---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voter identification requirements."
description: "2023/Summaries/HB0279.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 279"
citation: "Wyoming HB 279 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knapp"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-26T18:45:58+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-23T19:21:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2474d1ae-39d9-4ab7-8569-7bacbdd0710b"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2023/HB0279"
source_hash: "554b9fefd7a302fcc438dc94e7ebaaf711b9ed71cddd87ff25938494fe26d309"
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 279 (2023) — Voter identification requirements.

2023/Summaries/HB0279.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/HB0279.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Enroll/HB0279.pdf)

## Votes

- H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 6-1-2-0-0 — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-7-0-0-0 — **55–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Knapp — primary (person)
- Angelos — cosponsor (person)
- Haroldson — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchings — cosponsor (person)
- Larson, JT — cosponsor (person)
- Niemiec — cosponsor (person)
- Pendergraft — cosponsor (person)
- Schuler — cosponsor (person)
- Steinmetz — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23T19:21:46+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 78 `became-law`
- **2023-02-23T19:21:38+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0046 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-22T17:34:02+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0046
- **2023-02-22T00:15:31+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0046
- **2023-02-21T19:40:37+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0046
- **2023-02-21T18:14:20+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-17T17:09:53+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16T22:31:32+00:00** S COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16T21:23:43+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2023-02-16T21:23:36+00:00** S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09T19:12:29+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T21:25:22+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-08T19:12:46+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-7-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T21:32:23+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07T01:26:30+00:00** H COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-04T02:01:09+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2023-02-04T02:00:53+00:00** H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 6-1-2-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30T17:49:56+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T20:53:49+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-26T18:45:58+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/2474d1ae-39d9-4ab7-8569-7bacbdd0710b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).