---
type: "Bill"
title: "Compelled speech is not free speech."
description: "2025/Summaries/SF0077.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SF 77"
citation: "Wyoming SF 77 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutchings"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-12-31T20:41:47+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-27T20:05:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bfb1feb-4c14-4966-82ea-90445c8bef8f"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/SF0077"
source_hash: "47d127966875360c6bd736cc28c485e36dfa5cb3d80769002c61523eb7b666a6"
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 77 (2025) — Compelled speech is not free speech.

2025/Summaries/SF0077.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/SF0077.pdf)
2. **Amendment SF0077H2001 (2nd reading) - Representative Yin (Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/SF0077H2001.pdf)
3. **Amendment SF0077HS001 (Standing Committee) - House Judiciary Committee (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/SF0077HS001.pdf)
4. **Amendment SF0077HW001 (Committee of the Whole) - Representative Filer (Withdrawn)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/SF0077HW001.pdf)
5. **Amendment SF0077JC001 (Conference Committee)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/SF0077JC001.pdf)
6. **Amendment SF0077SS001 (Standing Committee) - Senate Judiciary Committee (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/SF0077SS001.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/SF0077.pdf)

## Votes

- S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-3-1-0-0 — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- S Concur:Failed 14-17-0-0-0 — **14–17** (fail) · upper
- SF0077JC001: S Adopted SF0077JC001: 29-2-0-0-0 — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- SF0077JC001: H Adopted SF0077JC001: 54-6-2-0-0 — **54–6** (pass) · lower
- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 54-7-1-0-0 — **54–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hutchings — primary (person)
- Andrew — cosponsor (person)
- Banks — cosponsor (person)
- Bear — cosponsor (person)
- Boner — cosponsor (person)
- Haroldson — cosponsor (person)
- Ide — cosponsor (person)
- Neiman — cosponsor (person)
- Smith, D — cosponsor (person)
- Smith, S — cosponsor (person)
- Steinmetz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27T20:05:11+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 62 `became-law`
- **2025-02-27T20:04:00+00:00** Became Law without Signature
- **2025-02-25T00:25:04+00:00** H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0023
- **2025-02-24T21:13:42+00:00** S President Signed SEA No. 0023
- **2025-02-24T20:39:16+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0023
- **2025-02-20T02:32:05+00:00** H Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2025-02-20T00:15:33+00:00** S Appointed JCC01 Members
- **2025-02-19T21:29:01+00:00** S Concur:Failed 14-17-0-0-0
- **2025-02-19T20:21:08+00:00** S Received for Concurrence
- **2025-02-19T18:33:46+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 54-7-1-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T17:58:20+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14T21:53:20+00:00** H COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12T22:52:51+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2025-02-12T22:52:43+00:00** H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10T18:46:34+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06T21:44:16+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-06T17:18:53+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-3-1-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-06T00:02:28+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04T22:06:34+00:00** S COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29T17:35:40+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2025-01-29T17:35:32+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-16T18:47:49+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-06T18:10:27+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2024-12-31T20:41:47+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/5bfb1feb-4c14-4966-82ea-90445c8bef8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).