---
type: "Bill"
title: "Absconding for criminal purposes-criminal offense."
description: "2026/Summaries/SF0008.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SF 8"
citation: "Wyoming SF 8 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-12-01T18:49:46+00:00"
last_action: "2026-02-27T22:12:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f77abcd1-4226-4c8b-b958-7ac0c526c5ff"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2026/SF0008"
source_hash: "79cbc75bdc3e97ecdffbd6fa0c8c8aa30855b52312a09213f12ed910a2e495da"
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 8 (2026) — Absconding for criminal purposes-criminal offense.

2026/Summaries/SF0008.pdf

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Introduced/SF0008.pdf)
2. **Amendment SF0008S2001 (2nd reading) - Senator Rothfuss (Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Amends/SF0008S2001.pdf)
3. **Amendment SF0008S3001 (3rd reading) - Senator Crago (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Amends/SF0008S3001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2026/Enroll/SF0008.pdf)

## Votes

- S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 31-0-0-0-0 — **31–0** (pass) · lower
- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-2-3-0-0 — **57–2** (pass) · lower
- H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 17-13-1-0-0 — **17–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27T22:12:53+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 12 `became-law`
- **2026-02-27T22:12:29+00:00** Governor Signed SEA No. 0008 `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-26T17:18:55+00:00** H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0008
- **2026-02-25T22:56:11+00:00** S President Signed SEA No. 0008
- **2026-02-25T21:06:05+00:00** Assigned Number SEA No. 0008
- **2026-02-25T18:15:24+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-2-3-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-24T17:38:43+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23T23:33:05+00:00** H COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20T17:42:03+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2026-02-20T17:41:56+00:00** H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19T06:46:25+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18T16:10:15+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-16T18:18:40+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 17-13-1-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-13T18:51:56+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Laid Back
- **2026-02-12T21:42:06+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11T22:48:01+00:00** S COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T22:48:32+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2026-02-10T22:48:16+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09T21:36:58+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 31-0-0-0-0 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05T21:44:57+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2025-12-01T18:49:46+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/f77abcd1-4226-4c8b-b958-7ac0c526c5ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).