---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disparity in wages and benefits between men and women."
description: "AN ACT relating to employment; providing for a study and a report on wage and benefit disparities; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 209"
citation: "Wyoming HB 209 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Connolly", "Halverson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fd76f1f-0816-4954-9cce-806a3f9ea107"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0209.pdf"
source_hash: "25b836ac95ab1c63a8ddb8cb24dcfe09f3da05dffa7a5aa21251ac1f52cde42f"
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 209 (2017) — Disparity in wages and benefits between men and women.

AN ACT relating to employment; providing for a study and a report on wage and benefit disparities; 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/HB0209.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0209.pdf)
3. **HEA0112** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0209.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading:Passed 37-23-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Passed 41-19-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 28-2-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- H09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Connolly — primary (person)
- Halverson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** H09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 37-23-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** S10 - Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 28-2-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 41-19-0-0-0
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0112
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0112
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0112
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0112 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+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/0fd76f1f-0816-4954-9cce-806a3f9ea107`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).