---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation of surgical abortions."
description: "2025/Summaries/HB0042.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 42"
citation: "Wyoming HB 42 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-12-16T20:49:34+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-27T19:00:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5a26036-6344-44f2-93de-ab9461ef8411"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/HB0042"
source_hash: "0395fec2597a4fe50f78be99e05745394d997456075071e871820da8f8d2da28"
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 42 (2025) — Regulation of surgical abortions.

2025/Summaries/HB0042.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/HB0042.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0042H2001 (2nd reading) - Representative Larsen, L (Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/HB0042H2001.pdf)
3. **Amendment HB0042H2002 (2nd reading) - Representative Yin (Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/HB0042H2002.pdf)
4. **Amendment HB0042HS001 (Standing Committee) - House Labor, Health and Social Services Committee (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/HB0042HS001.pdf)
5. **Amendment HB0042HW001 (Committee of the Whole) - Representative Connolly (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/HB0042HW001.pdf)
6. **Amendment HB0042SW001 (Committee of the Whole) - Senator Steinmetz (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/HB0042SW001.pdf)
7. **Amendment HB0042SW002 (Committee of the Whole) - Senator Steinmetz (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/HB0042SW002.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/HB0042.pdf)

## Votes

- S10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 24-7-0-0-0 — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- H Concur:Passed 55-6-1-0-0 — **55–6** (pass) · lower
- H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-1-1-0-0 — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 52-8-2-0-0 — **52–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lawley — primary (person)
- Angelos — cosponsor (person)
- Boner — cosponsor (person)
- Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Geringer — cosponsor (person)
- Haroldson — cosponsor (person)
- Heiner — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchings — cosponsor (person)
- Larson, JT — cosponsor (person)
- Lien — cosponsor (person)
- Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez-Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Steinmetz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27T19:00:47+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 46 `became-law`
- **2025-02-27T19:00:03+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0026 `executive-signature`
- **2025-02-24T21:28:09+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0026
- **2025-02-24T21:21:50+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0026
- **2025-02-24T18:24:37+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0026
- **2025-02-24T17:40:57+00:00** H Concur:Passed 55-6-1-0-0
- **2025-02-21T20:45:03+00:00** H Received for Concurrence
- **2025-02-21T18:41:48+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 24-7-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T17:29:29+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19T22:26:08+00:00** S COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18T17:25:20+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2025-02-18T17:25:13+00:00** S10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10T19:32:31+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31T14:56:27+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-30T17:59:54+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 52-8-2-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-29T17:54:51+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-29T00:37:53+00:00** H COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-24T23:00:25+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2025-01-24T23:00:16+00:00** H10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-1-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-16T18:17:30+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-02T19:36:46+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2024-12-16T20:49:34+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/e5a26036-6344-44f2-93de-ab9461ef8411`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).