---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chancery court jurisdiction amendments."
description: "2023/Summaries/HB0097.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 97"
citation: "Wyoming HB 97 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T23:34:37+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-16T01:22:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/546ba0be-00ad-47d5-bfad-06003e1b7465"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2023/HB0097"
source_hash: "312c22f0dd41efef04d7e54437462d56ee2347ac7b6ae40a8cf85e600e78d654"
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 97 (2023) — Chancery court jurisdiction amendments.

2023/Summaries/HB0097.pdf

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Introduced/HB0097.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0097HS001 (Standing Committee) - House Appropriations Committee (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Amends/HB0097HS001.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2023/Enroll/HB0097.pdf)

## Votes

- S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 53-8-1-0-0 — **53–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stith — primary (person)
- Hicks — cosponsor (person)
- Kolb — cosponsor (person)
- Niemiec — cosponsor (person)
- Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Washut — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16T01:22:45+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 9 `became-law`
- **2023-02-16T01:22:36+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0003 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-14T18:45:13+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0003
- **2023-02-14T00:18:38+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0003
- **2023-02-09T20:05:38+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0003
- **2023-02-09T17:32:55+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T17:31:19+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07T23:21:55+00:00** S COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03T17:22:46+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2023-02-03T17:22:39+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31T18:22:34+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T23:49:40+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-26T18:55:01+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 53-8-1-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25T18:31:14+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24T19:03:05+00:00** H COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-20T17:46:11+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2023-01-20T17:46:04+00:00** H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-16T18:02:21+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10T22:06:37+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-09T23:34:37+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/546ba0be-00ad-47d5-bfad-06003e1b7465`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).