---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Code revisions."
description: "2018/Summaries/HB0040.PDF"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 40"
citation: "Wyoming HB 40 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-02T15:44:17+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-16T14:45:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a3edf39-321a-4ac3-9a19-d96e86ffc044"
source_url: "http://lso.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2018/HB0040"
source_hash: "669f4f09775091bb31d5d8da592872a49129c4f5589272e697054947c15a8cee"
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 40 (2018) — Election Code revisions.

2018/Summaries/HB0040.PDF

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2018/Introduced/HB0040.PDF)
2. **Amendment HB0040H3001 (3rd reading) - Clem (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2018/Amends/HB0040H3001.pdf)
3. **Amendment HB0040H3002 (3rd reading) - Laursen (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2018/Amends/HB0040H3002.pdf)
4. **Amendment HB0040HW001 (Committee of the Whole) - Halverson (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2018/Amends/HB0040HW001.pdf)
5. **Amendment HB0040JC001 (Conference Committee)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2018/Amends/HB0040JC001.pdf)
6. **Amendment HB0040S2001 (2nd reading) - Ellis (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2018/Amends/HB0040S2001.pdf)
7. **Amendment HB0040SS001 (Standing Committee) - SCorporations (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2018/Amends/HB0040SS001.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2018/Enroll/HB0040.PDF)

## Votes

- HB0040JC001: H Adopted HB0040JC001: 59-0-1-0-0 — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- HB0040JC001: S Adopted HB0040JC001: 28-1-1-0-0 — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- H Concur:Failed 5-52-3-0-0 — **5–52** (fail) · lower
- S07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0 — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-0 — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations 56-3-1-0-0 — **56–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corporations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-16T14:45:56+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0061 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-16T14:45:23+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 118
- **2018-03-10T21:08:49+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0061
- **2018-03-10T16:05:06+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0061
- **2018-03-09T22:39:53+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0061
- **2018-03-05T21:13:51+00:00** S Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2018-03-05T18:52:19+00:00** H Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2018-03-05T18:36:04+00:00** H Concur:Failed 5-52-3-0-0
- **2018-03-02T18:55:57+00:00** H Received for Concurrence
- **2018-03-02T18:09:50+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-01T17:38:51+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28T22:42:29+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2018-02-27T21:12:56+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2018-02-27T21:11:56+00:00** S07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22T19:49:39+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20T15:41:23+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-19T18:21:52+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-16T17:08:32+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15T23:46:28+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2018-02-15T00:09:45+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2018-02-15T00:08:45+00:00** H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12T22:51:19+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations 56-3-1-0-0 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09T22:08:04+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-02T15:44:17+00:00** Bill Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a3edf39-321a-4ac3-9a19-d96e86ffc044`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).