---
type: "Bill"
title: "Migratory bird refuge."
description: "AN ACT relating to game and fish; limiting the acreage authorized for a migratory bird refuge in Lincoln county; providing applicability; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SF 169"
citation: "Wyoming SF 169 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dockstader", "McKim"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3188407e-260d-48b4-992c-f2188f1e4572"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/SF0169.pdf"
source_hash: "3c653e8f892403bf9550f57d4e56340b5656fd6c3e2b33367b246b6700268115"
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 169 (2017) — Migratory bird refuge.

AN ACT relating to game and fish; limiting the acreage authorized for a migratory bird refuge in Lincoln county; providing applicability; 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/SF0169.pdf)
2. **SEA0072** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/SF0169.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- H06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 28-2-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Passed 28-2-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dockstader — primary (person)
- McKim — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+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 S06 - Travel `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `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 28-2-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** H06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+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:Passed 60-0-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 28-2-0-0-0
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0072
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed SEA No. 0072
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed SEA No. 0072
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0072 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+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/3188407e-260d-48b4-992c-f2188f1e4572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).