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type: "Bill"
title: "Balanced budget amendment-resolution."
description: "A JOINT RESOLUTION petitioning Congress to call a convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced federal budget."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HJ 2"
citation: "Wyoming HJ 2 (2017)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barlow", "Bebout", "Boner", "Case", "Clem", "Driskill", "Harshman", "Hicks", "Hunt", "Laursen", "Lindholm", "Miller", "Perkins", "Peterson", "Wasserburger", "Winters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-12-20T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67b85446-7c8d-4474-b803-7b80019b65dd"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HJ0002.pdf"
source_hash: "fccf81084d48350fc3e2709c81cd3008b329ed2a5e03ded3a6b15b04eaf98220"
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 HJ 2 (2017) — Balanced budget amendment-resolution.
A JOINT RESOLUTION petitioning Congress to call a convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced federal budget.
## 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/HJ0002.pdf)
2. **HEA0002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HJ0002.pdf)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading:Passed 20-10-0-0-0 — **54** (pass) · legislature
- 2nd Reading:Passed — **54** (pass) · legislature
- S03 - Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 — **54** (pass) · legislature
- H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-4-0-0-0 — **54** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 35-23-2-0-0 — **54** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Barlow — primary (person)
- Bebout — primary (person)
- Boner — primary (person)
- Case — primary (person)
- Clem — primary (person)
- Driskill — primary (person)
- Harshman — primary (person)
- Hicks — primary (person)
- Hunt — primary (person)
- Laursen — primary (person)
- Lindholm — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Perkins — primary (person)
- Peterson — primary (person)
- Wasserburger — primary (person)
- Winters — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-12-20T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-09T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-12T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-4-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 35-23-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** S03 - Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Laid Back
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 20-10-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEJR No. 0002
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEJR No. 0002
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEJR No. 0002
- **2017-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEJR No. 0002 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67b85446-7c8d-4474-b803-7b80019b65dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).