---
type: "Bill"
title: "Volunteer reserve officers-liability coverage."
description: "2019/Summaries/HB0159.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 159"
citation: "Wyoming HB 159 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washut"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-15T16:16:45+00:00"
last_action: "2019-02-26T19:18:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57e1ee30-f9d0-4bc5-b150-f98b32a92d43"
source_url: "http://lso.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2019/HB0159"
source_hash: "603f5695df2f353f09fc8229f355a524f2b1136d3ea7ceb515d19585fbc67fb1"
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 159 (2019) — Volunteer reserve officers-liability coverage.

2019/Summaries/HB0159.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/HB0159.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2019/Enroll/HB0159.pdf)

## Votes

- H 3rd Reading:Passed 54-4-2-0-0 — **54–4** (pass) · lower
- H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-0 — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- S10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Washut — primary (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Landen — cosponsor (person)
- Nethercott — cosponsor (person)
- Pownall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26T19:18:47+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 115
- **2019-02-26T19:18:38+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0057 `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-21T20:46:48+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0057
- **2019-02-21T16:55:09+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0057
- **2019-02-20T21:04:51+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0057
- **2019-02-20T17:49:01+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-1-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-02-19T17:54:17+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15T21:28:49+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2019-02-11T18:25:41+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2019-02-11T18:25:31+00:00** S10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-04T20:58:48+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25T19:10:20+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-25T18:16:17+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 54-4-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-01-24T17:53:30+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-23T23:02:17+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2019-01-22T17:52:14+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2019-01-22T17:52:07+00:00** H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-17T17:35:22+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16T16:04:10+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-15T16:16:45+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/57e1ee30-f9d0-4bc5-b150-f98b32a92d43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).