48a3-a282-1b093e97ae90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).