---
type: "Bill"
title: "Age verification for websites with harmful material."
description: "2025/Summaries/HB0043.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 43"
citation: "Wyoming HB 43 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-12-16T20:52:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-13T14:09:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17be4561-6afb-4a47-9a49-48cb59573ccd"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/HB0043"
source_hash: "95d86ce2c3c2e2f2db425d926079a46e8826640006b13a9be9b4ba7ed67c4365"
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 43 (2025) — Age verification for websites with harmful material.

2025/Summaries/HB0043.pdf

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Introduced/HB0043.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0043H2001 (2nd reading) - Representative Harshman (Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/HB0043H2001.pdf)
3. **Amendment HB0043HW001 (Committee of the Whole) - Representative Chestek (Corrected, Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/HB0043HW001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/HB0043.pdf)

## Votes

- HB0043H2001: Amendment failed 9-52-1-0-0 — **9–52** (fail) · lower
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-1-2-0-0 — **59–1** (pass) · lower
- S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-3-0-0-0 — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lawley — primary (person)
- Andrew — cosponsor (person)
- Angelos — cosponsor (person)
- Banks — cosponsor (person)
- Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Connolly — cosponsor (person)
- Crago — cosponsor (person)
- Heiner — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchings — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Knapp — cosponsor (person)
- Larson, JT — cosponsor (person)
- Neiman — cosponsor (person)
- Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Steinmetz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13T14:09:38+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 139 `became-law`
- **2025-03-13T14:09:22+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0070 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-05T18:26:50+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0070
- **2025-03-05T17:47:54+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0070
- **2025-03-05T01:59:28+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0070
- **2025-03-04T23:59:29+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-3-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T17:49:42+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-01T00:51:04+00:00** S COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20T23:30:01+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2025-02-20T23:29:54+00:00** S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11T17:16:49+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31T14:56:49+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-30T18:01:22+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-1-2-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-29T18:11:47+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28T23:41:38+00:00** H COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-23T01:09:24+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2025-01-23T01:09:16+00:00** H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-14T22:11:33+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-02T19:37:08+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2024-12-16T20:52:32+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/17be4561-6afb-4a47-9a49-48cb59573ccd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).