---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kickstart Wyoming-economic diversification."
description: "AN ACT relating to economic development and diversification; providing for matching funds for the small business innovation research program; creating the Wyoming research and innovation program; creating the \"startup:Wyoming\" and \"kickstart:Wyoming\" programs; specifying criteria for newly created and existing programs and initiatives; creating subaccounts within the economic diversification account; authorizing use of funds for approved projects; modifying duties of the Wyoming business council to reflect investment authority in start-up entities and to administer other programs; modifying duties of other economic diversification entities; requiring reports; requiring and otherwise providing for rulemaking; providing appropriations and for continuous appropriations; modifying other appropriations; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SF 118"
citation: "Wyoming SF 118 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Management Council"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-14T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6aa1d87c-9db8-4b74-80f9-dae0939a3229"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Digest/SF0118.pdf"
source_hash: "223fb0465bbdfe74a6212c2bccdc0476dbc39b292427f6c4e7725988bcc8327a"
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 118 (2018) — Kickstart Wyoming-economic diversification.

AN ACT relating to economic development and diversification; providing for matching funds for the small business innovation research program; creating the Wyoming research and innovation program; creating the "startup:Wyoming" and "kickstart:Wyoming" programs; specifying criteria for newly created and existing programs and initiatives; creating subaccounts within the economic diversification account; authorizing use of funds for approved projects; modifying duties of the Wyoming business council to reflect investment authority in start-up entities and to administer other programs; modifying duties of other economic diversification entities; requiring reports; requiring and otherwise providing for rulemaking; providing appropriations and for continuous appropriations; modifying other 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/2018/Introduced/SF0118.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Engross/SF0118.pdf)
3. **SEA0058** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Enroll/SF0118.pdf)

## Votes

- S12 - Rules:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **25–4** (pass) · legislature
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 — **25–4** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 38-22-0-0-0 — **25–4** (pass) · legislature
- Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals 25-4-1-0-0 — **25–4** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 24-6-0-0-0 — **25–4** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Passed 17-13-0-0-0 — **25–4** (pass) · legislature
- S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **25–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Management Council — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2018-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2018-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals 25-4-1-0-0 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** :Rerefer to S12 - Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** S12 - Rules:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** :Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2018-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2018-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 24-6-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2018-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2018-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 38-22-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2018-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 17-13-0-0-0
- **2018-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0058
- **2018-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed SEA No. 0058
- **2018-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed SEA No. 0058
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 127
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0058 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6aa1d87c-9db8-4b74-80f9-dae0939a3229`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).