---
type: "Bill"
title: "Volunteer firefighter pension-funding."
description: "2023/Summaries/HB0118.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 118"
citation: "Wyoming HB 118 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newsome"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-12T16:32:25+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-01T01:24:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4039dc54-a943-47e5-8033-5af2156b2280"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2023/HB0118"
source_hash: "1344e83404dd1f8cd10040ef2d5c9db5d946dc6a454b641d37b77c98aa74758b"
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 118 (2023) — Volunteer firefighter pension-funding.

2023/Summaries/HB0118.pdf

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Introduced/HB0118.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0118H3001 (3rd reading) - Representative Nicholas (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Amends/HB0118H3001.pdf)
3. **Amendment HB0118HS001 (Standing Committee) - House Appropriations Committee (Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Amends/HB0118HS001.pdf)
4. **Amendment HB0118JC001 (Conference Committee)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Amends/HB0118JC001.pdf)
5. **Amendment HB0118SS001 (Standing Committee) - Senate Appropriations Committee (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Amends/HB0118SS001.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Enroll/HB0118.pdf)

## Votes

- S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- H Concur:Failed 31-31-0-0-0 — **31–31** (fail) · lower
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0 — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0 — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- H Concur:Recede from Non-Concurrence pursuant to JR 2-4 Passed by Roll Call 40-21-1-0-0 — **40–21** (pass) · lower
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 48-14-0-0-0 — **48–14** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-2-1-0-1 — **27–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Newsome — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Banks — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Dockstader — cosponsor (person)
- Provenza — cosponsor (person)
- Styvar — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01T01:24:17+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 133 `became-law`
- **2023-03-01T01:24:08+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0060 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-24T17:18:54+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0060
- **2023-02-24T00:26:56+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0060
- **2023-02-23T16:20:20+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0060
- **2023-02-23T01:52:20+00:00** H Concur:Recede from Non-Concurrence pursuant to JR 2-4 Passed by Roll Call 40-21-1-0-0
- **2023-02-22T18:20:12+00:00** S Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2023-02-21T23:35:38+00:00** H Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2023-02-21T23:33:37+00:00** H Concur:Failed 31-31-0-0-0
- **2023-02-21T15:33:12+00:00** H Received for Concurrence
- **2023-02-17T17:19:19+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-2-1-0-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T17:36:34+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15T22:28:30+00:00** S COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15T18:03:06+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2023-02-15T18:02:58+00:00** S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09T21:23:27+00:00** :Refer to S02 - Appropriations
- **2023-02-09T19:09:57+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T19:08:08+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-09T01:18:17+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 48-14-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T17:55:09+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07T01:38:52+00:00** H COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31T00:42:17+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2023-01-31T00:42:10+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27T23:25:52+00:00** :Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27T23:25:46+00:00** H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-16T18:09:17+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12T20:31:41+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-12T16:32:25+00:00** Bill Number Assigned `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4039dc54-a943-47e5-8033-5af2156b2280`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).