---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation of nonresident students."
description: "2020/Summaries/HB0178.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 178"
citation: "Wyoming HB 178 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Northrup"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-02-11T17:53:49+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-12T20:51:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd525ce2-ec86-4c89-8955-b6fa10400c02"
source_url: "http://lso.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2020/HB0178"
source_hash: "1d2126bd82993b6eab6f243b79f05399eaa145eda7557d6ecc531f7c436ab901"
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 178 (2020) — Transportation of nonresident students.

2020/Summaries/HB0178.pdf

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Introduced/HB0178.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0178HS001 (Standing Committee) - House Education Committee (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Amends/HB0178HS001.pdf)
3. **Amendment HB0178SS001 (Standing Committee) - Senate Education Committee (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Amends/HB0178SS001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://wyoleg.gov/2020/Enroll/HB0178.pdf)

## Votes

- H Concur:Passed 58-0-2-0-0 — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-0-1-0-0 — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-5-0-0-0 — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education 59-0-1-0-0 — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- H04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Northrup — primary (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Clausen — cosponsor (person)
- Coe — cosponsor (person)
- Driskill — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Harshman — cosponsor (person)
- Kost — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Piiparinen — cosponsor (person)
- Wasserburger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-12T20:51:17+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 79
- **2020-03-12T20:50:50+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0041 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-09T23:44:25+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0041
- **2020-03-06T23:47:28+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0041
- **2020-03-06T21:15:14+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0041
- **2020-03-06T18:39:14+00:00** H Concur:Passed 58-0-2-0-0
- **2020-03-05T20:45:52+00:00** H Received for Concurrence
- **2020-03-05T18:51:23+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-5-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-04T18:12:19+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03T22:59:15+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2020-03-02T21:39:56+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2020-03-02T21:39:39+00:00** S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28T21:00:36+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27T17:38:59+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-27T02:25:19+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-0-1-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-27T02:16:11+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25T23:14:00+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2020-02-24T18:04:46+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2020-02-24T18:04:35+00:00** H04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-14T00:20:56+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education 59-0-1-0-0 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12T15:57:41+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-11T17:53:49+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/cd525ce2-ec86-4c89-8955-b6fa10400c02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).