---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government efficiencies."
description: "AN ACT relating to administration of government; creating the Wyoming spending and government efficiency commission; requiring reports; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SF 156"
citation: "Wyoming SF 156 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bebout", "Greear", "Harshman", "Perkins", "Peterson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/791b922d-be60-41f0-a67f-e23fef4ee33e"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/SF0156.pdf"
source_hash: "380d063e681a4ae931f7ee5adb41dbf989c8875bd3fa667961a250db12678505"
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 SF 156 (2017) — State government efficiencies.

AN ACT relating to administration of government; creating the Wyoming spending and government efficiency commission; requiring reports; providing appropriations; 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/SF0156.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/SF0156.pdf)
3. **SEA0091** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/SF0156.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopted SF0156JC001: 44-16-0-0-0 — **5–0** (fail) · legislature
- Concur:Failed 0-30-0-0-0 — **5–0** (fail) · legislature
- H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 49-11-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Bill Laid Back Motion Failed 46-14-0-0-0 — **5–0** (fail) · legislature
- S09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopted SF0156JC001: 27-0-3-0-0 — **5–0** (fail) · legislature
- S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bebout — primary (person)
- Greear — primary (person)
- Harshman — primary (person)
- Perkins — primary (person)
- Peterson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** S09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Bill Laid Back Motion Failed 46-14-0-0-0
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 49-11-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Failed 0-30-0-0-0
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Adopted SF0156JC001: 27-0-3-0-0
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Adopted SF0156JC001: 44-16-0-0-0
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0091
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed SEA No. 0091
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed SEA No. 0091
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0091 `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/791b922d-be60-41f0-a67f-e23fef4ee33e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).