---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional licensing-applicant criminal records."
description: "AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; clarifying requirements for licensing, certification and registration related to a person's background and criminal record; requiring any disqualifying offense to relate to the profession or occupation or the ability to practice the profession or occupation; providing considerations for licensing boards, commissions, commissioners and authorities regarding applicable convictions; providing immunity from civil liability as specified; requiring professional licensing boards, commissions, commissioners and authorities to review their rules for consistency with this act; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SF 42"
citation: "Wyoming SF 42 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e034bd9b-1abf-41a3-88cb-e7d04c69d42d"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Digest/SF0042.pdf"
source_hash: "53d8e9fb78dc93b26d0132885aa5664a1fb3782f230217704f5a46025017121a"
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 42 (2018) — Professional licensing-applicant criminal records.

AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; clarifying requirements for licensing, certification and registration related to a person's background and criminal record; requiring any disqualifying offense to relate to the profession or occupation or the ability to practice the profession or occupation; providing considerations for licensing boards, commissions, commissioners and authorities regarding applicable convictions; providing immunity from civil liability as specified; requiring professional licensing boards, commissions, commissioners and authorities to review their rules for consistency with this act; 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/SF0042.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Engross/SF0042.pdf)
3. **SEA0063** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Enroll/SF0042.pdf)

## Votes

- H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0 — **28–1** (pass) · legislature
- S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 — **28–1** (pass) · legislature
- Adopted SF0042JC001: 55-5-0-0-0 — **28–1** (fail) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 41-19-0-0-0 — **28–1** (pass) · legislature
- Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor 28-1-1-0-0 — **28–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-0 — **28–1** (pass) · legislature
- Adopted SF0042JC001: 28-0-2-0-0 — **28–1** (fail) · legislature
- Concur:Failed 0-30-0-0-0 — **28–1** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Interim Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2018-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2018-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor 28-1-1-0-0 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2018-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2018-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2018-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2018-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 41-19-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Failed 0-30-0-0-0
- **2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2018-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2018-03-09T07:00:00+00:00** Adopted SF0042JC001: 28-0-2-0-0
- **2018-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Adopted SF0042JC001: 55-5-0-0-0
- **2018-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0063
- **2018-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed SEA No. 0063
- **2018-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed SEA No. 0063
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 107
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0063 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e034bd9b-1abf-41a3-88cb-e7d04c69d42d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).