---
type: "Bill"
title: "Purple star schools."
description: "2023/Summaries/HB0056.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 56"
citation: "Wyoming HB 56 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-12-20T20:59:28+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-23T19:16:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8797ebaf-1c41-4b1a-b887-dce3fe62afd7"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2023/HB0056"
source_hash: "add9f1c80e0a3ba4a20a3a9bcbb9ee87bf838f533ab420f46b86d35533728b16"
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 56 (2023) — Purple star schools.

2023/Summaries/HB0056.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/HB0056.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Enroll/HB0056.pdf)

## Votes

- H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0 — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- H08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-1-0-0-0 — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Andrew — cosponsor (person)
- Barlow — cosponsor (person)
- Boner — cosponsor (person)
- Ellis — cosponsor (person)
- Harshman — cosponsor (person)
- Henderson — cosponsor (person)
- Neiman — cosponsor (person)
- Northrup — cosponsor (person)
- O'Hearn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23T19:16:06+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 75 `became-law`
- **2023-02-23T19:15:47+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0050 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-22T17:35:40+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0050
- **2023-02-22T00:18:36+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0050
- **2023-02-21T19:48:16+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0050
- **2023-02-21T18:11:18+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-1-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-17T17:02:46+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16T21:36:18+00:00** S COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16T18:18:08+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2023-02-16T18:18:01+00:00** S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13T19:34:55+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T14:57:21+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-27T18:39:07+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T17:55:22+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T22:27:22+00:00** H COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25T00:20:29+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2023-01-25T00:20:23+00:00** H08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-16T18:07:56+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06T18:22:51+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2022-12-20T20:59:28+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/8797ebaf-1c41-4b1a-b887-dce3fe62afd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).