---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections-recount deposits."
description: "AN ACT relating to elections; modifying deposit fees and liability for costs related to candidate initiated recounts; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 163"
citation: "Wyoming HB 163 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown", "Coe", "Northrup", "Paxton", "Rothfuss"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b38b738-3d81-4c72-8ce1-ec772a1adca4"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0163.pdf"
source_hash: "c1e9cc319c629610d2fb5e62e14c1425ae0f1cbdb8dde114b724c03fca34d56a"
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 163 (2017) — Elections-recount deposits.

AN ACT relating to elections; modifying deposit fees and liability for costs related to candidate initiated recounts; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Introduced/HB0163.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0163.pdf)
3. **HEA0044** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0163.pdf)

## Votes

- H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 26-2-2-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 37-23-0-0-0 — **8–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Coe — primary (person)
- Northrup — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Rothfuss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 37-23-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 26-2-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0044
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0044
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0044
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0044 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b38b738-3d81-4c72-8ce1-ec772a1adca4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).