---
type: "Bill"
title: "Federal responsibility for American Indian health care."
description: "A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress to uphold the federal trust responsibility to provide for the health care needs of American Indians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HJ 8"
citation: "Wyoming HJ 8 (2017)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Meier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ba4987a-f858-41d7-807e-73fac8e3c6a7"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HJ0008.pdf"
source_hash: "9df0aef4f1f60cd33fc940b9308da9ca63aa2083c13de3b6e05c029fade30cf8"
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 HJ 8 (2017) — Federal responsibility for American Indian health care.

A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress to uphold the federal trust responsibility to provide for the health care needs of American Indians.

## 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/HJ0008.pdf)
2. **HEA0001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HJ0008.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- S12 - Rules:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 58-1-1-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Meier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 58-1-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S12 - Rules `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** S12 - Rules: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 29-0-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEJR No. 0001
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEJR No. 0001
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEJR No. 0001
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEJR No. 0001 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ba4987a-f858-41d7-807e-73fac8e3c6a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).