---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing otters as protected animals."
description: "2025/Summaries/HB0045.pdf"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 45"
citation: "Wyoming HB 45 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byron"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-12-16T20:56:19+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-24T22:33:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8deee986-4be8-4a86-86db-f1b4011a9ce7"
source_url: "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/HB0045"
source_hash: "cd93abff025e622ceb7c14669af52e1afd4f4983fee25be8bd9bf44a500227a7"
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 45 (2025) — Removing otters as protected animals.

2025/Summaries/HB0045.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/HB0045.pdf)
2. **Amendment HB0045SS001 (Standing Committee) - Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural R (Failed)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/HB0045SS001.pdf)
3. **Amendment HB0045SW001 (Committee of the Whole) - Senator Boner (Adopted)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Amends/HB0045SW001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://wyoleg.gov/2025/Enroll/HB0045.pdf)

## Votes

- S 3rd Reading:Passed 22-9-0-0-0 — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- H06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 6-2-1-0-0 — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- H Concur:Passed 53-7-2-0-0 — **53–7** (pass) · lower
- S06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 52-8-2-0-0 — **52–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Byron — primary (person)
- Banks — cosponsor (person)
- Crago — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dockstader — cosponsor (person)
- Driskill — cosponsor (person)
- Haroldson — cosponsor (person)
- Landen — cosponsor (person)
- Schmid — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Winter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24T22:33:06+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number 10 `became-law`
- **2025-02-24T22:32:47+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0015 `executive-signature`
- **2025-02-20T17:53:21+00:00** S President Signed HEA No. 0015
- **2025-02-20T17:24:45+00:00** H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0015
- **2025-02-19T01:36:17+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0015
- **2025-02-19T00:33:04+00:00** H Concur:Passed 53-7-2-0-0
- **2025-02-18T20:55:11+00:00** H Received for Concurrence
- **2025-02-18T18:08:38+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Passed 22-9-0-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-14T18:34:36+00:00** S 3rd Reading:Laid Back
- **2025-02-13T17:26:26+00:00** S 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12T22:33:29+00:00** S COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11T21:28:54+00:00** S Placed on General File
- **2025-02-11T21:28:48+00:00** S06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10T19:27:30+00:00** S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21T19:00:56+00:00** S Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-21T18:04:49+00:00** H 3rd Reading:Passed 52-8-2-0-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-20T18:04:14+00:00** H 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-17T21:22:26+00:00** H COW:Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-16T22:59:37+00:00** H Placed on General File
- **2025-01-16T22:59:30+00:00** H06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 6-2-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-14T22:25:34+00:00** H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-02T19:38:09+00:00** H Received for Introduction `filing`
- **2024-12-16T20:56:19+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/8deee986-4be8-4a86-86db-f1b4011a9ce7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).