Showing posts with label 2026 Election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2026 Election. Show all posts

Thursday, April 17, 2025

The 2026 Election, 1st Edition: Spring Training Edition.

Walter "Big Train" Johnson, April 11, 1924.

Yes, the 2024 Election hasn't even occured yet, and the 2026 one is clearly on, at least locally.

What we can tell for sure is that Chuck Gray is running for the office of Governor.  He always was.  The Secretary of State's office was very clearly a mere stepping stone in that plan, and the plan probably goes on from there.   By coming to Wyoming, a state with a low population and a pronounced history of electing out of staters (we nearly have some sort of personality problem in that regard), it was a good bet, particularly when combined with his family money, although it was never a sure bet that he'd make the legislature and on from there.  His plan requires, however, or at least he seemingly believes it requires, that he keep his name in the news, which he's worked hard to do, being involved in lawsuits, which is probably unconstitutional on his part, and releasing press releases that are extraordinary for his role, and for the invective language they contain.  Mr. Gray has probably used the term "radical leftists" more in his two years of office than all of the prior Wyoming Secretaries of State combined.

This explains something that was otherwise a bit odd that we noticed recently, which was Secretary Gray's appearance in Casper in opposition of something he'd otherwise voted for:

Cliffnotes of the Zeitgeist, 63d Edition. Strange Bedfellows.

 


Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

William Shakespeare, The Tempest

The environmental populists?

Politics, as they say, makes for strange bedfellows.  But how strange, nonetheless still surprises.

Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray, who rose to that position by pitching to the populist far right, which dominates the politics of the GOP right now, and which appears to be on the verge of bringing the party down nationally, has tacked in the wind in a very surprising direction.  He appeared this past week at a meeting in Natrona County to oppose a proposed gravel pit project at the foot of Casper Mountain.  He actually pitched for the upset residents in the area to mobilize and take their fight to Cheyenne, stating:

We have a very delicate ecosystem, the fragility up there, the fragility of the flows … the proximity to domestic water uses. All of those things should have led to a distinct treatment by the Office of State Lands, and that did not happen.

I am, frankly, stunned.  

I frankly never really expected Mr. Gray to darken visage of the Pole Stripper monument on the east side of Casper's gateway, which you pass by on the road in from Cheyenne again, as he's not from here and doesn't really have a very strong connection to the state, although in fairness that connection would have been to Casper, where he was employed by his father's radio station and where he apparently spent the summers growing up (in an unhappy state of mind, according to one interview of somebody who knew him then).  Gray pretty obviously always had a political career in mind and campaigned from the hard populist right from day one, attempting at first to displace a conservative house member unsuccessfully.

We have a post coming up which deals with the nature of populism, and how it in fact isn't conservatism.  Gray was part of the populist rise in the GOP, even though his background would more naturally have put him in the conservative camp, not the populist one.  But opportunity was found with populists, who now control the GOP state organization.  The hallmark of populism, as we'll explore elsewhere, is a belief in the "wisdom of the people", which is its major failing, and why it tends to be heavily anti-scientific and very strongly vested in occupations that people are used to, but which are undergoing massive stress.  In Wyoming that's expressed itself with a diehard attitude that nothing is going on with the climate and that fossil fuels will be, must have, and are going to dominate the state's economy forever.   The months leading up to the recent legislative session, and the legislative session itself, demonstrated this with Governor Gordon taking criticism for supporting anything to address carbon concerns.  Put fairly bluntly, because a large percentage of Wyoming's rank and file workers depend on the oil and gas industry, and things related to it, any questioning on anything tends to be taken as an attack on "the people".

Natrona County has had a gravel supply problem for quite a while and what the potential miner seeks to do here is basically, through the way our economy works, address it.  There would be every reason to suspect that all of the state's politicians who ran to the far right would support this, and strongly.  But they aren't.

The fact that Gray is not, and is citing environmental concerns, comes as a huge surprise.  But as noted, given his background, he's probably considerably more conservative than populist, but has acted as politicians do, and taken aid and comfort where it was offered.  Tara Nethercott ran as a conservative and lost for the same office.

But here's the thing.

That gravel is exactly the sort of thing that populists, if they're true to what they maintain they stand for, ought to support.  It's good for industry, and the only reason to oppose the mining is that 1) it's in a bad place in terms of the neighbors and 2) legitimate environmental concerns, if there are any.  But that's exactly the point.  You really can't demand that the old ways carry on, until they're in your backyard.  

Truth be known, given their nature, a lot of big environmental concerns are in everyone's backyard right now.

The old GOP would have recognized that nationally, and wouldn't be spending all sorts of time back in DC complaining about electric vehicles.  And if people are comfortable with things being destructive elsewhere, they ought to be comfortable with them being destructive right here.  If we aren't, we ought to be pretty careful about it everywhere.

There actually is some precedent for this, FWIW.  A hallmark of Appalachian populism was the lamenting of what had happened to their region due to coal mining.  John Prine's "Paradise" in some ways could be an environmental populist anthem.

Right about the time I noted this, Rod Miller, opinion writer for the Cowboy State Daily, wrote a satiric article on the same thing:

Rod Miller: Flip-Flops Around The Ol’ Campfire

We have no idea, of course, who his opponent will be, unless it's Gordon, who is theoretically term limited out, but we already know from prior litigation that the restraint on his running again is unconstitutional.  And Gordon clearly doesn't like Gray, a dislike that's not limited to him by any means.  Gordon would have to challenge that in court, however, unless 1) a group of citizens does, and 2) the court ruled they'd have standing.

As voters, they should.

If that happens, I wouldn't be surprised to see Gordon run again, and to be asked to run again.  While he was a candidate initially I worried about him, as he was further to the right on public lands issues than any candidate since Geringer, but he's actually acted as a very temperate Governor, something made difficult by 1) the intemperate level of our current politics, and 2) the occasional shortsightedness of the legislature.1

Anyhow, if you've ever had the occasion to see, Gordon and Gray together in an official setting, it's clear they don't get along.  Indeed, on the State Land Board, it's clear that Gordon isn't the only one that's not keen on Gray.  Gray for his part reacts back, as he did recently when he sent an unprecedented lengthy letter to the Governor on his vetoes. 

Gray, like Donald Trump, has some feverish admirers.2  Indeed, this seems to be a hallmark of the populist right.  They not only run candidates, but they develop personality cults routinely.

Rod Miller, again, in a recent column noted a real problem that Gray has.  As, so far, they haven't really been able to advance their agenda without the help of conservatives, they have an advantage there as they always portray themselves as besieged by the numerous barbarians, the last legionnaire on Hadrian's Wall.  Trump has actually, at a national level, worked to keep that status by ordering his party to defeat immigration legislation that was probably a once in a lifetime conservative opportunity.

Anyhow, as noted, Rod Miller recently noted a problem that Gray has.  He's not married.

Rod Miller: Bride Of Chucky – Or – Advice To The Lovelorn From The Ol’ Campfire

Is this actually a problem?

It shouldn't be, but it might be.

Indeed, without going into it, there was a figure in Wyoming decades ago whose marriage was questioned by whisperers on the basis that they believed he married just to end the speculation on why he wasn't married.   The marriage lasted a very long time, so presumably the rumors were without foundation, but there were questions, which is interesting and shows, I guess, how people's minds can work.  

Another way to look at it, I supposed, was prior to Trump if a person was a conservative people would ask about things that appeared to be contrary to public statements about conservatism.  Not being married, for a conservative, was regarded as odd, and for that matter there are still people who whisper about Lindsey Graham, while nobody seems to worry about AOC being shacked up with her boyfriend or whatever is going on with Krysten Sinema. 

And then there's Gray's age.  It will make people suspicious of him at some point, or people will at least take note.  Indeed, some of his critics from the left already have, but in a really juvenile way.

Actually determining Gray's age is a little difficult, and indeed, knowing anything about his background actually is.  But Cowboy State Daily, a conservative organ, managed to reveal about as much as we know.

Gray was born in California and raised outside of Los Angeles.  According to somebody close to the family, or who was, he was homeschooled by his mother.3 He felt uncomfortable about his birthplace, and stated in the campaign

I come from a divorced family, like many people in our country. A judge said I was to live in a different place, but my dad lived here, built a business here, and I spent my summers here during the time that was allocated by the judge.

According to the same source, he didn't seem all that happy in Casper, Wyoming as a kid, but the circumstances could well explain that.  The same source, who probably isn't a family friend anymore, reported to the Cowboy that Gray's father had a focus on the family owned radio station impacting legislation at a national level.  Photos have been circulated of the father with President Reagan.

Gray graduated from high school in 2008 and the respected University of Pennsylvanian in 2012, which makes it all the more remarkable that he's been a success in Wyoming politics.4   If we assume the norm about graduation ages, he would have been 22 in 2012, which would make him 34 now.

In Wyoming, the average age for men to marry is 27.8 years on average, while for women it's 25.6.  Gray's now notably over the median age, but that is a median.  I was over it too when I married at age 31.  My wife was below the female one.  That's how averages work.

My parents, I'd note, were both over the median, although I don't know it with precision for the 1950s.  In the 50s, the marriage age was actually at an unusual low.  My father was 29, and my mother 32.

So his age, in the abstract, doesn't really mean anything overall, although it might personality wise.

As has been noted elsewhere on this site, Gray is a Roman Catholic and indeed I've seen him occasionally at Mass, although I would never have seen him every weekend as there are a lot of weekend Masses and my habits aren't the same as his.  I have no reason to believe that he didn't attend weekly as required by the church.5  Catholics are supposed to observe traditional Catholic teachings in regard to sex and marriage.  I'm not really going to be delving into that, but again we have no reason to believe that Gray isn't observant, in which case, as he is not married, he should be living as a chaste single man, and he probably is (something that has casued juvenile left wing ribbing).

Wyoming, however, is the least religious state in the union and while Catholics, Orthodox, Mormons and Protestants of traditional morality observe that morality, here, as with the rest of the United States, the late stage mass casualty nature of the Sexual Revolution means that a lot of people in these faiths don't, and the society at large does not.  We've gone from a society where such outside the bounds of marriage behavior was illegal in varying degrees, to one where, nationwide, society pushes people into things whether they want to or not.

Be that as it may, save for Casper, Laramie, and probably Cheyenne, sexual conduct outside the biological gender norm is very much looked down upon.  Indeed, in a really dense move, a Democratic Albany County legislator went to a meeting in Northeast Wyoming a while back on homosexual issues and was shocked by the hostile reception she received.  She shouldn't have been.

No, I'm not saying this applies to Gray.  I have no reason to believe that, and indeed I believe the opposite.

However, we've gone from a state whose ethos was "I don't care what you do as long as you leave me alone" to one in which, largely due to the importation of Evangelicals from elsewhere, a fairly large percentage of the population really care about what you do, particularly if they don't like it.

Indeed, at the time that Matthew Shepard was murdered, I was surprised when I heard an anti-homosexual comment.  Such comments do not surprise me now, and I wouldn't be surprised to hear one now in the context of a murder.  As noted, the exceptions seem to be Laramie (where Shepard was murdered, but which has never been hostile to homosexuals), Casper (which has had a homosexual 20 something mayor and which has a lesbian city council member) and Cheyenne (which has a homosexual member of the state House, as does Albany County).  Well, I omitted Jackson and should include it here too.

At any rate, being an open homosexual and aiming for major office probably is impossible, although for minor ones it hasn't proven to be.  The point is, however, that Miller is right. At some point, people are going to start wondering why staunchly populist Gray isn't married.

Maybe it's because he is in fact a staunchly populist out of state import.  There aren't that many women in that pool.  Indeed, having a one time vague contact with our staunchly populist Congresswoman, I was very surprised when it turned out she was a populist, or even a conservative.  I'm not saying that she's not, I'm just surprised.

Gray is in a sort of oddball demographic.  Not being from here, he wouldn't be in any circles in which women from here, professionals or otherwise, would be in.  He appears to really be a fish out of water in terms of the local culture.  When he appears at things, he does wear cowboy boots, but you can tell they've never been in a stirrup, and he otherwise is, at least based on my very limited observation of him, always dressed in what we might sort of regard as 1980s Denver Business Casual.  I'd be stunned if I saw him on a trout stream or out in the prairie with his bird dog, Rex.  I've seen him at a bar once, for a grand opening of something, but I don't imagine him walking up to the tender at The Buckhorn or The Oregon Trail and ordering a double Jack Daniel's either.

I was once told by an out-of-state lawyer who had been born in the state but who had moved to Denver after graduating from law school, regarding Wyomingites, that "you have to be tough just to live there".  People who live here probably don't realize that, but there's more than a little truth to it.  I'm often shocked by the appearance of populist legislature Jeanette Ward, as it's so clear she just doesn't belong here.  She's not the kind of gal who would be comfortable sitting next to the ranch girl chewing tobacco who has the "Wrangler Butts Drive Me Nuts" bumper sticker on her pickup truck.6   Gray probably isn't comfortable with such a gal either.  "Tomboys", as they used to be called, are sort of the mean average for Wyoming women.  

Gray is well-educated, of course, which is part of the reason that I suspect a lot of his positions are affectations.  I don't think he really believes the election was stolen, for example, unless he's doing so willfully, which would mean that he really doesn't believe that.  Recently he's taken on the topic of firearms arguing, as part of the State Facilities Commission, that the state needs to open up carrying guns at the capitol, which is frankly absurd.  While I don't know the answer, I suspect that Gray isn't really a firearms' aficionado. 

Up until very recently, Wyomingites knew a lot about the people they sent to the legislature and public office, often knowing them personally to some degree.  We actually knew the Governor and the First Lady on some basis other than politics, quite frequently, and our local reps we knew pretty well.  The populist invasion defeated that to some degree, and in some cases, a great deal.  The question is whether this is permanent, or temporary.  It wasn't until the last election that people looked at Gray's background at all, and they still have very little.  People haven't really grasped until just now that many of the Freedom Caucus are imports, not natives.  We don't know much about some of them or their families, and chances are an average Wyomingite, or at least a long term native, would regard them as odd on some occasions.  Chuck Gray just ran an op ed that was titled something like Only Wyomingites Should Vote In Wyoming's Elections.  Most long term and native born Wyomingites feel that strongly, and wouldn't actually regard a lot of our current office holders as being Wyomingites.

There's evidence that the populist fad is passing. We'll see. This and the 2026 election will be a test of it.  2026 is a long ways off.  For that matter, it's sufficiently long enough for these candidates to evolve if they need to. Some are probably capable of doing that.  Others, undoubtedly not.  The question will be if they need to.

May 11, 2024

It's very clear, to those paying any attention, that Wyoming elected executive branch officials really dislike Chuck Gray, including those who are very conservative.  This became evident again when Superintendant of Education Degenfelder indicated Wyoming would join a Title IX lawsuit in opposition to the Federal Government's new rules on "transgender" atheletes.  Degenfelder indicated that she'd been working behind the scenes with Gov. Gordon on this matter.  In doing so she blasted Gray who earlier made comments wondering where the state's officials were on this matter, even though his office has less than 0 responsiblity in this department.  Degenfelder stated in regard to Gray, "I would encourage Secretary Gray to join those of us actually making plays on the field rather than just heckling from the sidelines".  Gray, who is a Californian who has lived very little of his life in Wyoming save for summers here while growing up, declared in response he was on "Team Wyoming".

FWIW, Wyoming really doesn't need to particpate in lawsuits maintained by other parties, as they're already maintained.

July 8, 2024

Now here's an interesting development. . . 

I may have mentioned on this blog before that I feel Gov. Gordon should consider running, text of the Wyoming Constitution aside, for a third term.  In doing so, if I did (I know that I've discussed with people) I've noted that the Constitutional prohibition on him doing so violates the Wyoming Constitution.

Turns out that I'm not the only one speculating on that.

Chuck Gray Says He Won’t Certify Candidacy If Gordon Seeks 3rd Term

And it turns out that Chuck Gray doesn't like the idea at all.

January 7, 2025

I managed to miss it, but back in November, Brent Bien announced for Governor.

Bien is on the far right, and is a Wyoming native, but he spent 28 years in the Marine Corps before retiring in 2019 and coming back to the state.  This puts him in the camp of far right Republicans in the state who spent their entire working lives drawing on one of richest portions of the government t** while also never actually having to make sure a business actually functioned.  

I've never quite grasped "trust me, I know how run things for the common man. . .I've never actually had to work in a business. . . "

Moreover, Bien was a prime mover on the initiatives that will be on the ballot to cut property taxes 50%, essentially meaning he's backing bankrupting local governments and schools.  So, after living off of taxpayers for his adult life, having retired, with a retirement funded by taxpayers, he doesn't want to pay them himself.

Well, Bien will have competition, as we know.

Cliffnotes of the Zeitgeist, 70th Edition. Inside Wyoming Political Baseball

March 14, 2025

Cynthia Lummis ‘Gearing Up For Reelection’ To US Senate In 2026


Rob Hendry leads slate in sweep of Natrona County Republican Party leadership

Footnotes

1. There are numerous examples of this, but a really good one is Gordon's effort to buy the UP checkerboard, which the legislature defeated.  It would have been a real boon for the state, but fiscal conservatives just couldn't see it that way.

Recently, Gordon hasn't been shy about vetoing highly unadvised bills that have come out of the legislature, or shutting down bad regulations that come out of the Secretary of State's office.

2.  And not just Gray, Harriet Hageman does as well.

3. Homeschooling, for whatever reason a person does it, can be developmentally limiting.  I don't know about Gray's case, but its notable that some on the far right have done it, as they believe that schools are left wing organs and there are things they don't want their children exposed to them.  The problem this presents is that children who are homeschooled grow up in a very narrow environment, whereas, at least here, those who go to public, and for that matter religious schools, do not.

4. There used to be a school interview of him from the University of Pennsylvania, in which he expressed a desire to become a lawyer.  He's clearly not going to do that now, unless of course his political career ended, which is perfectly possible.

5.  As noted here in prior posts, lying is regarded as a potentially serious sin in Catholicism, and lying about something like who won the 2020 election would be, in some circumstances, a mortal sin if you were a political figure.  

6.  Ward is from Illinois and openly calls herself a political refugee. At the time of moving here, she posted something about her children not having to wear masks in our public schools, adopting the far right wing view that trying to protect others in this fashion is somehow an intrusion on liberty.  I suppose it is, but not relieving yourself in public is as well.  Anyhow, at some point, presuming those children remain in public school, she'll be in for a shock as Casper's schools truly have a really wide demographic and are not exactly made up of an Evangelical populist sample of the population.

March 25, 2025

Hmmm. . . the tide seems to be coming in.

Former Wyoming Legislators Win Big In County Republican Party Elections

March 29, 2025

Donald Trump has endorsed Cynthia Lummis.

April 2, 2025

While a non partisan race, in Wisconsin the liberal Democratic candidate for the Supreme Court prevailed over the Musk backed conservative Republican.

The race was widely regarded as a test of how people are feeling about Trump.

In Florida two Republicans won election in open House seats in heavily Republican districts, but the Democrats did better than expected.  A Democratic victory would have been a huge upset, so in some ways this also showed that people aren't keen on the GOP path.

April 17, 2025

And the race for Governor is sort of on.

Now in the GOP race are two declared candidates, one of whom has filed, Joseph Kibler.  Brent Bien has said he's running as well.

Both are in the far, far, right.  Kibler moved to Wyoming (his wife is from Wyoming) in 2020.  Bien is a Wyoming native, but completed a Marine Corps career and therefore fits into the crowed of Wyoming anti government candidates whose careers were in the government.

Related threads:

Want to Play a Game? Global Trade War Is the New Washington Pastime. Two dozen trade experts gathered recently to simulate how a global trade war would play out. The results were surprisingly optimistic.


Cliffnotes of the Zeitgeist, 70th Edition. Inside Wyoming Political Baseball

Sunday, April 6, 2025

Cliffnotes of the Zeitgeist. 81st Edition. Protests and Golfing.

Lex Anteinternet: Protests spread to Wyoming.:   The "Hands Off" protest is a nationwide movement.  And it's showing up even in Casper, in central Wyoming.

Protests spread to Wyoming.

 


The "Hands Off" protest is a nationwide movement.  And it's showing up even in Casper, in central Wyoming.

Protests did occur yesterday in Casper, and apparently in a host of other cities, including Rock Springs.  Based upon the article in the Tribune, the Casper protests suffered from the common problem all left of center protests in Wyoming tend to, which is rather than be focused on the immediate topic, they featured every left wing cause going, which is exactly why the left has no pull here.

Apparently there were large protests across the country, showing widespread discontent with Trump.  Even some Republicans who have backed Trump all along, like Ted Cruz and Ben Shapiro are calling his tariff policy into question.  Some of them are being surprisingly blunt, calling the tariffs basically dumb.

Here's the thing, however.  Trump, born into wealth to the degree that he can repeatedly fail and not feel the effects, doesn't care.  He has the supreme confidence of a man who is not introspective, and frankly, by all evidence, not very smart.  He's believed in tariffs for over 40 years, having a shallow understanding of the economy, and not even grasping that the economy 40 years ago had real problems.

The US has lost its manufacturing base, but not to the degree people like Trump believe.  Quite a bit of it fully remains.  Many of the "lost" industrial jobs in heavy manufacturing were lost to automation.  Those behind Trump understand that, and they don't seem to care that their concept of "returning" jobs to the US means taking jobs from real human beings overseas.

The ultimate irony of all of this is that the tariffs real goal, for those who aren't as dense as Trump seemingly is, was happening anyway.  As world trade increasingly globalized roboticization was occurring anyhow, and as that occurs other factors, such as transportation, begin to factor heavily.  So the tariffs simply disrupt the economy, destroy wealth, and probably actually slow that evolution. 

Meanwhile Trump goes golfing, seemingly not caring what he's doing to real people, and not needing too, as he lacks the empathy, understanding, and financial exposure that would require him to.  His wealthy backers and racial rearward looking functionaries continue on in their destructive march.  

It's more than a year away until the mid terms.  Ted Cruz predicted a bloodbath at the pools in 2026 if things go badly.  And that's the ultimate irony.  Trump was elected, basically, as people didn't like the social views of the left and didn't believe that he believed the rest of the nonsense he spouted.  People tend to vote with their wallets.  

Trump isn't going to change direction.  Like many old people, his ideas are fixed in the distant path, when they actually might have made some sense.  It's a common failing of the old.  The nation is going to go into a heavy duty recession, the Republicans are going to get slammed in the 2026 election, and the left will be resurgent.  A weary nation will, at that point, not care much about men wearing dresses and the like, and for that matter, the left may have made a slight course correction.

Saturday, February 8, 2025

The 2025 Wyoming Legislative Session. Week 4. Land grabbers, we don't need no education, and political myopia.

February 4, 2025.

The Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources committee voted 4-1 for a resolution that demands Congress confirm by Oct. 1 its intent to turn over all Federal property in Wyoming except for Yellowstone.

The backers of this bill are Senators Ide, Biteman, French, Hutchings, Laursen, D, McKeown, Smith, D and Steinmetz and Representatives Allemand, Banks, Bear, Neiman, Smith, S and Winter

Don't vote for them ever again, if you did.

Crows, the original inhabitants of much of northern Wyoming, who, if we're going to ignore the Federal domain, probably ought to get all that back.

It's week four, and the reality of what the WFC is going to the state's economic system, in which every lower governmental entity is a subdivision of the state, is beginning to sink in.  The WFC wants to destroy funding to the maximum extent possible, keep kids that are out of school secret from school districts, and let the unqualified teach.

'Don’t destroy us': Fremont County school board rallies against state legislation

The bill in question is HB100, which would all those who are not certified to teach, teach.

Of course, what may not be obvious is that the WFC is basically about destruction. Schools teach, and the WFC, at its heart, doesn't like that all that much.  There are all sort of scary "liberal" things, like science, children learn in school. They're rather have children come out into the public at 18 believing that evolution and global warming are dangerous left wing fibs, and that the world is 5,000 years old.  If can't stay at home to be educated by uneducated parents, well the next best thing would be to allow uncertified common folk teach.

Congressman Hageman spoke to legislators late last week.  Her theme was how exciting it was to be in D.C. right now.  She's running for Governor, as we already noted, and which the Cowboy State Daily is now noting.

Internal Poll Shows Hageman With Huge Lead In Potential Governor's Race

Internal polls are dangerous, I might note, and by 2026 the bloom might be off the rose.  Trump will be disposed most places, although the besotted will probably still love him here.  Politics, however, are very fickle and if the economy tanks and you have to show your true red white and blue lineage if you are stopped for a traffic stop, people might start reconsidering.

The fact that Hageman is running for Governor, and she is, is probably why Reid Rasner has suddenly reemerged campaigning for something.  He won't win, and there will be an interesting early race between him and Chuck Gray, who is running for Congress.

Wyoming's Congressional representation went on record praising Trump's performance in the tariff debacle, in which Canada in particular gave the US a dope slap.  The US didn't win that, we came out looking like idiots.

The extraordinarily dumb “Make Carbon Dioxide Great Again” bill died in committee. The committee used the excuse that it might invite Federal regulation, but more likely, it was just dumb.

Of interest, a lot of the dumber bills in the legislature are getting a lot of negative feed back for the first time in a while.  The paper ballot bill written up by Cassie Cravens, who is apparently a lawyer in Cheyenne, was flat out brutally attacked on social medial.  It is dumb.

Craven, I'd note, fits the old Foster Freiss mode of wearing a cowboy hat that's obviously never seen a cow.  Her's is too small for her head, in addition.

Laramie Republican Rep. Ocean Andrew is facing a boycott of his fish truck.

Wyoming lawmaker behind controversial education bills now facing boycott of his fish-fry business: Laramie Republican Rep. Ocean Andrew

The Wyo File story reports:

They include a measure that would create a universal school voucher program, which has already passed the House. Another would allow districts to employ teachers, administrators and others without a board certification. Supporters of the measures say they will result in more parental control over education and help with a teaching staff shortage. But critics maintain the bills will erode Wyoming’s public school system.

Now, the House majority whip is facing pushback in his personal life as critics are calling for a boycott of his business, On the Hook, which visits multiple Wyoming cities. 

The effort is circulating on Facebook, where Wyoming residents are urging others not to patronize Andrew’s food trucks due to his legislative actions. 

“Please consider supporting him ONLY when he starts supporting Wyoming educators,” urges a post by Erin McColley Haynes, whose profile picture is an icon that says “I stand with Wyoming teachers.”

The truck is On The Hook. I've heard that it's good, but I also knew people who wouldn't go there already due to the owners far right views, and that's fair.

Indeed, taking it out on a business that supports something you hate is fair game.  I've long thought that lawyers who represent big out of state land grabbers should be shunned. 

On the fish truck, the owners' father was a commercial fisherman in Alaska, putting Rep Andrew in the category of those who depend on the Federal government for their very existence while attacking the government.  A lot of WFC members have chronic extreme myopia.


February 6, 2025

The legislative session is half over, with half to go, as of today.

The new WFC Speaker of the House bottom drawered 95 bills, a Wyoming record, and a practice with the WFC condemned before they had their man as speaker. . . weird how that worked.

February 7, 2025

It's over the halfway mark, and its been a horrible week for Wyomingites.  The WFC is clearly in control of both bodies, and the bill to demand public lands from the Federal Government has passed two readings.

Here's where things stand.  I've cut out most of the dead bills, unless I found them interesting for one reason or another.
BillCatch TitleSponsorLast ActionLast Action Date
 
HB0001General government appropriations-2.AppropriationsH 3rd Reading:Passed 43-14-5-0-002/07/2025
HB0002Hunting license application fees increase.TravelH Placed on General File02/06/2025
HB0003Animal abuse-predatory animals.TravelH:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-402/07/2025
HB0004Snowmobile registration and user fees.TravelS Received for Introduction02/07/2025
HB0005Fishing outfitters and guides-registration of fishing boats.TravelS Received for Introduction02/04/2025




HB0011Manufacturing sales and use tax exemption-amendments.MineralsS Received for Introduction01/22/2025
HB0012Industrial production equipment-deferral.MineralsH Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals01/27/2025
HB0013Integrated test center-governance.MineralsH Did not Consider for Introduction02/03/2025
HB0014Solid waste municipal cease and transfer funding.MineralsS Received for Introduction01/20/2025


02/07/2025
HB0017Career technical education equipment grants amendments.EducationS Received for Introduction01/20/2025
HB0018Career technical education funding.EducationS Received for Introduction01/23/2025
HB0019Social media-parental consent for minors required.HarshmanH Did not Consider for Introduction02/03/2025
HB0020K-12 school facility leasing.Sel Sch FacS Received for Introduction01/27/2025
HB0021School finance-routine maintenance worker calculation.Sel Sch FacH Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations01/27/2025
HB0022Water and wastewater operator-emergency response.Campbell, ES Received for Introduction01/27/2025
HB0023Surrender driver's license-repeal.TransportationS Received for Introduction01/31/2025
HB0024Alternative fuel tax-electricity amendments.TransportationH Placed on General File01/23/2025
HB0025Vehicle accident reporting-amendments.TransportationS Received for Introduction01/28/2025

02/03/2025
HB0027Disabled parking windshield placards-revisions.TransportationS Received for Introduction01/31/2025
HB0028Commercial driver's licenses-revisions.TransportationS Received for Introduction01/27/2025
HB0029Severance tax distribution-highway fund.TransportationH08 - Transportation:Do Pass Failed 2-7-0-0-001/16/2025
HB0030Driver's licenses and IDs-revisions.TransportationS Received for Introduction01/28/2025
HB0031School safety and security.PendergraftS Received for Introduction02/04/2025
HB0032What is a Woman Act.LienS Received for Introduction01/20/2025
HB0033Vehicle sales and use tax distribution-highway fund.TransportationS Received for Introduction01/27/2025




HB0036Hathaway scholarship-amendments.HarshmanS Received for Introduction01/31/2025


HB0038Ad valorem taxation-payment and credit of penalties.RevenueS Received for Introduction01/27/2025
HB0039Property tax refund program-revisions.RevenueS Received for Introduction01/28/2025
HB0040Sales and use tax revisions.RevenueS Received for Introduction01/27/2025
HB0041Environmental quality-irrevocable letters of credit.LawleyS Received for Introduction01/28/2025
HB0042Regulation of surgical abortions.LawleyS Received for Introduction01/31/2025
HB0043Age verification for websites with harmful material.LawleyS Received for Introduction01/31/2025

02/03/2025
HB0045Removing otters as protected animals.ByronS Received for Introduction01/21/2025
HB0046Homeschool freedom act.StrockS Received for Introduction01/23/2025
HB0047Secretary of state-expedited filings.BlockChain/TechnologyS Received for Introduction01/24/2025






HB0054Chancery court judges-district and circuit court assistance.JudiciaryS Received for Introduction02/04/2025


HB0059Limited mining operations-water quality testing.HarshmanH Placed on General File01/27/2025
HB0060Student eligibility in sports-amendments.LawleyS Received for Introduction02/04/2025
HB0061State land lease preference amendments.BanksS Received for Introduction01/31/2025
HB0062Prostitution amendments.HeinerS Received for Introduction01/31/2025
HB0063Working animal protection act.Rodriguez-WilliamsS Received for Introduction01/31/2025
HB0064Chemical abortions-ultrasound requirement.NeimanS Received for Introduction01/31/2025

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HB0069Foreign adversary ownership or control of business entities.CorporationsS Received for Introduction01/27/2025


HB0072Protecting women's privacy in public spaces act.LawleyS Received for Introduction02/07/2025
HB0073Recreation safety-rock climbing.Larsen, LS Received for Introduction01/21/2025

02/03/2025
HB0075Coal severance tax rate.CloustonS Received for Introduction01/27/2025


HB0079Bond elections-voter threshold requirement.StyvarS Received for Introduction01/28/2025
HB0080Stop ESG-State funds fiduciary duty act.KnappS Received for Introduction01/24/2025
HB0081Regulatory reduction-mortgage loan originator licensing.YinH 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
HB0082Provider enrollment-standards.LaborS Received for Introduction01/20/2025
HB0083Child custody-sex offense conviction presumption.PendergraftS Received for Introduction02/07/2025

02/03/2025
HB0085Local approval for simulcasting.AppropriationsS Received for Introduction02/07/2025
HB0086Public property and buildings-amendments.AppropriationsS Received for Introduction02/04/2025


HB0090Anthrax outbreak protocol.DavisH Placed on General File02/06/2025
HB0091Eminent domain energy collector systems amendments.AgricultureH 3rd Reading:Failed 27-33-2-0-001/21/2025
HB0092Wyoming livestock board-memorandums of understanding.AgricultureS Received for Introduction01/29/2025
HB0093Protect Wyoming's Lands Act.AgricultureS Received for Introduction01/27/2025
HB0094Charter school authorizations-amendments.AndrewS Received for Introduction01/24/2025


HB0096Prohibiting mask, vaccine and testing discrimination.McCannS Received for Introduction01/27/2025
HB0097Property conveyances near critical infrastructure.AppropriationsS Received for Introduction02/05/2025


HB0101Forest health grant program-3.WaterH Placed on General File02/05/2025
HB0102Attorney general-elected.HeinerH Placed on General File02/05/2025
HB0103Columbarium regulation.SherwoodS Received for Introduction01/30/2025
HB0104Child tax credit.YinH Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue01/27/2025

02/03/2025
HB0106Monument to America.HarshmanH02 - Appropriations:Do Pass Failed 2-5-0-0-002/07/2025
HB0107Wyoming generational investment account.HarshmanH Placed on General File02/06/2025


HB0109Trespassing-suspend hunting license.AllemandH:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-402/07/2025
HB0110Trapping licenses-nonresident reciprocal licenses.DavisH Placed on General File02/06/2025
HB0111Hit and run-responsibility and penalties.Smith, SH Placed on General File02/07/2025


HB0113Insurance payments-not taxable.Smith, SH Placed on General File02/04/2025


HB0116Driver's licenses-unauthorized alien restrictions.OttmanS Received for Introduction01/23/2025
HB0117Omnibus water bill-construction.WaterH Placed on General File02/06/2025
HB0118Limitations on net land gains for the federal government.BanksS Received for Introduction01/23/2025

02/03/2025
HB0120Administrative procedure-jury trial for penalties.StrockH Placed on General File02/07/2025
HB0121Hospital pricing transparency.SinghS Received for Introduction01/28/2025
HB0122Senior citizen service districts-authorization and renewal.ConnollyS Received for Introduction01/28/2025
HB0123Adverse possession-property tax payment defense.NeimanS Received for Introduction02/07/2025
HB0124Reduction in taxation act.FilerH Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue01/27/2025
HB0125Repeal-unauthorized use of vehicle crime.WashutH Placed on General File02/03/2025


HB0129School finance-dates for fund transfers.Larson, JTS Received for Introduction01/27/2025
HB0130Homeowner tax exemption-amendments.HeinerH Placed on General File02/07/2025
HB0131Ballot drop boxes-prohibition.KnappS Received for Introduction01/31/2025
HB0132Annual permits for specified commercial loads.Smith, SS Received for Introduction02/05/2025
HB0133Sanctuary cities, counties and state-prohibition.GuggenmosS Received for Introduction02/04/2025
HB0134Taxpayer funds-sexually explicit events prohibited-2.GuggenmosH Placed on General File02/03/2025
HB0135Autologous or direct blood donations.GuggenmosS Received for Introduction01/30/2025
HB0136Volunteer first responder health insurance-revisions.ByronH Placed on General File02/04/2025
HB0137Revisor's bill.Mgt CouncilS Received for Introduction02/03/2025


HB0140Continuity of Permitting Act.FilerH Placed on General File02/07/2025
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HB0143LaPrele dam rebuilding.YinH Placed on General File01/28/2025
HB0144County canvassing board.NeimanH Placed on General File02/06/2025


HB0147Prohibition of institutional discrimination.Rodriguez-WilliamsS Received for Introduction01/21/2025
HB0148University of Wyoming governance-elected trustees.Rodriguez-WilliamsS Received for Introduction02/06/2025


HB0152Donated blood-mRNA disclosure.McCannH Did not Consider for Introduction02/03/2025
HB0153Permanent vehicle registration.BanksH Placed on General File01/30/2025


HB0156Proof of voter residency-registration qualifications.BearS Received for Introduction01/20/2025
HB0157Proof of voter citizenship.BearS Received for Introduction01/20/2025


HB0159Protecting water from chemical abortion waste.BearH Placed on General File01/24/2025
HB0160Voter identification-revisions.TarverS Received for Introduction01/30/2025


HB0164Medical prescriptions-off-label purposes.Brown, GS Received for Introduction02/04/2025
HB0165Ranked choice voting-prohibition.WebbH Placed on General File02/03/2025
HB0166State auditor payment transparency.BrattenS Received for Introduction02/05/2025


HB0168Cultivated meat-prohibition.EklundS Received for Introduction02/04/2025
HB0169Homeowner tax exemption-2025 and 2026.LockeS Received for Introduction01/24/2025
HB0170Nonprofit and trust entities-effective time for documents.LawleyH Placed on General File02/03/2025
HB0171Sexual exploitation of children-amendments.StrockH Placed on General File02/03/2025
HB0172Repeal gun free zones and preemption amendments.HaroldsonS Received for Introduction01/24/2025
HB0173Independent candidate requirements.HaroldsonS Received for Introduction01/31/2025


HB0176Vacancies in public office-amendments.BrattenH Placed on General File02/06/2025
HB0177Statutory standing committee-federal review.WharffS Received for Introduction02/03/2025
HB0178Work allowance for voting.SherwoodH Placed on General File01/29/2025
HB0179Department of transportation-land transfer.Larsen, LH Placed on General File02/04/2025


HB0181Funeral contracts-investment and bonding requirements.Larsen, LS Received for Introduction02/07/2025


HB0183Net metering amendments.HeinerS Received for Introduction02/05/2025


HB0188Two families-one nanny.YinS Received for Introduction02/05/2025
HB0189Harmful communication-minors.LienS Received for Introduction02/05/2025
HB0190Bond election language process.LienH Placed on General File02/07/2025
HB0191Civil penalties for cannabis.ProvenzaH Did not Consider for Introduction02/03/2025
HB0192Public utilities-wildfire mitigation and liability limits.Larson, JTH Placed on General File02/05/2025


HB0195Credit reporting-medical debt.ProvenzaH Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor01/21/2025
HB0196Ballot initiatives-duplicate laws passed.LienH Did not Consider for Introduction02/03/2025
HB0197Limits on property development exaction and mitigation fees.DavisH Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary01/21/2025


HB0199Wyoming Freedom Scholarship Act.AndrewS Received for Introduction01/30/2025
HB0200Parent rights-amendments.WebbS Received for Introduction02/07/2025
HB0201State funds-investment in Bitcoin.WasserburgerH Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals01/22/2025
HB0202Fast Track Permits Act.FilerS Received for Introduction02/07/2025


HB0204Nonresident fishing license fee increase.ByronH Placed on General File01/23/2025


HB0206Elections-acceptable identification revisions-2.WebberS Received for Introduction02/03/2025
HB0207Religious Freedom Restoration Act.WashutS Received for Introduction01/30/2025


HB0209Reliable and dispatchable low-carbon standards-repeal.KnappH 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
HB0210Prohibition on unauthorized fees-veterans benefits.KnappH Placed on General File02/05/2025
HB0211Hunting wildlife from vehicles.AllemandH 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025




HB0214Local government payments-electronic payments.ThayerS Received for Introduction01/30/2025


HB0218Public utilities-stays during resolution of lawsuits.LockeH Placed on General File01/28/2025
HB0219County and municipal roads on state lands-easements granted.LockeH 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025


HB0221Bighorn and domestic sheep relocation-effective date repeal.OttmanS Received for Introduction02/04/2025
HB0222Medical Ethics Defense Act-2.OttmanH Placed on General File02/03/2025
HB0223Preventing strategic lawsuits against public participation.OttmanH Placed on General File02/07/2025
HB0224Prohibiting foreign adversary property ownership.BanksH Placed on General File02/07/2025
HB0225Parking during legislative meetings.Brown, LH Placed on General File01/30/2025
HB0226License plate-search and rescue council.Campbell, KS Received for Introduction02/05/2025
HB0227Executive order-time limitations.AngelosS Received for Introduction02/05/2025
HB0228Prohibition on private funds for conducting elections.KnappH 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
HB0229High Plains Research Station and Arboretum-historic site.NicholasH Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations01/23/2025


HB0232Elections-hand counting for recounts.HaroldsonS Received for Introduction01/31/2025


HB0234Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act amendments.AllemandH 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
HB0235Career technical education equipment and supplies.AndrewS Received for Introduction02/07/2025
HB0236County officials-nonpartisan elections.ChestekH Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations01/27/2025
HB0237License plate issuance.WylieH Placed on General File01/30/2025
HB0238Ballot harvesting prohibition.JohnsonS Received for Introduction02/05/2025


HB0242Manufacturers and dealers of new trailers-changes.TarverS Received for Introduction02/05/2025


HB0245Pen and paper ballots.KnappS Received for Introduction02/07/2025
HB0246Wyoming Wednesday.StyvarH Placed on General File01/28/2025


HB0248School foundation program interim budget authority.BearH Placed on General File01/29/2025
HB0249Runoff elections.NeimanH Placed on General File02/05/2025
HB0250Defining life and the rights of natural persons.NeimanH Placed on General File02/07/2025
HB0251Trespass by drone.NeimanH Placed on General File02/06/2025


HB0255Mobile home certificate-information disclosure requirement.SinghH Placed on General File02/05/2025
HB0256Select Committee on Blockchain and Emerging Technologies-1.SinghH Did not Consider for Introduction02/03/2025
HB0257Barber apprenticeships.SinghH Placed on General File02/05/2025
HB0258State funded capital construction.HAppropriationsS Received for Introduction01/31/2025
HB0259Supplemental K-12 school facilities appropriations-2.HAppropriationsS Received for Introduction01/29/2025


HB0261Accessory after the fact-amendments.WashutH Did not Consider for Introduction02/03/2025


HB0263Local water system funding.HarshmanH Placed on General File02/06/2025
HB0264Central bank digital currencies-prohibitions.SinghH 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
HB0265Defend the guard act.SinghH Placed on General File01/29/2025


HB0270Permanent mineral trust fund-spending policy.BearS Received for Introduction02/04/2025
HB0271Common school account-spending policy amount.BearS Received for Introduction02/04/2025
HB0272Investment in Wyoming housing.SherwoodH Did not Consider for Introduction02/03/2025


HB0274Biological males in women's sports.Rodriguez-WilliamsH Placed on General File02/05/2025
HB0275Treatment of animals.ByronS Received for Introduction02/07/2025
HB0276State agreements to perform immigration functions.LawleyH02 - Appropriations:Do Pass Failed 3-4-0-0-001/24/2025


HB0278Elections-voting machine and voting system tests.LockeH Placed on General File02/07/2025
HB0279Property tax exemptions-order of application.NicholasS Received for Introduction02/05/2025
HB0280Sex offender registration.KnappH Placed on General File02/05/2025
HB0281Landowner hunting coupons-hunts that harvest no animal.WinterH:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-402/07/2025
HB0282Property tax-acquisition value.LockeS Received for Introduction02/07/2025


HB0288Board of trustees-systems of public recreation amendments-2.LienH Placed on General File01/30/2025
HB0289Certificate of need repeal-3.GeringerH Placed on General File02/07/2025


HB0292Budget reserves-recommended appropriation amount.BearH Placed on General File02/05/2025
HB0293Repealing the school foundation program reserve account.BearS Received for Introduction02/05/2025
HB0294Federal mineral royalties-distribution amendments.BearH 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
HB0295Invest in Wyoming act.BearH Did not Consider for Introduction02/03/2025
HB0296Constitutional apportionment.NeimanH Placed on General File02/05/2025


HB0299Online sports wagering amendments.PoseyH 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025


HB0304State lands-hunting and fishing on cultivated cropland.EklundH Placed on General File02/06/2025


HB0307Poll watchers-polling station observation.PendergraftH Placed on General File02/03/2025


HB0311Exemption for transported fuel and power sales-amendments.LockeH 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025


HB0316School finance-model recalibration-2.Mgt CouncilS Received for Introduction02/05/2025


HB0318Maintenance of voter lists.LucasH Placed on General File02/07/2025


HB0320Taxation and Revenue Task Force 2028.StorerH 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
HB0321Election judge selection.LucasH Placed on General File02/07/2025


HB0323SNAP benefits-waiver request.WasserburgerH 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
HB0324State elected officials-employees at will and regulations.AndrewH Placed on General File02/04/2025


HB0328Residential real property-taxable value-2.LockeH Placed on General File02/06/2025
HB0329Office of homeland security amendments.BrattenH Placed on General File02/05/2025


HB0331Taking of predators on public lands.SchmidH Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture02/03/2025


HB0336Waiver of parental rights-financial responsibility.WebberH Placed on General File02/07/2025
HB0337Prohibiting foreign funding of ballot measures.WebberH Placed on General File02/07/2025
HB0338Disclosure of undelivered legislator emails.WebberH Did not Consider for Introduction02/03/2025
HB0339Homeowners associations-display of political campaign signs.WebberH Placed on General File02/05/2025

02/03/2025
HB0341Summer nutrition assistance for children.Larsen, LH Placed on General File02/07/2025
HJ0001Amending Wyoming's act of admission for earnings.Cap Fin & InvS Received for Introduction02/06/2025
HJ0002Foreign adversaries-prohibited property ownership.AgricultureH 3rd Reading:Passed 58-3-1-0-001/27/2025
HJ0003Support for rural schools.SherwoodS Received for Introduction02/06/2025
HJ0004Constitutional amendment-veterans property tax exemption.StyvarS Received for Introduction01/31/2025


SF0001General government appropriations.AppropriationsH Received for Introduction02/07/2025
SF0002Hunting licenses-weighted bonus points system.TravelH Received for Introduction01/28/2025
SF0003Mule and whitetail deer-separate hunting seasons.TravelS 3rd Reading:Failed 12-19-0-0-001/27/2025
SF0004State park peace officers-definition and scope of authority.TravelH Received for Introduction01/22/2025
SF0005School district vehicles-flashing lights authorized.CooperH Received for Introduction01/31/2025
SF0006Residential property-removal of unlawful occupant.JudiciaryH Received for Introduction01/22/2025
SF0007Protection order amendments.JudiciaryH Received for Introduction01/23/2025
SF0008Protection orders-effective during appeal or review.JudiciaryH Received for Introduction01/24/2025
SF0009Restoration of rights amendments.JudiciaryH Received for Introduction01/29/2025
SF0010Settlement agreements for minors-parental authorization.JudiciaryH Received for Introduction01/28/2025
SF0011Use of fraudulent documents to wrongfully possess property.JudiciaryH Received for Introduction01/22/2025
SF0012Permanent protection orders.JudiciaryS Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary01/15/2025
SF0013Reading assessment and intervention amendments.EducationH Received for Introduction01/17/2025


SF0015Oil and gas conservation commission-regulation of pits.MineralsH Received for Introduction01/17/2025
SF0016Industrial siting-tribal notification.MineralsH Received for Introduction01/20/2025
SF0017Carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery stimulus.MineralsH Received for Introduction01/30/2025


SF0019Impact assistance payments-maximum percentages and review.MineralsH Received for Introduction01/24/2025
SF0020Oil and gas bonding-options and bonding pools.MineralsH Received for Introduction01/28/2025
SF0021Ban on cell phone use in schools.SchulerS COW:Failed 7-21-3-0-001/21/2025
SF0022Ground for termination of parental rights-guardianship.SchulerS COW:Passed02/07/2025
SF0023Handicap placards-health care providers' approval.LaborH Received for Introduction01/22/2025
SF0024Special license plates for multipurpose vehicles.BarlowH Received for Introduction01/29/2025
SF0025Electronic lien and title system.TransportationH Received for Introduction01/22/2025
SF0026Protection of military equipment.TransportationH Received for Introduction01/24/2025
SF0027Wyoming national guard member referral-amendments.TransportationH Received for Introduction01/23/2025
SF0028ROTC endowment program.TransportationH Received for Introduction01/24/2025


SF0030Wyoming's investment in veteran's mental health.TransportationH Received for Introduction01/30/2025


SF0032Unpaved roads speed limits-amendments.TransportationH Received for Introduction01/22/2025
SF0033Noncitizen driver's license and ID card-revisions.TransportationH Received for Introduction01/23/2025
SF0034School finance-routine and major maintenance calculations.Sel Sch FacH Received for Introduction01/27/2025
SF0035Governmental claims-maximum liability amounts.JudiciaryS Placed on General File02/07/2025
SF0036Music therapy-use of title.LaborH Received for Introduction01/24/2025
SF0037Enhanced concealed carry in school zones.CooperS Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture01/29/2025
SF0038Performance compensation-investment performance amendment.AppropriationsH Received for Introduction01/22/2025
SF0039Automatic transfer of automobile title upon death.OlsenH Received for Introduction01/30/2025
SF0040Zoning protest petition-amendments.AppropriationsH Received for Introduction01/22/2025
SF0041Federal acts-legal actions authorized.AgricultureS 3rd Reading:Failed 15-13-2-0-101/28/2025
SF0042Resort hotel liquor licenses.GierauH Received for Introduction01/30/2025
SF0043Temporary water use agreements amendments.AgricultureH Received for Introduction01/20/2025
SF0044Fairness in sports-intercollegiate athletics.SchulerH Received for Introduction01/23/2025


SF0046Water and sewer districts-bid requirements.LandenH Received for Introduction01/27/2025
SF0047Board of trustees-systems of public recreation amendment.LandenS Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations01/22/2025
SF0048Business property exemption.RevenueH Received for Introduction01/23/2025
SF0049Tangible personal property-index and depreciation.RevenueH Received for Introduction01/24/2025
SF0050Insurance holding company regulations-amendments.CorporationsH Received for Introduction01/20/2025
SF0051Wyoming telecommunications act revisions.CorporationsH Received for Introduction01/29/2025
SF0052Insurance amendments.CorporationsH Received for Introduction01/17/2025
SF0053Trademarks and trade names-administrative cancellation.CorporationsH Received for Introduction01/23/2025
SF0054Electricity production facilities on municipal property.CorporationsS Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations01/14/2025
SF0055Third party filers.CorporationsH Received for Introduction01/29/2025
SF0056Providing false information to registered agents.CorporationsH Received for Introduction01/23/2025
SF0057911 service reporting.CorporationsH Received for Introduction01/23/2025
SF0058Elimination of sales tax on firearms.OlsenH Received for Introduction01/29/2025
SF0059Registered agents-release of records.CorporationsH Received for Introduction01/23/2025
SF0060Sales tax distribution rates.FrenchH Received for Introduction01/29/2025
SF0061Pollution control property tax exemption-applicability.CaseS Placed on General File02/07/2025
SF0062Restrooms in publicly funded schools-2.Laursen, DH Received for Introduction01/30/2025
SF0063State lands-fencing 2.CragoH Received for Introduction01/27/2025
SF0064Wyoming Opposes Mandatory Electronic ID Devices-Livestock.SteinmetzH Received for Introduction02/04/2025
SF0065Data privacy-government entities.BlockChain/TechnologyH Received for Introduction02/04/2025
SF0066Digital ledger filing system development.BlockChain/TechnologyS Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals01/14/2025


SF0069Homeowner property tax exemption.RevenueH Placed on General File02/06/2025
SF0070Investment modernization-state nonpermanent funds.Cap Fin & InvH Received for Introduction01/23/2025
SF0071Ignition interlock restricted license-aggravated homicide.BrennanH Received for Introduction01/31/2025
SF0072Summer vacation preservation act.BrennanH Received for Introduction01/22/2025
SF0073Charter school funding-amendments.BrennanH Received for Introduction01/27/2025
SF0074Immunity for drug overdose reporting.LaborH Received for Introduction01/29/2025
SF0075Coroner investigations-disposition of decedent's property.CaseH Received for Introduction01/30/2025
SF0076Protecting critical infrastructure from foreign adversaries.AppropriationsS Placed on General File01/17/2025
SF0077Compelled speech is not free speech.HutchingsH Received for Introduction02/06/2025
SF0078Distribution of unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.HutchingsH Received for Introduction01/30/2025
SF0079District courts-change of venue.CragoH Received for Introduction01/30/2025
SF0080Abandonment of water rights-limitations.WaterH Received for Introduction01/27/2025
SF0081Tax exemption-property owned by the state.AgricultureH Received for Introduction01/28/2025
SF0082Omnibus water bill-planning.WaterH Received for Introduction02/03/2025
SF0083Large energy project funding-legislative approval.SteinmetzS Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals01/22/2025
SF0084Country of origin label-USA beef.SteinmetzH Received for Introduction01/30/2025


SF0086Alternative teaching certificate.Laursen, DH Received for Introduction02/04/2025
SF0087Prescriptive easement for electricity delivery.CooperS Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations01/17/2025
SF00882025 large project funding.Nat Res FundH Received for Introduction02/04/2025


SF0090Youth organizations in schools.CrumH Received for Introduction01/24/2025
SF0091Petroglyph, pictograph and historic inscription protection.Tribal RelationsH Received for Introduction02/04/2025
SF0092Make carbon dioxide great again-no net zero.SteinmetzS Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals01/24/2025
SF0093Tribal trust land sales and use tax exemption.Tribal RelationsS Placed on General File02/05/2025
SF0094Wind River Reservation remote sales and use tax.Tribal RelationsS Placed on General File02/05/2025
SF0095Special purpose depository institution-amendments.RothfussH Received for Introduction01/27/2025
SF0096Wyoming Gold Act.IdeH Received for Introduction01/31/2025
SF0097Trust code revisions.CaseH Received for Introduction02/03/2025
SF0098School board trustees-party affiliation.OlsenH Received for Introduction02/06/2025
SF0099Game and fish property tax exemption.TravelH Received for Introduction01/24/2025
SF0100Child witnesses-courtroom procedures.SchulerH Received for Introduction02/07/2025
SF0101Post-conviction DNA testing-procedure amendments.LandenH Received for Introduction02/05/2025
SF0102Surviving parents of gold star veterans-exemptions.LandenH Received for Introduction01/29/2025
SF0103Terminating and defunding diversity, equity and inclusion.SteinmetzS 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
SF0104Probate code revisions.CragoH Received for Introduction02/06/2025
SF0105An Act to Preserve State Territorial Sovereignty.IdeS Placed on General File02/06/2025
SF0106Motor vehicle dealer and manufacturer warranty rates.BarlowH Received for Introduction01/31/2025
SF0107Freedom to work and build business.NethercottH Received for Introduction02/04/2025
SF0108Recreation safety-agritourism.BarlowH Received for Introduction02/03/2025
SF0109Open enrollment within Wyoming school districts.BrennanH Received for Introduction01/30/2025
SF0110Inclusion of crossing guards for governmental claims act.BrennanH Received for Introduction02/03/2025


SF0112Anesthesiologist assistants licensing.SchulerH Received for Introduction02/04/2025
SF0113Braider opportunity act.HutchingsH Received for Introduction02/03/2025
SF0114Missing persons-reporting requirement.LandenH Received for Introduction02/06/2025
SF0115Judicial review of agency actions-limitations.NethercottH Received for Introduction01/30/2025
SF0116Anti-money laundering.NethercottH Received for Introduction02/04/2025
SF0117Shared parenting.PearsonS Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary01/22/2025
SF0118Landowner hunting tags-amendments.Pearson:Refer to S05 - Agriculture01/23/2025
SF0119Expedited professional licensure for military members.BonerH Received for Introduction02/04/2025
SF0120Wyoming PRIME act.SalazarH Received for Introduction02/03/2025
SF0121Rodeo license plate.BonerH Received for Introduction02/03/2025
SF0122Voyeurism-sex offender registration amendment.CooperH Received for Introduction01/30/2025
SF0123School finance-competitive grants for crossing guards.BrennanS Placed on General File02/07/2025
SF0124Illegal immigration-identify, report, detain and deport.SteinmetzS Placed on General File02/07/2025
SF0125Defining health care and protecting the people's welfare.SteinmetzS Placed on General File02/06/2025
SF0126Establishment of a K-8 public lab school.RothfussS 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
SF0127Administrative rules-legislative review.BonerH Received for Introduction02/07/2025
SF0128Repeal of sales tax on electricity.McKeownS Placed on General File01/24/2025


SF0130Emergency assistance immunity-mental health services.RothfussH Received for Introduction02/03/2025
SF0131Charter school leasing.DriskillH Received for Introduction02/04/2025
SF0132Protecting critical infrastructure and systems from drones.JonesH Received for Introduction02/07/2025
SF0133Protection of parental rights-amendments.BrennanS COW:Passed 17-14-0-0-002/06/2025
SF0134Industrial siting-wildlife mitigation.HicksS Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals01/22/2025
SF0135Defense of state banking-1.RothfussH Received for Introduction02/04/2025
SF0136Homeowner tax exemption.DockstaderS Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue01/23/2025
SF0137School finance-cash reserves.DockstaderH Received for Introduction02/06/2025
SF0138Energy impact on Wyoming economy-study.DockstaderH Received for Introduction02/04/2025
SF0139Trapping requirements-licenses, seasons and setbacks.DockstaderH Received for Introduction02/06/2025
SF0140Trapping education requirements.DockstaderS Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel01/23/2025
SF0141USMC CPL Seth Rasmuson Memorial Highway.CragoS Placed on General File02/03/2025
SF0142Veterans' home of Wyoming capital construction.CragoS Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations01/29/2025
SF0143Public monies-deposits in credit unions.NethercottH Received for Introduction02/05/2025
SF0144Wyoming-Ireland Trade Commission.DriskillH Received for Introduction02/03/2025
SF0145Local governments-investments in equities.NethercottS 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
SF0146Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act-amendments.BonerH Received for Introduction02/04/2025
SF0147Service dogs-training and crimes.HutchingsH Received for Introduction02/03/2025
SF0148Fire suppression and restoration funding.CragoH Received for Introduction02/06/2025
SF0149Wildlife conservation license plates-amendments.PappasH Received for Introduction02/05/2025


SF0151Monthly ad valorem tax distribution-amendments.JonesS 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
SF0152Wildfire management-task force and state forester.BarlowH Received for Introduction02/06/2025
SF0153Residential real property-taxable value.BarlowH Received for Introduction02/06/2025
SF0154Industrial, wind and solar projects-hearing deadline.BonerS 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
SF0155International physician licensing.DriskillS 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
SF0156Expenditure of state funds on K-12 public schools.DriskillS Placed on General File02/05/2025
SF0157Department of family services-confidentiality amendments-2.OlsenS COW:Passed02/07/2025
SF0158Virtual credit cards and network leasing-dental services.JonesH Received for Introduction02/06/2025
SF0159Dental insurance.JonesS Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor01/27/2025
SF0160Treatment courts-amendments-2.OlsenH Received for Introduction02/07/2025
SF0161Residential property-acquisition value.McKeownS Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue01/24/2025
SF0162Education-block grant model amendments.ScottS 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
SF0163Partial tobacco products tax repeal.PappasS Placed on General File02/03/2025
SF0164Pari-mutual rodeo definitions.DriskillS COW:Passed02/07/2025
SF0165Cancellation of registration notice-amendments.PearsonH Received for Introduction02/05/2025
SF0166Political party formation-amendments.PearsonS Placed on General File01/31/2025
SF0167Board of chiropractic examiners-criminal history records.DockstaderH Received for Introduction02/05/2025
SF0168Budget reserve account-repeal.HicksH Received for Introduction01/31/2025
SF0169Strategic investments and projects account-repeal.HicksS COW:Passed02/07/2025
SF0170Grizzly bear management prohibition.HicksS Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel01/29/2025
SF0171City and Town Regulatory Reduction.NethercottH Received for Introduction02/07/2025
SF0172Physical therapy licensure compact.BonerS 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
SF0173Educational bankruptcy act.ScottS Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education01/28/2025
SF0174Constitutional apportionment-2.DriskillS Placed on General File02/05/2025
SF0175Unemployment insurance coverage-period and reporting.KolbS COW:Passed02/07/2025
SF0176Unemployment compensation-employer contributions.KolbS Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor01/28/2025
SF0177Primary residence property tax fund.Smith, DS Placed on General File02/03/2025
SF0178Fixing reading failure.ScottS Placed on General File02/05/2025
SF0179Sage grouse compensatory mitigation-amendments.BarlowS COW:Passed02/07/2025


SF0181Eminent domain-energy collection systems-2.CragoS Placed on General File02/03/2025
SF0182Property tax valuation-fair market value.DockstaderS Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue01/28/2025


SF0184Prohibition on electronic voting equipment-2.Smith, DS Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations01/29/2025
SF0185Governmental property-taxation and sale.CaseS COW:Failed 6-20-4-0-102/07/2025
SF0186Advanced nuclear reactor manufacturers-fuel storage.CooperH Received for Introduction02/06/2025
SF0187Public employee retirement plan-contributions.HicksS Placed on General File02/06/2025
SF0188Teacher tenure.HicksS Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education01/29/2025
SF0189Uniform commercial code-investment securities amendments.BitemanS Placed on General File02/06/2025
SF0190Election transparency.BitemanS Placed on General File02/07/2025
SF0191State funds-proxy voting and pecuniary investments.BitemanS 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025


SF0193Electric utility service agreements-large loads.CaseS Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations01/29/2025


SF0195Small business emergency bridge loan program.BitemanS Placed on General File02/07/2025
SF0196Second Amendment Protection Act amendments.SalazarS 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
SF0197Wyoming generational investment account-2.DriskillS Placed on General File02/07/2025
SJ0001Convention of states.BarlowH Received for Introduction01/28/2025
SJ0002Resolution demanding equal footing.IdeS 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
SJ0003Commemorating Nellie Tayloe Ross.NethercottH Received for Introduction01/29/2025
SJ0004Resolution on commercial base load power generation.PearsonS 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025


SJ0006School capital construction-constitutional amendment.ScottS 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025
SJ0007NCSL 50th Anniversary.PappasH Received for Introduction02/03/2025
SJ0008Political expenditures.CooperS COW:Passed02/07/2025
SJ0009Individual right to privacy-constitutional amendment.RothfussS Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary01/29/2025
SJ0010Legislative and executive authority-taxation and spending.Laursen, DS Placed on General File02/07/2025
SJ0011Supporting anti-ESG litigation.BitemanS 2nd Reading:Passed02/07/2025

The 2025 Wyoming Legislative Session. Week 3.