---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mentor small game and game bird hunting."
description: "AN ACT relating to game and fish; providing an exception to the hunter safety certificate requirement for hunting small game and game birds with a mentor; specifying requirements; providing rulemaking authority; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 235"
citation: "Wyoming HB 235 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Jennings", "Kirkbride", "Larsen", "Meier", "Miller", "Salazar"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcb68444-fa2a-487d-a165-37305c9921a0"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0235.pdf"
source_hash: "5fa35a3b5257081ed2ed7bdde1d575eff9993bc15f3bdea610d9ec3605b4c1cc"
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 235 (2017) — Mentor small game and game bird hunting.

AN ACT relating to game and fish; providing an exception to the hunter safety certificate requirement for hunting small game and game birds with a mentor; specifying requirements; providing rulemaking authority; 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/HB0235.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Engross/HB0235.pdf)
3. **HEA0088** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0235.pdf)

## Votes

- S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- H06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 17-13-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 58-2-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Kirkbride — primary (person)
- Larsen — primary (person)
- Meier — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Salazar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-25T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** H06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 58-2-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 17-13-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0088
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0088
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0088
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0088 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+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/fcb68444-fa2a-487d-a165-37305c9921a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).