---
type: "Bill"
title: "Plan of safe care-newborns."
description: "2023/Summaries/SF0079.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SF 79"
citation: "Wyoming SF 79 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baldwin"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-05T23:32:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-02T23:12:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/144a2659-e707-4fe8-b1b2-a162b8cf4b49"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2023/SF0079"
source_hash: "45aa12962011ad21f6cef523ea83849a5f6b315dd6926984772365521af78247"
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 79 (2023) — Plan of safe care-newborns.

2023/Summaries/SF0079.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/SF0079.pdf)
2. **Amendment SF0079H2001 (2nd reading) - Representative Locke (Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Amends/SF0079H2001.pdf)
3. **Amendment SF0079H2002 (2nd reading) - Representative Bear (Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Amends/SF0079H2002.pdf)
4. **Amendment SF0079H2003 (2nd reading) - Representative Pendergraft (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Amends/SF0079H2003.pdf)
5. **Amendment SF0079H2004 (2nd reading) - Representative Penn (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Amends/SF0079H2004.pdf)
6. **Amendment SF0079H2005 (2nd reading) - Representative Allemand (Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Amends/SF0079H2005.pdf)
7. **Amendment SF0079H3001 (3rd reading) - Representative Penn (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Amends/SF0079H3001.pdf)
8. **Amendment SF0079HW001 (Committee of the Whole) - Representative Zwonitzer, Dn (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Amends/SF0079HW001.pdf)
9. **Amendment SF0079SS001 (Standing Committee) - Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Amends/SF0079SS001.pdf)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Enroll/SF0079.pdf)

## Votes

- H 3rd Reading:Passed 47-15-0-0-0 — **47–15** (pass) · lower
- S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 6-3-0-0-0 — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- S Concur:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baldwin — primary (person)
- Barlow — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Larsen, L — cosponsor (person)
- Oakley — cosponsor (person)
- Sommers — cosponsor (person)
- Washut — cosponsor (person)
- Zwonitzer, Dn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02T23:12:59+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 143 `became-law`
- **2023-03-02T23:12:51+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0069 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-28T03:02:06+00:00** H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0069
- **2023-02-27T21:18:26+00:00** S President Signed SEA No. 0069
- **2023-02-27T21:08:11+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0069
- **2023-02-27T17:31:29+00:00** S Concur:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
- **2023-02-24T20:28:46+00:00** S Received for Concurrence
- **2023-02-24T18:30:04+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 47-15-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T19:16:42+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T18:15:44+00:00** H COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14T00:51:33+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2023-02-14T00:51:20+00:00** H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 6-3-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10T17:27:24+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T15:13:15+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-20T18:47:40+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-19T17:15:23+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T00:37:30+00:00** S COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-18T19:02:45+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2023-01-18T19:02:37+00:00** S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-11T21:46:54+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10T22:50:38+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-05T23:32:53+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/144a2659-e707-4fe8-b1b2-a162b8cf4b49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).