---
type: "Bill"
title: "Illegitimate persons descent-repeal."
description: "2019/Summaries/HB0269.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 269"
citation: "Wyoming HB 269 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pelkey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-25T21:56:19+00:00"
last_action: "2019-02-26T19:13:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0e5d6ac-1dd6-4c3c-acd1-471fc24fa275"
source_url: "http://lso.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2019/HB0269"
source_hash: "184c7715bee2b69391c87c1af5a5a4c059a4f398a3f07a146a0482780f5852c3"
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 269 (2019) — Illegitimate persons descent-repeal.

2019/Summaries/HB0269.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/HB0269.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2019/Enroll/HB0269.pdf)

## Votes

- H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-2-0-0-0 — **58–2** (pass) · lower
- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-3-0-0-0 — **27–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pelkey — primary (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Connolly — cosponsor (person)
- Nethercott — cosponsor (person)
- Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Zwonitzer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26T19:13:31+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 125
- **2019-02-26T19:13:21+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0058 `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-21T20:47:10+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0058
- **2019-02-21T16:55:29+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0058
- **2019-02-20T21:32:06+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0058
- **2019-02-20T17:51:43+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-3-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-02-19T17:56:00+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15T21:31:00+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2019-02-13T22:12:18+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2019-02-13T22:12:07+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07T18:06:08+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06T15:32:00+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-05T21:26:51+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-2-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-02-05T17:20:54+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04T21:06:52+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2019-01-30T03:58:18+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2019-01-30T03:58:10+00:00** H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-28T17:56:42+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28T15:52:10+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-25T21:56:19+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/c0e5d6ac-1dd6-4c3c-acd1-471fc24fa275`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).