---
type: "Bill"
title: "Name change-duration of residency requirement."
description: "2022/Summaries/SF0077.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SF 77"
citation: "Wyoming SF 77 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-12T00:05:26+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-15T16:44:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a06764c-867c-4dee-8b3a-e89bbac299bf"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2022/SF0077"
source_hash: "1cf157efd8bee30967e897f959f5250d4c7f58808bd8f19b5ccae1648d83d337"
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 77 (2022) — Name change-duration of residency requirement.

2022/Summaries/SF0077.pdf

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2022/Introduced/SF0077.pdf)
2. **Amendment SF0077SS001 (Standing Committee) - Senate Judiciary Committee (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2022/Amends/SF0077SS001.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2022/Enroll/SF0077.pdf)

## Votes

- S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 29-0-1-0-0 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-3-2-0-0 — **55–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)
- Biteman — cosponsor (person)
- Blackburn — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Burkhart — cosponsor (person)
- Case — cosponsor (person)
- Connolly — cosponsor (person)
- Crago — cosponsor (person)
- Landen — cosponsor (person)
- Larsen — cosponsor (person)
- Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Rothfuss — cosponsor (person)
- Stith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-15T16:44:41+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 65
- **2022-03-15T16:44:31+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0031 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-09T22:28:03+00:00** H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0031
- **2022-03-09T22:01:20+00:00** S President Signed SEA No. 0031
- **2022-03-09T19:22:32+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0031
- **2022-03-09T18:39:22+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-3-2-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T17:18:04+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08T00:15:30+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2022-03-02T23:14:37+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2022-03-02T23:14:27+00:00** H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01T18:06:34+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T00:09:22+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-28T17:35:16+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25T16:04:13+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24T22:20:15+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2022-02-24T03:27:45+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2022-02-24T03:27:38+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18T18:39:06+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 29-0-1-0-0 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14T16:16:47+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-12T00:05:26+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/1a06764c-867c-4dee-8b3a-e89bbac299bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).