---
type: "Bill"
title: "Background checks-governor's office."
description: "2023/Summaries/SF0129.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SF 129"
citation: "Wyoming SF 129 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Landen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-18T03:19:43+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-27T23:37:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/684bbf1a-41e1-4e4f-aad5-58ee13926343"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2023/SF0129"
source_hash: "c5b2df349564b8e8e071b469fdca4725c870410c7fb2ff674cc689719c1441d5"
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 129 (2023) — Background checks-governor's office.

2023/Summaries/SF0129.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/SF0129.pdf)
2. **Amendment SF0129S2001 (2nd reading) - Senator Ellis (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Amends/SF0129S2001.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Enroll/SF0129.pdf)

## Votes

- H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-1-1-0-0 — **60–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Landen — primary (person)
- Washut — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27T23:37:28+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 109 `became-law`
- **2023-02-27T23:37:20+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0055 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-24T18:50:41+00:00** H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0055
- **2023-02-24T17:16:04+00:00** S President Signed SEA No. 0055
- **2023-02-24T01:43:12+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0055
- **2023-02-23T23:45:35+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-1-1-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T17:37:09+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21T23:57:02+00:00** H COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16T00:19:04+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2023-02-16T00:18:56+00:00** H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13T17:30:52+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T22:49:13+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02T18:01:10+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T17:24:14+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31T21:14:47+00:00** S COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30T17:39:18+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2023-01-30T17:39:12+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-20T17:28:51+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18T16:08:42+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-18T03:19:43+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/684bbf1a-41e1-4e4f-aad5-58ee13926343`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).