---
type: "Bill"
title: "Language proficiency-seal of biliteracy."
description: "2022/Summaries/SF0078.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SF 78"
citation: "Wyoming SF 78 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-12T00:08:13+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-21T14:13:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa1a90b9-3200-4d36-9093-964c8a05db46"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2022/SF0078"
source_hash: "65c7d997ae5b43fa088d535a62512b2d9e49d5917bb98b535cdb02fede0a2a25"
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 78 (2022) — Language proficiency-seal of biliteracy.

2022/Summaries/SF0078.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/SF0078.pdf)
2. **Amendment SF0078H3001 (3rd reading) - Representative Harshman (Withdrawn)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2022/Amends/SF0078H3001.pdf)
3. **Amendment SF0078H3002 (3rd reading) - Representative Yin (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2022/Amends/SF0078H3002.pdf)
4. **Amendment SF0078SS001 (Standing Committee) - Senate Education Committee (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2022/Amends/SF0078SS001.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2022/Enroll/SF0078.pdf)

## Votes

- H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-4-1-0-0 — **55–4** (pass) · lower
- S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- S Concur:Passed 28-1-1-0-0 — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-5-0-0-0 — **25–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)
- Flitner — cosponsor (person)
- Harshman — cosponsor (person)
- Kost — cosponsor (person)
- Neiman — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Rothfuss — cosponsor (person)
- Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Schuler — cosponsor (person)
- Wasserburger — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Yin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-21T14:13:08+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 100
- **2022-03-21T14:12:59+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0047 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T17:23:48+00:00** H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0047
- **2022-03-11T17:11:12+00:00** S President Signed SEA No. 0047
- **2022-03-11T02:21:29+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0047
- **2022-03-11T00:31:55+00:00** S Concur:Passed 28-1-1-0-0
- **2022-03-11T00:30:12+00:00** S Received for Concurrence
- **2022-03-10T22:00:05+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-4-1-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-09T18:00:54+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08T23:24:49+00:00** H COW:Passed
- **2022-03-03T17:26:53+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2022-03-03T17:26:44+00:00** H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01T18:10:43+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T00:09:37+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-28T17:35:41+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-5-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25T16:04:33+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24T18:12:34+00:00** S COW:Passed
- **2022-02-22T17:32:04+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2022-02-22T17:31:50+00:00** S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18T18:27:59+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education 24-5-1-0-0 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14T16:17:40+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-12T00:08:13+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/aa1a90b9-3200-4d36-9093-964c8a05db46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).