---
type: "Bill"
title: "Termination of parental rights-standing."
description: "2019/Summaries/HB0157.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 157"
citation: "Wyoming HB 157 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennings"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-15T16:11:08+00:00"
last_action: "2019-02-26T18:48:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70c9835a-b03e-4aa8-844d-5e95761f4343"
source_url: "http://lso.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2019/HB0157"
source_hash: "712f340de0cf9ae74ce85ea55a9aa8c39c8854c928a4b302e5e1228b754a2f61"
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 157 (2019) — Termination of parental rights-standing.

2019/Summaries/HB0157.pdf

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2019/Introduced/HB0157.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0157H3001 (3rd reading) - Representative Nicholas (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2019/Amends/HB0157H3001.pdf)
3. **Amendment HB0157HS001 (Standing Committee) - House Judiciary Committee (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2019/Amends/HB0157HS001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2019/Enroll/HB0157.pdf)

## Votes

- H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 44-11-5-0-0 — **44–11** (pass) · lower
- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 44-11-5-0-0 — **44–11** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-0 — **29–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jennings — primary (person)
- Barlow — cosponsor (person)
- Clem — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Hallinan — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchings — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kinskey — cosponsor (person)
- Laursen — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Tass — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26T18:48:32+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 88
- **2019-02-26T18:48:22+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0066 `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-22T22:05:41+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0066
- **2019-02-22T17:10:17+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0066
- **2019-02-21T23:15:21+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0066
- **2019-02-21T16:55:32+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-02-20T17:36:16+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-19T23:57:58+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2019-02-19T23:57:51+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2019-02-08T17:57:56+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2019-02-08T17:56:18+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05T17:42:35+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04T15:57:30+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-01T23:46:08+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 44-11-5-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-02-01T21:24:22+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 44-11-5-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-01-31T16:44:28+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-30T23:04:52+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2019-01-30T23:04:45+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2019-01-24T23:38:54+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2019-01-24T23:38:38+00:00** H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-22T17:35:25+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16T16:03:27+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-15T16:11:08+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/70c9835a-b03e-4aa8-844d-5e95761f4343`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).