---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibition on private funds for conducting elections."
description: "2025/Summaries/HB0228.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "Wyoming HB 228 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knapp"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-17T01:00:01+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-18T13:38:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b6b9be7-d7df-4b53-9b5f-1141e6bbeee6"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/HB0228"
source_hash: "d2fe53449c9af20744a7e867d15c805d10c0f5ece5ebefa69b6fb2c95a8a3c75"
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 228 (2025) — Prohibition on private funds for conducting elections.

2025/Summaries/HB0228.pdf

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Introduced/HB0228.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0228H3001 (3rd reading) - Representative Sherwood (Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/HB0228H3001.pdf)
3. **Amendment HB0228S3001 (3rd reading) - Senator Crago (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/HB0228S3001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/HB0228.pdf)

## Votes

- H Concur:Passed 56-4-2-0-0 — **56–4** (pass) · lower
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-1-1-0-0 — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-4-1-0-0 — **57–4** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-1-0-0-0 — **30–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Knapp — primary (person)
- Allemand — cosponsor (person)
- Bear — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, G — cosponsor (person)
- Clouston — cosponsor (person)
- Haroldson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Locke — cosponsor (person)
- Steinmetz — cosponsor (person)
- Strock — cosponsor (person)
- Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18T13:38:17+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 153 `became-law`
- **2025-03-18T13:38:02+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0065 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-04T18:16:53+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0065
- **2025-03-04T17:30:42+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0065
- **2025-03-04T02:08:45+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0065
- **2025-03-04T01:06:54+00:00** H Concur:Passed 56-4-2-0-0
- **2025-03-03T23:30:06+00:00** H Received for Concurrence
- **2025-03-03T22:39:02+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-1-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-28T17:44:27+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-28T01:24:27+00:00** S COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27T21:41:30+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2025-02-27T21:41:23+00:00** S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18T21:16:15+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T15:51:10+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-11T22:49:15+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-4-1-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-10T18:16:33+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Laid Back
- **2025-02-07T16:33:17+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-07T01:10:05+00:00** H COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05T01:54:11+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2025-02-05T01:53:57+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-1-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28T17:35:02+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T16:11:02+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-17T01:00:01+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/6b6b9be7-d7df-4b53-9b5f-1141e6bbeee6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).