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

Labels: 1890s, 1990s, 2026 Election, Johnson County War, Lies, Politics, Public Land, Sagebrush Rebellion, Wyoming

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.

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

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Courthouses of the West: Condemn attacks on judiciary, Wyoming lawyers and judges urge delegation

Condemn attacks on judiciary, Wyoming lawyers and judges urge delegation

Condemn attacks on judiciary, Wyoming lawyers and judges urge delegation: More than 100 members of the state’s legal community, including four retired Supreme Court justices, implored Sens. Barrasso and Lummis and Rep. Hageman to resist “reckless disdain” for the courts.

 

Blog Mirror: Congressman Hageman cancels in person events.

Congressman Hageman has cancelled in person events, asserting that there have been threats of violence:

Hageman Plans Future Events to Be Held Virtually Because of Democrat Threats of Violence

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March 25, 2025 

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-WY) today announced her office is changing the way town hall meetings with constituents are conducted, at least in the short-term, based on recent incidents at public events, credible threats to Hageman, and the related national outbursts of politically motivated violence and attempts at intimidation. Until now, Hageman has held town hall meetings in person in public venues, but that will shift to tele-town halls or virtual settings until it is safer for all Wyomingites. Hageman had previously announced town hall meetings on March 28 in Cheyenne and March 29 in Torrington, both will now be held via tele town hall at the same date and times as previously announced. Laramie County residents may sign up here and Goshen County residents may sign up here.

Since running for Congress in 2022, Hageman has held 75 in-person town halls, with at least three occurring in each of Wyoming’s 23 counties. Over that time, 73 of those meetings have occurred without incident, even though there has been spirited discussion with constituents at each one. In the past week, however, one town hall erupted in chaos fomented by activists, resulting in tense confrontations that threatened to spiral out of control.

At a town hall in Laramie on March 19, hundreds of protestors organized by the local Albany County Democratic Party and national influencers made such consistent and sustained disruptions that “shouts, boos and explicit language filled the theater,” according to local news coverage. 

Because of the events in Laramie, more than 20 officers from multiple agencies were assigned to keep the peace at a town hall in Wheatland the next day on March 20. Despite the law enforcement presence, an attendee followed Hageman leaving the venue and initiated a physical confrontation with staff, into which local police were forced to intervene. Hageman also reported that staff in her Washington, D.C. and Wyoming offices have received numerous, credible threatening phone calls and emails, currently being investigated by multiple law enforcement agencies. 

“I thank our wonderful law enforcement community for their willingness to support the public and myself while participating in our government process. It has become apparent, however, that the continuation of in-person town halls will be a drain on our local resources due to safety concerns for attendees,” said Hageman.

While the organized protests in Wyoming are jeopardizing the safety of members of the community, national Democratic Party leaders continue to encourage public eruptions and interruptions of what can be described as civil unrest, at best, or domestic terrorism, at worst.

The Democratic Minority Leader in the Senate, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), has not been subtle about the party’s plans to try to use public events as forums for intimidation.

“We have people going into Republican districts and going after these Republicans who are voting for [the Trump agenda],” he said on PBS Newshou. “And forcing them to either change their vote or face the consequences.”

There have been many documented incidents of politically motivated firebombing or other vandalism at Tesla dealerships, both in the U.S. and in other countries. Also, disturbingly, there has been a dramatic increase in incidents of “swatting aimed at conservative media figures or notable Republicans. Swatting is the terroristic practice of calling in false police reports of a domestic hostage situation, a potential murder-suicide crisis, or other public safety emergencies, in order to draw an armed law enforcement response to an otherwise peaceful and unsuspecting residence. In such swatting situations, the potential for gunfire and harm to innocent citizens or law enforcement officers is extremely high.  An incident at Hageman’s Cheyenne home in the last week confirms that she is the target of this national trend.

Hageman further explained why she is making changes to the town hall format.

“As the saying goes, ‘This is why we can’t have nice things,’” said Hageman. “I am proud of my record of holding dozens and dozens of town halls – 75 of them in just three years, at least three times in each of Wyoming’s 23 counties. And the only times we have had any problems with safety have been at two of the six held in the last week.”

“It’s no secret that I am willing to engage with citizens on any topic, in any place. But I draw the line when organized protestors intentionally create confrontation and chaos, escalating tensions to a point where violence seems inevitable,” Hageman continued. “It’s not safe for the peaceful citizens who want to come out to speak to their elected representative face to face. It’s not safe for attendees, it’s not safe for law enforcement, and it doesn’t do anything to encourage a meaningful dialogue at all.”

“For the time being, our town halls will be conducted in a safe virtual environment or in a tele-town hall format, until such time as it seems safe to resume in-person events,” Hageman concluded. “And because of that, I am formally calling on Sen. Schumer and his leadership counterpart in the House, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, to denounce their party’s organized disruptors and crime. A failure to do so will only further confirm that the left’s radical tactics are no longer on the fringe but the mainstay of the Democratic party and prove once again their disdain for the First Amendment and legitimate political discourse. It is time for them to demand that their partisans stop threatening and intimidating people and causing actual violence before someone gets seriously injured or killed.” 

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Contact: Esteban Elizondo, Communications Director

That things are getting extremely polarized is no surprise.  It's hard not to note that the 2020 insurrection was the first act of contemporary violence in this cycle.  Congressman Hageman ran into some pretty heated discussions in Laramie, but something that wasn't reported on was that she also had in Evanston and Rock Springs.  The natives are getting restless, particularly as by and large a lot of people really didn't vote for Trumpism as they didn't, and still don't, really know what it is, as they didn't, and still don't, know what National Conservatism is.

And, frankly, when people say "the government is too big", and things like that, they haven't thought it through, and often don't really mean it.

It's also interesting to note that what might be called, legitimately, terroristic acts against Tesla, and hence Musk, are on the rise, including interestingly enough in Wyoming, where up until now, having a Tesla branded a person as sort of a progressive.  Somebody painted swastikas on Tesla chargers in Rock Springs.  Tesla owners are noting that they had them before Musk was a Trumpite, which is a bit of a lame excuse as Musk has been peculiar for quite some time.  Terrorism is never justified, but like guerillas, they swim in the sea of the population, and you really can't have them until there's a fair number of people in the population such that they have some level of support.  The last time we saw this was in the 1970s when quite a few far left terrorist organizations sprang up.  They never had widespread support, but they had wide enough support that they were able to exist.

More than $100 million at stake for Wyoming in Trump’s fed grants freeze

More than $100 million at stake for Wyoming in Trump’s fed grants freeze: The freeze, and legal chaos surrounding it, jeopardize much-needed investments that state lawmakers have not prioritized, advocates say.

Socialism is okay as long as its your own special socialism. . .

 apparently.

Lummis Wants To Pull $7.5B From Biden’s EV Mandates For Improving Highways

Let's be honest.  Socialized highways are socialist.  EV mandates aren't.  

We like highways, so in our view, socialized highways, which benefit us disproportionally, and which stiff railroads and regular motorists for the benefit of the trucking industry, are okay.

There's really no arguing this at all.  Under the MAGA view of the economy, states should pay for their own freaking highways, and certainly an industry, like the trucking industry, should not be subsidized.

But we don't see building highways for the trucking industry as bad or socialist, because we like them.  And we only saw a requirement to buy EV cars as bad because the Biden Administration believed in climate science and we don't like that as it hurts our wallets, although now that King Donald likes Tesla and Elon, this is getting confusing.

Socialism is when the government does stuff. And it's more socialism the more stuff it does.

Richard D. Wolff.

Towering Wyoming statesman Alan Simpson dies at 93

Towering Wyoming statesman Alan Simpson dies at 93: Former U.S. Senator and storied politician was known for folksy bon mots, hard-nosed politics and a signature straight-shooting style.

Saturday, March 13, 1875. Sheep.

M.E. Post was noted as having added five thousand sheep to his flock on Pole Creek by the Cheyenne Leader.

Last edition:

Friday, March 5, 1875. The death of Andrew Johnson.

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Going Feral: Trump cuts may cost a trout-brooding, Wyoming toad...

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Trump cuts may cost a trout-brooding, Wyoming toad-rearing federal hatchery its entire staff

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Blog Mirror: Judge Tells Wyoming Legislators To Buy More Computers And Fund Schools Better

Education in Wyoming is a fundamental right, the highest form of protected right there is. The Court has addressed education funding before, and struck down a prior funding model.

Now, the 1st Judicial District is really giving the legislature the dope slap.

Judge Tells Wyoming Legislators To Buy More Computers And Fund Schools Better

Wednesday, February 25, 1925. Preventing cruelty.

The 1925 Wyoming Legislature passed a law prohibiting the Wyoming Legislature passed a law prohibiting harsh, cruel or abusive treatment of human beings.  The law was inspired by the work of E. T. Payton who worked at the State Mental Hospital.

The first electrical recording of a phonograph record was made on a Western Electric patent by the Columbia Phonograph Company.

The Guna Revolution broke out in Panama in which native peoples rose up on the islands of Tupile and Ukupseni in an attempt to create their own nation. 

After a few days, a U.S. Navy cruiser arrived and a truce was negotiated to make the San Blas Islands autonomous within Panamanian rule.

Tuesday, February 24, 1925. Lake of the Woods Convention and Protocol

Labels: 1920s, 1925, Canada, Cartoons, Diplomacy, United States

Thursday, February 9, 1775. Privileged shortsightedness, then and now.

A joint resolution of Parliament declared:

We find, that a part of your Majesty's subjects in the province of the Massachusetts Bay have proceeded so far to resist the authority of the supreme legislature, that a rebellion at this time actually exists within the said province; and we see, with the utmost concern, that they have been countenanced and encouraged by unlawful combinations and engagements, entered into by your Majesty's subjects in several of the other colonies, to the injury and oppression of many of their innocent fellow-subjects resident within the kingdom of Great Britain, and the rest of your Majesty's dominions

February must be the month for deliberative bodies declaring dumbass things. Goodness knows that the Wyoming Legislature's SJ 2 does. Ironically, those making aristocratic decisions either believe themselves, or in some cases pretend themselves, to be heirs to the American Revolutionaries, when in fact, in some instances at least, they're heirs to the British landed aristocracy. But, in reality, at least some of those voting for SJ2 are much like the House of Lords.  Landed gentry benefiting from the good fortune of their forbearers believing in their own superiority, or that they somehow worked for their position. 

Up the Revolution!

La tierra es de quien la trabaja.  Some of you ought to remember that. . . 

Related threads:

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Saturday, February 4, 1775. Logan's Lament published by the Virginia Gazette.

Last edition:

Saturday, February 4, 1775. Logan's Lament published by the Virginia Gazette.

The 2025 Wyoming Legislative Session. Week 3.

Week Three of the WFC Legislature.

Of interest, the Legislature is set to pass a bill that wipes out gun free zones, but allows school boards to make rules on carry for employees.

And its set to drop the concealed firearm permit age down to age 18.

The bills say nothing about 18 year olds with permits not being able to pack in schools.

What could go wrong?

A freshman member of the WFC is out for the duration due to heart surgery.

Senate File 128, “Repeal of sales tax on electricity,” failed to pass committee.

January 29, 2025

Guest Column: Protecting Private Property Rights -- A Core Wyoming Value

January 30, 2025

The Freedom Caucus controlled appropriations committee cut $235 million from Gov. Mark Gordon’s budges by cutting funds for wildfire recovery, energy projects, emergency funds for local governments and reimbursement rates for maternity and mental health care.

 Now we know what matters to them, which isn't mental health, maternity health, nature, local emergencies, or things that don't have their origin in the Cretaceous, Paleocene, or Eocene, even though some of them would find those to be fibs.

The House Appropriations committee voted to not continue a bill that would have made most local races nonpartisan on Tuesday.

Secretary of State Chuck Gray — Wyoming’s chief election official — testified in opposition to the bill.

From the CST.

What a surprise.  A bill expanding the democratic process and weakening political parties isn't something party members are going to support.  

The people would, however.  This would be a good candidate for an initiative.

The former head of the WFC actually cast a tie breaking vote that defeated a bill in committee that would have required local sheriff's offices to enforce Federal immigration laws.

That's surprising.

At the same time that the legislature decided that there was no money for a bunch of things the House decided to dole it out to parents who want their children to attend private schools.

2025

STATE OF WYOMING

25LSO-0240 ENGROSSED

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0199

 

 

Wyoming Freedom Scholarship Act.

 

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Andrew, Angelos, Bear, Brady, Brown, G, Filer, Haroldson, Heiner, Hoeft, Knapp, Lien, Lucas, McCann, Neiman, Ottman, Riggins, Rodriguez-Williams, Singh, Smith, S, Webb, Webber, Wharff and Winter and Senator(s) Biteman, Boner, Brennan, Kolb, Laursen, D, Olsen, Pearson, Scott, Smith, D and Steinmetz

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

AN ACT relating to education; modifying the education savings accounts program; changing the name of the program to the Wyoming freedom scholarship act; creating the Wyoming freedom scholarship program account; modifying distribution of state funds; modifying definitions; increasing the maximum scholarship award; modifying eligibility requirements; repealing provisions; providing appropriations; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

 

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

 

Section 1.  W.S. 9‑4‑601(a)(ii) is amended to read:

 

9‑4‑601.  Distribution and use; funds, accounts, cities and towns benefited; exception for bonus payments.

 

(a)  All monies received by the state of Wyoming from the secretary of the treasury of the United States under the provisions of the act of congress of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437, 450; 30 U.S.C. 181, 191), as amended, or from lessees or authorized mine operators and all monies received by the state from its sale of production from federal mineral leases subject to the act of congress of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437, 450; 30 U.S.C. 181, 191) as amended, except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, shall be deposited into an account and the first two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000.00) of revenues received in any fiscal year shall be distributed by the state treasurer as provided in this subsection. One percent (1%) of these revenues shall be credited to the general fund as an administrative fee, and the remainder shall be distributed as follows:

 

(ii)  Forty‑seven and one‑half percent (47.5%), to the public school foundation program account subject to allocations under W.S. 9‑4‑605 as follows:

 

(A)  Fifty‑two and eight‑tenths percent (52.8%) of the amount under this paragraph to the public school foundation program account; and

 

(B)  Forty‑seven and two‑tenths percent (47.2%) of the amount under this paragraph to the Wyoming freedom scholarship program account created by W.S. 21‑2‑903(b).

 

Section 2.  W.S. 21‑2‑901, 21‑2‑902(a)(vii), 21‑2‑903(a), (b), by creating a new subsection (c), by amending and renumbering (c) as (d) and by creating a new subsection (e), 21‑2‑904(a)(intro), (b)(i)(J), by creating a new subparagraph (Q), (ii) and (e), 21‑2‑905(e) and (f)(intro), 21‑2‑906(a)(i), (iv), (ix), (xi), (xii), by creating a new paragraph (xiii) and by creating new subsections (d) and (e) and 21‑2‑909, as amended by 2024 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 108, Section 1 and effective January 1, 2025, are amended to read: 

 

ARTICLE 9

WYOMING FREEDOM SCHOLARSHIP ACT

 

21‑2‑901.  Short title. 

 

This act shall be known as the "Wyoming Education Savings Accounts Freedom Scholarship Act." The program created by this act shall be known as the "ESA program."

 

21‑2‑902.  Definitions.

 

(a)  As used in this act:

 

(vii)  "Qualified school" means a pre‑kindergarten or a nonpublic primary or secondary school, certified by the state superintendent of public instruction pursuant to W.S. 21‑2‑906(a), located in or that provides education services in this state, that may include through online means;

 

21‑2‑903.  Education savings accounts; Wyoming freedom scholarship program account. 

 

(a)  For school year 2025‑2026, the total amount to be deposited in an education savings account for an ESA student each year shall be determined by the student's household income compared to the federal poverty levels, using the most recent federal poverty guidelines for the student's household size and income, as follows; six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) for students whose household income is at or below one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the federal poverty level seven thousand dollars ($7,000.00).

 

(b)  Payments to ESAs under this act shall be made by the state superintendent of public instruction from the Wyoming education savings accounts expenditure freedom scholarship program account, which is hereby created. The Wyoming education savings accounts expenditure freedom scholarship program account shall consist of funds transferred to the expenditure account and other funds appropriated by the legislature to the expenditure account. All earnings from investment of the expenditure Wyoming freedom scholarship program account shall be credited to the expenditure account. Except as provided by subsection (c) of this section, any unencumbered, unobligated balance of the expenditure Wyoming freedom scholarship program account at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain in the expenditure account and shall be expended to fund ESAs as provided by this act.

 

(c)  If at the end of a fiscal year the state superintendent determines the amount in the Wyoming freedom scholarship program account is more than thirty million dollars ($30,000,000.00) and is more than one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the amount required to fund all approved ESAs for the applicable fiscal year, the state superintendent shall request the state treasurer transfer the excess amount determined under this subsection to the public school foundation program account.

 

(c)(d)  Payments to each approved ESA shall be disbursed on a quarterly basis by the state superintendent or another state agency or person designated by the state superintendent to administer and disburse funds to education savings accounts.

 

(e)  The ESA program shall not be funded with county, city or school district tax revenues.

 

21‑2‑904.  ESA parent agreement; ESA administration. 

 

(a)  Subject to the availability of funds as determined by the legislature, any child who is a Wyoming resident, who meets one (1) of the following qualifications, and subject to W.S. 21‑2‑903(a) has not graduated from high school or received a high school equivalency certificate and who is eligible to attend a public school in this state, shall be eligible to receive an ESA subject to the provisions of this act.:

 

(b)  To participate in the ESA program, the custodial parent of an ESA student shall sign an agreement with the state superintendent that:

 

(i)  Requires use of the ESA funds for the following qualifying expenses to educate the ESA student:

 

(J)  Tuition and fees for summer education programs and specialized after school education programs, but not including after school childcare programs;

 

(Q)  Tuition and fees for nongovernmental online learning programs.

 

(ii)  For students eligible for an ESA under paragraph (a)(i) of this section:

 

(A)  Requires that the ESA student receive instruction in, at minimum, reading, writing, mathematics, civics, including studies of the United States constitution and the constitution of the state of Wyoming, history, literature and science and is assessed on academic progress. No parent shall be required to include any instruction that conflicts with the parent's or the ESA student's religious doctrines;

 

(B)  Requires that the ESA student take the statewide assessments administered pursuant to W.S. 21‑2‑304(a) or a nationally normed achievement exam;

 

(C)(iii)  Certifies that the ESA student is not, or will not be, enrolled in a public school district upon receipt of the ESA and releases the applicable school district from all obligations to educate the ESA student. This subparagraph paragraph shall not:

 

(I)(A)  Require an eligible student to withdraw from a public school district before applying for or receiving an ESA if the student withdraws from the public school district before receiving or expending any monies in the student's ESA;

 

(II)(B) Prevent a qualified student from applying in advance for an ESA student to be funded beginning the following school year; or

 

(III)(C)  Prevent a public school district from charging an ESA for any services provided to the qualified student to the extent authorized by law.

 

(e)  An ESA shall remain active and any unused funds shall not revert until the parent withdraws the ESA student from the ESA program or until the ESA student is no longer eligible for the ESA program, unless the ESA is closed because of a substantial misuse of funds. When an ESA is closed, any unused funds shall revert to the Wyoming education savings accounts expenditure freedom scholarship program account.

 

21‑2‑905.  Application. 

 

(e)  Except as provided under this subsection, eighty percent (80%) of the ESAs shall be awarded to students eligible pursuant to W.S. 21‑2‑904(a)(i) and the remaining twenty percent (20%) shall be awarded to students eligible pursuant to W.S. 21‑2‑904(a)(ii) each year. Any funds allocated under this subsection for the award of ESAs to students eligible pursuant to W.S. 21‑2‑904(a)(ii) that are not awarded in any school year may be awarded to students eligible pursuant to W.S. 21‑2‑904(a)(i). If the number of applications for ESAs exceeds the available funds for any school year, the students shall be selected on a first‑come, first‑served basis, except preference shall be given to the following students:

 

(i)  An eligible student who received funds under the ESA program in the immediately preceding school year;. or

 

(ii)  A sibling of an eligible student who:

 

(A)  Receives scholarship funds from an ESA at the time the sibling applied for an ESA; or

 

(B)  Received an ESA in the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the sibling applies for an ESA.

 

(f)  For students eligible for receiving an ESA, under W.S. 21‑2‑904(a)(i), the following shall apply:

 

21‑2‑906.  Duties of the state superintendent. 

 

(a)  The state superintendent of public instruction shall:

 

(i)  Establish a certification process for education service providers, which shall, at minimum, ensure ESA students attending qualified schools in kindergarten through grade twelve (12) receive instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, civics, including studies of the United States constitution and the constitution of the state of Wyoming, history, literature and science; and for pre‑kindergarten ensure ESA students at minimum receive instruction necessary for preparation to enter kindergarten;

 

(iv)  For students eligible for an ESA under W.S. 21‑2‑904(a)(i), Ensure that parents of ESA students with disabilities receive notice that participation in the ESA program is a parental placement under 20 U.S.C. § 1412, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), along with an explanation of the rights that parentally placed students possess under IDEA and any applicable state laws and regulations;

 

(ix)  Investigate reports of intentional and substantial misuse of ESA funds and prohibit an eligible ESA student from receipt of ESA funds if the state superintendent determines that the ESA student or ESA student's parent intentionally and substantially misused ESA funds. The state superintendent shall by rule create procedures to ensure that a fair process exists to determine whether an intentional and substantial misuse of ESA funds has occurred. If an ESA student is free from personal misconduct, that student shall be eligible for an ESA in the future if placed with a different parent or other person with the legal authority to act on behalf of the student. The state superintendent shall have the authority to refer suspected cases of intentional and substantial misuse of ESA funds to the department of audit or to law enforcement and the attorney general for investigation and prosecution if evidence of fraudulent use of ESA funds is obtained. A parent or ESA student may appeal a final decision of the state superintendent to make the parent or ESA student ineligible for the ESA program as provided by the Wyoming Administrative Procedures Act;

 

(xi)  Notify parents and ESA students within ten (10) business days if the state superintendent prohibits By rule create procedures to ensure that a fair process exists to determine whether an education service provider should be prohibited from receiving ESA funds under paragraph (x)  of this subsection. Education service providers may appeal a final decision of the state superintendent under this paragraph as provided by the Wyoming Administrative Procedures Act;

 

(xii)  For students eligible for an ESA under W.S. 21‑2‑904(a)(i), Ensure ESA students, who choose to, participate in the statewide assessments administered pursuant to W.S. 21‑2‑304(a) and compile the assessment results to analyze student proficiency and academic progress among the students participating in the ESA program, including an analysis of graduation rates, proficiency and progress based on grade level. The results of the analysis under this paragraph shall be included in the annual report required pursuant to W.S. 21‑2‑204(k);.

 

(xiii)  If the state superintendent determines it is necessary, withhold from the funds to be deposited in ESAs, a maximum of five percent (5%) annually of the funds to be deposited in ESAs in the first two (2) school years of the ESA program and a maximum of three percent (3%) annually of the funds to be deposited in ESAs thereafter to pay for the costs of administering the ESA program.

 

(d)  Rules adopted by the state superintendent under subsection (c) of this section shall focus on simplifying parental access to the program and encouraging educational service providers to provide parents and ESA students with a broad array of educational options.

 

(e)  The state superintendent may accept gifts and grants from any source to cover administrative costs of the program, to inform the public about the ESA program or to fund ESAs.

 

21‑2‑909.  Legal proceedings. 

 

(a)  No liability shall arise on the part of the state superintendent of public instruction or the state or any public school or school district based on the award of or use of an ESA pursuant to this act.

 

(b)  In any legal proceeding challenging the application of this act or rule adopted under this act to an education service provider, the state bears the burden of proof to establish that the law is necessary and does not impose any undue burden on the education service provider.

 

(c)  If any part of this act is challenged in a state court as violating either the state or federal constitutions, parents of eligible students and parents of ESA students shall be permitted to intervene in any lawsuit for the purposes of defending the ESA program's constitutionality. However, for the purposes of judicial administration, a court may require that all parents file a joint brief as long as the parents are not required to join any brief filed on behalf of any named state defendant.

 

(d)  If any provision of this act or its application to an individual or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.

 

Section 3.  W.S. 21‑2‑902(a)(vi) and 21‑2‑904(a)(i), (ii) and (b)(ii)(B) are repealed.

 

Section 4.  2024 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 108, Section 3 and Section 6(c) is repealed.

 

Section 5.  There is appropriated thirty million dollars ($30,000,000.00) from the general fund to the Wyoming freedom scholarship program account created by section 2 of this act for the purposes of the Wyoming Freedom Scholarship Act.

 

Section 6.  This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

 

(END)

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HB0199

February 1,  2028

So week three is over, and it isn't really the case that any bill has actually passed into low, in spite of what the WFC said about its 5&10 bills.  

I'll note that there is a bill tracker on the Dishonor Wyoming website, the website aligned with the WFC, it's easy to use and has a friendly cowboy motif disguising the fact that a more accurate one would be some other sort of deep South figure.

Anyhow, it's here:

Bill	Catch Title	Sponsor	Last Action	Last Action Date
HB0001	General government appropriations-2.	Appropriations	H Introduced and Referred to HCOW	01/30/2025
HB0002	Hunting license application fees increase.	Travel	H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel	01/16/2025
HB0003	Animal abuse-predatory animals.	Travel	H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel	01/16/2025
HB0004	Snowmobile registration and user fees.	Travel	H Placed on General File	01/30/2025
HB0005	Fishing outfitters and guides-registration of fishing boats.	Travel	H 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
HB0006	Advance health care directives-dementia.	Larsen, L	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0007	K-12 post secondary education options.	Harshman	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0008	School finance-average daily membership.	Harshman	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0009	Young entrepreneurs-limiting license requirements.	Harshman	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0010	Limited mining operations-amendments.	Minerals	H COW:Failed 17-39-5-0-1	01/28/2025
HB0011	Manufacturing sales and use tax exemption-amendments.	Minerals	S Received for Introduction	01/22/2025
HB0012	Industrial production equipment-deferral.	Minerals	H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals	01/27/2025
HB0013	Integrated test center-governance.	Minerals	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0014	Solid waste municipal cease and transfer funding.	Minerals	S Received for Introduction	01/20/2025
HB0015	Limited mining operations-bonding amendments.	Minerals	H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals	01/17/2025
HB0016	Used nuclear fuel storage-amendments.	Minerals	H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals	01/20/2025
HB0017	Career technical education equipment grants amendments.	Education	S Received for Introduction	01/20/2025
HB0018	Career technical education funding.	Education	S Received for Introduction	01/23/2025
HB0019	Social media-parental consent for minors required.	Harshman	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0020	K-12 school facility leasing.	Sel Sch Fac	H 3rd Reading:Passed 38-23-1-0-0	01/27/2025
HB0021	School finance-routine maintenance worker calculation.	Sel Sch Fac	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/27/2025
HB0022	Water and wastewater operator-emergency response.	Campbell, E	S Received for Introduction	01/27/2025
HB0023	Surrender driver's license-repeal.	Transportation	S Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
HB0024	Alternative fuel tax-electricity amendments.	Transportation	H Placed on General File	01/23/2025
HB0025	Vehicle accident reporting-amendments.	Transportation	S Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
HB0026	Highway safety-child restraints.	Transportation	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0027	Disabled parking windshield placards-revisions.	Transportation	S Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
HB0028	Commercial driver's licenses-revisions.	Transportation	H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-1-1-0-0	01/27/2025
HB0029	Severance tax distribution-highway fund.	Transportation	H08 - Transportation:Do Pass Failed 2-7-0-0-0	01/16/2025
HB0030	Driver's licenses and IDs-revisions.	Transportation	S Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
HB0031	School safety and security.	Pendergraft	H 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
HB0032	What is a Woman Act.	Lien	S Received for Introduction	01/20/2025
HB0033	Vehicle sales and use tax distribution-highway fund.	Transportation	H 3rd Reading:Passed 48-13-1-0-0	01/27/2025
HB0034	Department of transportation-efficiency study.	Transportation	H02 - Appropriations:Do Pass Failed 2-5-0-0-0	01/29/2025
HB0035	Vacancies in elected office.	Harshman	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0036	Hathaway scholarship-amendments.	Harshman	S Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
HB0037	Expulsion for possession of a deadly weapon.	Harshman	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0038	Ad valorem taxation-payment and credit of penalties.	Revenue	H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-1-1-0-0	01/27/2025
HB0039	Property tax refund program-revisions.	Revenue	S Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
HB0040	Sales and use tax revisions.	Revenue	H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0	01/27/2025
HB0041	Environmental quality-irrevocable letters of credit.	Lawley	S Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
HB0042	Regulation of surgical abortions.	Lawley	S Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
HB0043	Age verification for websites with harmful material.	Lawley	S Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
HB0044	Loren "Teense" Willford Memorial Highway.	Davis	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0045	Removing otters as protected animals.	Byron	S Received for Introduction	01/21/2025
HB0046	Homeschool freedom act.	Strock	S Received for Introduction	01/23/2025
HB0047	Secretary of state-expedited filings.	BlockChain/Technology	S Received for Introduction	01/24/2025
HB0048	Department of family services-confidentiality amendments.	Judiciary	H01 - Judiciary:Do Pass Failed 4-5-0-0-0	01/15/2025
HB0049	Treatment courts-amendments.	Judiciary	H01 - Judiciary:Do Pass Failed 4-5-0-0-0	01/15/2025
HB0050	Disclosure of sensitive information-law enforcement.	Judiciary	H COW:Failed 21-36-5-0-0	01/21/2025
HB0051	Municipal courts-maximum penalties.	Judiciary	H COW:Failed 21-38-3-0-0	01/22/2025
HB0052	State's right of appeal in criminal cases.	Judiciary	H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary	01/17/2025
HB0053	Governmental claims-negligent investigations.	Judiciary	H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary	01/17/2025
HB0054	Chancery court judges-district and circuit court assistance.	Judiciary	H 2nd Reading:Laid Back	01/31/2025
HB0055	Court automation fee-amendments.	Judiciary	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0056	Cities and towns notice for zoning changes-amendments.	Filer	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0057	Fireworks on the 4th of July.	Harshman	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0058	State lands-notice for mineral leases.	Harshman	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0059	Limited mining operations-water quality testing.	Harshman	H Placed on General File	01/27/2025
HB0060	Student eligibility in sports-amendments.	Lawley	H 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
HB0061	State land lease preference amendments.	Banks	S Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
HB0062	Prostitution amendments.	Heiner	S Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
HB0063	Working animal protection act.	Rodriguez-Williams	S Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
HB0064	Chemical abortions-ultrasound requirement.	Neiman	S Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
HB0065	Executive orders repository.	Corporations	H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations	01/30/2025
HB0066	Cities and towns-abandoned and nuisance properties.	Corporations	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0067	Wyoming Community Development Authority-bond investment.	Corporations	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0068	Tax increment financing.	Corporations	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0069	Foreign adversary ownership or control of business entities.	Corporations	H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0	01/27/2025
HB0070	Irrigation districts-bid requirements.	Corporations	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0071	Insurance fraud reporting.	Corporations	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0072	Protecting women's privacy in public spaces act.	Lawley	H Placed on General File	01/24/2025
HB0073	Recreation safety-rock climbing.	Larsen, L	S Received for Introduction	01/21/2025
HB0074	County clerks-frivolous filings procedure.	Larsen, L	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0075	Coal severance tax rate.	Clouston	H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-4-1-0-0	01/27/2025
HB0076	Prior authorization-amendments.	Brown, L	H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor	01/15/2025
HB0077	Ride-share drivers-Wyoming registration required.	Styvar	H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation	01/27/2025
HB0078	Newborn safety device funding for safe haven providers.	Rodriguez-Williams	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0079	Bond elections-voter threshold requirement.	Styvar	S Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
HB0080	Stop ESG-State funds fiduciary duty act.	Knapp	S Received for Introduction	01/24/2025
HB0081	Regulatory reduction-mortgage loan originator licensing.	Yin	H Placed on General File	01/27/2025
HB0082	Provider enrollment-standards.	Labor	S Received for Introduction	01/20/2025
HB0083	Child custody-sex offense conviction presumption.	Pendergraft	H Placed on General File	01/24/2025
HB0084	Pari-mutuel wagering-breakage.	Appropriations	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0085	Local approval for simulcasting.	Appropriations	H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel	01/23/2025
HB0086	Public property and buildings-amendments.	Appropriations	H 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
HB0087	Consolidation of gaming.	Appropriations	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0088	Multi-family dwelling single stairwell exits.	Appropriations	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0089	Wind turbine blades-onsite disposal required.	Riggins	H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals	01/14/2025
HB0090	Anthrax outbreak protocol.	Davis	H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture	01/29/2025
HB0091	Eminent domain energy collector systems amendments.	Agriculture	H 3rd Reading:Failed 27-33-2-0-0	01/21/2025
HB0092	Wyoming livestock board-memorandums of understanding.	Agriculture	S Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
HB0093	Protect Wyoming's Lands Act.	Agriculture	H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-4-1-0-0	01/27/2025
HB0094	Charter school authorizations-amendments.	Andrew	S Received for Introduction	01/24/2025
HB0095	School generational account.	Cap Fin & Inv	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/27/2025
HB0096	Prohibiting mask, vaccine and testing discrimination.	McCann	S Received for Introduction	01/27/2025
HB0097	Property conveyances near critical infrastructure.	Appropriations	H Placed on General File	01/29/2025
HB0098	Property tax exemption for long-term homeowners-extension.	Byron	H Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue	01/27/2025
HB0099	Access to public lands-corner crossing.	Provenza	H Received for Introduction	01/02/2025
HB0100	K-12 uncertified personnel.	Andrew	H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education	01/24/2025
HB0101	Forest health grant program-3.	Water	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/31/2025
HB0102	Attorney general-elected.	Heiner	H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary	01/31/2025
HB0103	Columbarium regulation.	Sherwood	S Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0104	Child tax credit.	Yin	H Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue	01/27/2025
HB0105	Breach orders due process.	Water	H Received for Introduction	01/06/2025
HB0106	Monument to America.	Harshman	H Received for Introduction	01/06/2025
HB0107	Wyoming generational investment account.	Harshman	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/23/2025
HB0108	Firearm purchase protections.	Allemand	H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary	01/16/2025
HB0109	Trespassing-suspend hunting license.	Allemand	:Recalled from Committee Pursuant to House Rule 5-6: 54-7-1-0-0	01/29/2025
HB0110	Trapping licenses-nonresident reciprocal licenses.	Davis	H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel	01/27/2025
HB0111	Hit and run-responsibility and penalties.	Smith, S	H Received for Introduction	01/06/2025
HB0112	Industrial siting projects-county commissioner approval.	Smith, S	H Received for Introduction	01/06/2025
HB0113	Insurance payments-not taxable.	Smith, S	H Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue	01/27/2025
HB0114	Protecting religious assembly in states of emergency act.	Smith, S	H Received for Introduction	01/06/2025
HB0115	Medical Ethics Defense Act.	Ottman	H Received for Introduction	01/06/2025
HB0116	Driver's licenses-unauthorized alien restrictions.	Ottman	S Received for Introduction	01/23/2025
HB0117	Omnibus water bill-construction.	Water	H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture	01/24/2025
HB0118	Limitations on net land gains for the federal government.	Banks	S Received for Introduction	01/23/2025
HB0119	Minimum easement standards.	Banks	H Received for Introduction	01/07/2025
HB0120	Administrative procedure-jury trial for penalties.	Strock	H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education	01/31/2025
HB0121	Hospital pricing transparency.	Singh	S Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
HB0122	Senior citizen service districts-authorization and renewal.	Connolly	S Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
HB0123	Adverse possession-property tax payment defense.	Neiman	H Placed on General File	01/30/2025
HB0124	Reduction in taxation act.	Filer	H Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue	01/27/2025
HB0125	Repeal-unauthorized use of vehicle crime.	Washut	H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary	01/22/2025
HB0126	Sales tax on services-repeal.	Filer	H03 - Revenue:Do Pass Failed 2-6-1-0-0	01/23/2025
HB0127	Domestic violence protection orders-affirmative defense.	Styvar	H Received for Introduction	01/09/2025
HB0128	Public health emergency-definition amendments.	Lucas	H Received for Introduction	01/09/2025
HB0129	School finance-dates for fund transfers.	Larson, JT	H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0	01/27/2025
HB0130	Homeowner tax exemption-amendments.	Heiner	H Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue	01/22/2025
HB0131	Ballot drop boxes-prohibition.	Knapp	S Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
HB0132	Annual permits for specified commercial loads.	Smith, S	H Placed on General File	01/30/2025
HB0133	Sanctuary cities, counties and state-prohibition.	Guggenmos	H 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
HB0134	Taxpayer funds-sexually explicit events prohibited-2.	Guggenmos	H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education	01/31/2025
HB0135	Autologous or direct blood donations.	Gugge Received for Introductionnmos	S	01/30/2025
HB0136	Volunteer first responder health insurance-revisions.	Byron	H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel	01/29/2025
HB0137	Revisor's bill.	Mgt Council	H 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
HB0138	Wyoming gaming commission amendments.	Appropriations	H Received for Introduction	01/10/2025
HB0139	Interstate export of Wyoming horseracing.	Appropriations	H Received for Introduction	01/10/2025
HB0140	Continuity of Permitting Act.	Filer	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/31/2025
HB0141	Health mandates-CDC and WHO jurisdiction in Wyoming.	Lucas	H Received for Introduction	01/10/2025
HB0142	Supplemental K-12 school facilities appropriations.	Sel Sch Fac	H Received for Introduction	01/10/2025
HB0143	LaPrele dam rebuilding.	Yin	H Placed on General File	01/28/2025
HB0144	County canvassing board.	Neiman	H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations	01/30/2025
HB0145	Absentee ballot return-required information.	Smith, S	H Received for Introduction	01/13/2025
HB0146	Animal estray penalty-amendments.	Neiman	H Received for Introduction	01/13/2025
HB0147	Prohibition of institutional discrimination.	Rodriguez-Williams	S Received for Introduction	01/21/2025
HB0148	University of Wyoming governance-elected trustees.	Rodriguez-Williams	H Placed on General File	01/29/2025
HB0149	Adoption discrimination-keep kids first act.	Rodriguez-Williams	H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor	01/30/2025
HB0150	Meat processors-composted materials.	Andrew	H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture	01/28/2025
HB0151	Predator management district appointments and terms.	Lien	H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel	01/31/2025
HB0152	Donated blood-mRNA disclosure.	McCann	H Received for Introduction	01/14/2025
HB0153	Permanent vehicle registration.	Banks	H Placed on General File	01/30/2025
HB0154	False voting-amendments.	Brady	H Placed on General File	01/29/2025
HB0155	Workplace violence in health care.	Brown, L	H Received for Introduction	01/14/2025
HB0156	Proof of voter residency-registration qualifications.	Bear	S Received for Introduction	01/20/2025
HB0157	Proof of voter citizenship.	Bear	S Received for Introduction	01/20/2025
HB0158	Legislature-electronic voting system.	Bear	H Received for Introduction	01/14/2025
HB0159	Protecting water from chemical abortion waste.	Bear	H Placed on General File	01/24/2025
HB0160	Voter identification-revisions.	Tarver	S Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0161	Hydrogen severance tax.	Tarver	H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals	01/20/2025
HB0162	Interactive gaming.	Davis	H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel	01/20/2025
HB0163	Prohibiting employment of unauthorized aliens.	Brown, G	H Received for Introduction	01/14/2025
HB0164	Medical prescriptions-off-label purposes.	Brown, G	H 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
HB0165	Ranked choice voting-prohibition.	Webb	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/30/2025
HB0166	State auditor payment transparency.	Bratten	H Placed on General File	01/31/2025
HB0167	Local government reporting.	Bratten	H Received for Introduction	01/14/2025
HB0168	Cultivated meat-prohibition.	Eklund	H 2nd Reading:Laid Back	01/31/2025
HB0169	Homeowner tax exemption-2025 and 2026.	Locke	S Received for Introduction	01/24/2025
HB0170	Nonprofit and trust entities-effective time for documents.	Lawley	H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations	01/27/2025
HB0171	Sexual exploitation of children-amendments.	Strock	H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education	01/31/2025
HB0172	Repeal gun free zones and preemption amendments.	Haroldson	S Received for Introduction	01/24/2025
HB0173	Independent candidate requirements.	Haroldson	S Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
HB0174	Carrying of concealed weapons-age requirement.	Haroldson	H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary	01/23/2025
HB0175	Wyoming veterans museum capital construction.	Harshman	H Received for Introduction	01/14/2025
HB0176	Vacancies in public office-amendments.	Bratten	H Received for Introduction	01/14/2025
HB0177	Statutory standing committee-federal review.	Wharff	H 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
HB0178	Work allowance for voting.	Sherwood	H Placed on General File	01/29/2025
HB0179	Department of transportation-land transfer.	Larsen, L	H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation	01/23/2025
HB0180	K-12 mental health program-3.	Larsen, L	H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education	01/31/2025
HB0181	Funeral contracts-investment and bonding requirements.	Larsen, L	H Placed on General File	01/28/2025
HB0182	Elections-prohibiting use of secondary address.	Brown, G	H Received for Introduction	01/15/2025
HB0183	Net metering amendments.	Heiner	H Placed on General File	01/31/2025
HB0184	Utilities-point of consumption and allocation agreements.	Williams	H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals	01/20/2025
HB0185	Video recording of legislative meetings.	Lucas	H Received for Introduction	01/15/2025
HB0186	Bear coupons-game and fish.	Wharff	H Placed on General File	01/30/2025
HB0187	Theft amendments.	Wasserburger	H Received for Introduction	01/15/2025
HB0188	Two families-one nanny.	Yin	H Placed on General File	01/29/2025
HB0189	Harmful communication-minors.	Lien	H Placed on General File	01/29/2025
HB0190	Bond election language process.	Lien	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/28/2025
HB0191	Civil penalties for cannabis.	Provenza	H Received for Introduction	01/15/2025
HB0192	Public utilities-wildfire mitigation and liability limits.	Larson, JT	H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals	01/21/2025
HB0193	Real property-severance of pore space-notice.	Brown, L	H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals	01/20/2025
HB0194	Obscenity amendments.	Lucas	H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary	01/21/2025
HB0195	Credit reporting-medical debt.	Provenza	H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor	01/21/2025
HB0196	Ballot initiatives-duplicate laws passed.	Lien	H Received for Introduction	01/16/2025
HB0197	Limits on property development exaction and mitigation fees.	Davis	H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary	01/21/2025
HB0198	Education savings accounts-income qualifications.	Clouston	H Received for Introduction	01/16/2025
HB0199	Wyoming Freedom Scholarship Act.	Andrew	S Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0200	Parent rights-amendments.	Webb	H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education	01/21/2025
HB0201	State funds-investment in Bitcoin.	Wasserburger	H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals	01/22/2025
HB0202	Fast Track Permits Act.	Filer	H Placed on General File	01/27/2025
HB0203	By the people act.	Singh	H Received for Introduction	01/16/2025
HB0204	Nonresident fishing license fee increase.	Byron	H Placed on General File	01/23/2025
HB0205	Wyoming state fair department.	Strock	H Placed on General File	01/30/2025
HB0206	Elections-acceptable identification revisions-2.	Webber	H 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
HB0207	Religious Freedom Restoration Act.	Washut	S Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0208	Atmospheric geoengineering prohibition.	Tarver	H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals	01/21/2025
HB0209	Reliable and dispatchable low-carbon standards-repeal.	Knapp	H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals	01/20/2025
HB0210	Prohibition on unauthorized fees-veterans benefits.	Knapp	H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation	01/27/2025
HB0211	Hunting wildlife from vehicles.	Allemand	H Placed on General File	01/28/2025
HB0212	Local sales and use tax amendments.	Allemand	H Received for Introduction	01/16/2025
HB0213	Owners and owners' agents duties to tenants-amendments.	Chestek	H Received for Introduction	01/17/2025
HB0214	Local government payments-electronic payments.	Thayer	S Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0215	Prohibition on electronic voting equipment.	Smith, S	H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations	01/20/2025
HB0216	Prohibition on gas chamber euthanasia of animals.	Singh	H Received for Introduction	01/17/2025
HB0217	Random hand count audits of election results.	Lucas	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/28/2025
HB0218	Public utilities-stays during resolution of lawsuits.	Locke	H Placed on General File	01/28/2025
HB0219	County and municipal roads on state lands-easements granted.	Locke	H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture	01/24/2025
HB0220	Conservation easements-amendments.	Ottman	H Received for Introduction	01/17/2025
HB0221	Bighorn and domestic sheep relocation-effective date repeal.	Ottman	H 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
HB0222	Medical Ethics Defense Act-2.	Ottman	H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor	01/27/2025
HB0223	Preventing strategic lawsuits against public participation.	Ottman	H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations	01/20/2025
HB0224	Prohibiting foreign adversary property ownership.	Banks	H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture	01/29/2025
HB0225	Parking during legislative meetings.	Brown, L	H Placed on General File	01/30/2025
HB0226	License plate-search and rescue council.	Campbell, K	H Placed on General File	01/30/2025
HB0227	Executive order-time limitations.	Angelos	H Placed on General File	01/29/2025
HB0228	Prohibition on private funds for conducting elections.	Knapp	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/28/2025
HB0229	High Plains Research Station and Arboretum-historic site.	Nicholas	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/23/2025
HB0230	Wyoming interstate study and safe highways investment act.	Harshman	H Received for Introduction	01/17/2025
HB0231	Medical education funding.	Larsen, L	H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education	01/21/2025
HB0232	Elections-hand counting for recounts.	Haroldson	S Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
HB0233	Natural resource litigation funding.	Larsen, L	H Received for Introduction	01/17/2025
HB0234	Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act amendments.	Allemand	H Placed on General File	01/31/2025
HB0235	Career technical education equipment and supplies.	Andrew	H Placed on General File	01/23/2025
HB0236	County officials-nonpartisan elections.	Chestek	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/27/2025
HB0237	License plate issuance.	Wylie	H Placed on General File	01/30/2025
HB0238	Ballot harvesting prohibition.	Johnson	H Placed on General File	01/29/2025
HB0239	Reproductive Freedom Act.	Yin	H Received for Introduction	01/20/2025
HB0240	Appointment of acting secretary of state-repeal.	Johnson	H Received for Introduction	01/20/2025
HB0241	Telehealth Freedom Act.	Smith, S	H Received for Introduction	01/20/2025
HB0242	Manufacturers and dealers of new trailers-changes.	Tarver	H Placed on General File	01/28/2025
HB0243	Denturist practice act.	Winter	H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture	01/31/2025
HB0244	Carbon dioxide pipelines-eminent domain prohibition.	Winter	H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture	01/22/2025
HB0245	Pen and paper ballots.	Knapp	H Placed on General File	01/29/2025
HB0246	Wyoming Wednesday.	Styvar	H Placed on General File	01/28/2025
HB0247	Annexation requirements.	Styvar	H Received for Introduction	01/20/2025
HB0248	School foundation program interim budget authority.	Bear	H Placed on General File	01/29/2025
HB0249	Runoff elections.	Neiman	H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations	01/27/2025
HB0250	Defining life and the rights of natural persons.	Neiman	H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor	01/29/2025
HB0251	Trespass by drone.	Neiman	H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture	01/30/2025
HB0252	Wind tax exemption-repeal.	Johnson	H Received for Introduction	01/20/2025
HB0253	Construction lien revisions.	Wylie	H Received for Introduction	01/20/2025
HB0254	Microphones in the house of representatives.	Larson, JT	H Received for Introduction	01/21/2025
HB0255	Mobile home certificate-information disclosure requirement.	Singh	H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education	01/31/2025
HB0256	Select Committee on Blockchain and Emerging Technologies-1.	Singh	H Received for Introduction	01/21/2025
HB0257	Barber apprenticeships.	Singh	H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education	01/31/2025
HB0258	State funded capital construction.	HAppropriations	S Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
HB0259	Supplemental K-12 school facilities appropriations-2.	HAppropriations	S Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
HB0260	Criminal accountability grant program.	Washut	H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary	01/27/2025
HB0261	Accessory after the fact-amendments.	Washut	H Received for Introduction	01/21/2025
HB0262	Counties-limitations on holding reserves.	Johnson	H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations	01/22/2025
HB0263	Local water system funding.	Harshman	H Received for Introduction	01/21/2025
HB0264	Central bank digital currencies-prohibitions.	Singh	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/30/2025
HB0265	Defend the guard act.	Singh	H Placed on General File	01/29/2025
HB0266	Food truck licensing-statewide application.	Larson, JT	H Received for Introduction	01/21/2025
HB0267	Regulation of hemp.	Singh	H Received for Introduction	01/21/2025
HB0268	People's parking act.	Singh	H Received for Introduction	01/21/2025
HB0269	Naturopathic medicine licensure.	McCann	H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor	01/23/2025
HB0270	Permanent mineral trust fund-spending policy.	Bear	H 2nd Reading:Laid Back	01/31/2025
HB0271	Common school account-spending policy amount.	Bear	H 2nd Reading:Laid Back	01/31/2025
HB0272	Investment in Wyoming housing.	Sherwood	H Received for Introduction	01/22/2025
HB0273	Wyoming pregnancy centers-autonomy and rights.	Rodriguez-Williams	H Placed on General File	01/29/2025
HB0274	Biological males in women's sports.	Rodriguez-Williams	H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor	01/23/2025
HB0275	Treatment of animals.	Byron	H Placed on General File	01/28/2025
HB0276	State agreements to perform immigration functions.	Lawley	H02 - Appropriations:Do Pass Failed 3-4-0-0-0	01/24/2025
HB0277	Capitol complex-hotel and conference center.	Harshman	H Received for Introduction	01/23/2025
HB0278	Elections-voting machine and voting system tests.	Locke	H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations	01/29/2025
HB0279	Property tax exemptions-order of application.	Nicholas	H Placed on General File	01/30/2025
HB0280	Sex offender registration.	Knapp	H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary	01/29/2025
HB0281	Landowner hunting coupons-hunts that harvest no animal.	Winter	H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture	01/24/2025
HB0282	Property tax-acquisition value.	Locke	H Placed on General File	01/30/2025
HB0283	Second Amendment Protection Act amendments-2.	Wharff	H Received for Introduction	01/24/2025
HB0284	Required hospital services.	Provenza	H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor	01/30/2025
HB0285	Pesticide warning labels.	Strock	H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture	01/28/2025
HB0286	Mountain lion hunting season-changes.	Schmid	H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel	01/28/2025
HB0287	Protecting self-defense-reimbursement and amendments.	Brown, G	H Received for Introduction	01/27/2025
HB0288	Board of trustees-systems of public recreation amendments-2.	Lien	H Placed on General File	01/30/2025
HB0289	Certificate of need repeal-3.	Geringer	H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor	01/30/2025
HB0290	Property tax reduction and replacement act.	Harshman	H Received for Introduction	01/27/2025
HB0291	Financial institution discrimination.	Bear	H Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
HB0292	Budget reserves-recommended appropriation amount.	Bear	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/30/2025
HB0293	Repealing the school foundation program reserve account.	Bear	H Placed on General File	01/31/2025
HB0294	Federal mineral royalties-distribution amendments.	Bear	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/29/2025
HB0295	Invest in Wyoming act.	Bear	H Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
HB0296	Constitutional apportionment.	Neiman	H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations	01/30/2025
HB0297	Fire suppression and restoration funding-2.	Connolly	H Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
HB0298	Centralized electronic notice system.	Singh	H Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
HB0299	Online sports wagering amendments.	Posey	H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel	01/30/2025
HB0300	Electrical generation tax.	Wylie	H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals	01/29/2025
HB0301	Redistricting of the legislature.	Williams	H Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
HB0302	Governmental immunity for use of firearms.	Connolly	H Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
HB0303	Second Amendment Protection Act-amendments.	Pendergraft	H Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
HB0304	State lands-hunting and fishing on cultivated cropland.	Eklund	H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture	01/29/2025
HB0305	County optional tax on solar energy production.	Lien	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/29/2025
HB0306	State employees-authorizing semimonthly pay periods.	Singh	H Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
HB0307	Poll watchers-polling station observation.	Pendergraft	H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education	01/28/2025
HB0308	Cryptographic Frontiers Act.	Singh	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
HB0309	Repeal of Medicaid birth cost bureaucracy.	Yin	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
HB0310	Trailer permanent registration-amendments.	Tarver	H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation	01/30/2025
HB0311	Exemption for transported fuel and power sales-amendments.	Locke	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
HB0312	Administrative rules-independent review and analysis.	Wasserburger	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
HB0313	Speed limits established by local authorities-amendments.	Schmid	H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation	01/30/2025
HB0314	Eminent domain study.	Winter	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
HB0315	K-12 public education reorganization.	Andrew	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
HB0316	School finance-model recalibration-2.	Mgt Council	H Placed on General File	01/31/2025
HB0317	Covering loads on Wyoming highways.	Locke	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
HB0318	Maintenance of voter lists.	Lucas	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
HB0319	Mining equipment sales and use tax exemption.	Knapp	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
HB0320	Taxation and Revenue Task Force 2028.	Storer	H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations	01/30/2025
HB0321	Election judge selection.	Lucas	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
HB0322	Secretary of state authority over counties.	Knapp	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
HB0323	SNAP benefits-waiver request.	Wasserburger	H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor	01/29/2025
HB0324	State elected officials-employees at will and regulations.	Andrew	H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education	01/29/2025
HB0325	Industrial power consumption freedom act.	Filer	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0326	Veterans' home of Wyoming capital construction-2.	Connolly	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0327	Attorney general-control by state-wide elected officials.	Heiner	H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary	01/30/2025
HB0328	Residential real property-taxable value-2.	Locke	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0329	Office of homeland security amendments.	Bratten	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0330	Probate code revisions-2.	Schmid	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0331	Taking of predators on public lands.	Schmid	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0332	Government membership and cooperation with associations.	Brady	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0333	Federal acts-legal actions authorized-2.	Banks	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0334	Instream flow amendments.	Storer	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0335	Wyoming educational religious freedom act.	Brady	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0336	Waiver of parental rights-financial responsibility.	Webber	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0337	Prohibiting foreign funding of ballot measures.	Webber	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0338	Disclosure of undelivered legislator emails.	Webber	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0339	Homeowners associations-display of political campaign signs.	Webber	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0340	State government-prohibition on federal funds.	Wharff	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
HB0341	Summer nutrition assistance for children.	Larsen, L	H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation	01/31/2025
HJ0001	Amending Wyoming's act of admission for earnings.	Cap Fin & Inv	H Placed on General File	01/30/2025
HJ0002	Foreign adversaries-prohibited property ownership.	Agriculture	H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-3-1-0-0	01/27/2025
HJ0003	Support for rural schools.	Sherwood	H Placed on General File	01/22/2025
HJ0004	Constitutional amendment-veterans property tax exemption.	Styvar	S Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
HJ0005	China-misuse of United Nations resolution.	Singh	H Received for Introduction	01/21/2025
HJ0006	Election of judges and justices.	Schmid	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
SF0001	General government appropriations.	Appropriations	S Introduced and Referred to SCOW	01/30/2025
SF0002	Hunting licenses-weighted bonus points system.	Travel	H Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
SF0003	Mule and whitetail deer-separate hunting seasons.	Travel	S 3rd Reading:Failed 12-19-0-0-0	01/27/2025
SF0004	State park peace officers-definition and scope of authority.	Travel	H Received for Introduction	01/22/2025
SF0005	School district vehicles-flashing lights authorized.	Cooper	H Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
SF0006	Residential property-removal of unlawful occupant.	Judiciary	H Received for Introduction	01/22/2025
SF0007	Protection order amendments.	Judiciary	H Received for Introduction	01/23/2025
SF0008	Protection orders-effective during appeal or review.	Judiciary	H Received for Introduction	01/24/2025
SF0009	Restoration of rights amendments.	Judiciary	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
SF0010	Settlement agreements for minors-parental authorization.	Judiciary	H Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
SF0011	Use of fraudulent documents to wrongfully possess property.	Judiciary	H Received for Introduction	01/22/2025
SF0012	Permanent protection orders.	Judiciary	S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary	01/15/2025
SF0013	Reading assessment and intervention amendments.	Education	H Received for Introduction	01/17/2025
SF0014	Wyoming imagination library program.	Education	S COW:Failed 6-23-2-0-0	01/21/2025
SF0015	Oil and gas conservation commission-regulation of pits.	Minerals	H Received for Introduction	01/17/2025
SF0016	Industrial siting-tribal notification.	Minerals	H Received for Introduction	01/20/2025
SF0017	Carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery stimulus.	Minerals	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
SF0018	Enhanced oil recovery-severance tax exemption.	Minerals	S COW:Failed 9-22-0-0-0	01/27/2025
SF0019	Impact assistance payments-maximum percentages and review.	Minerals	H Received for Introduction	01/24/2025
SF0020	Oil and gas bonding-options and bonding pools.	Minerals	H Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
SF0021	Ban on cell phone use in schools.	Schuler	S COW:Failed 7-21-3-0-0	01/21/2025
SF0022	Ground for termination of parental rights-guardianship.	Schuler	S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary	01/29/2025
SF0023	Handicap placards-health care providers' approval.	Labor	H Received for Introduction	01/22/2025
SF0024	Special license plates for multipurpose vehicles.	Barlow	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
SF0025	Electronic lien and title system.	Transportation	H Received for Introduction	01/22/2025
SF0026	Protection of military equipment.	Transportation	H Received for Introduction	01/24/2025
SF0027	Wyoming national guard member referral-amendments.	Transportation	H Received for Introduction	01/23/2025
SF0028	ROTC endowment program.	Transportation	H Received for Introduction	01/24/2025
SF0029	Firearm hold agreement-limited liability.	Transportation	S COW:Failed 2-26-3-0-0	01/21/2025
SF0030	Wyoming's investment in veteran's mental health.	Transportation	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
SF0031	Boards and commissions veteran ex officio members.	Transportation	S COW:Failed 11-17-3-0-0	01/21/2025
SF0032	Unpaved roads speed limits-amendments.	Transportation	H Received for Introduction	01/22/2025
SF0033	Noncitizen driver's license and ID card-revisions.	Transportation	H Received for Introduction	01/23/2025
SF0034	School finance-routine and major maintenance calculations.	Sel Sch Fac	H Received for Introduction	01/27/2025
SF0035	Governmental claims-maximum liability amounts.	Judiciary	S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary	01/15/2025
SF0036	Music therapy-use of title.	Labor	H Received for Introduction	01/24/2025
SF0037	Enhanced concealed carry in school zones.	Cooper	S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture	01/29/2025
SF0038	Performance compensation-investment performance amendment.	Appropriations	H Received for Introduction	01/22/2025
SF0039	Automatic transfer of automobile title upon death.	Olsen	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
SF0040	Zoning protest petition-amendments.	Appropriations	H Received for Introduction	01/22/2025
SF0041	Federal acts-legal actions authorized.	Agriculture	S 3rd Reading:Failed 15-13-2-0-1	01/28/2025
SF0042	Resort hotel liquor licenses.	Gierau	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
SF0043	Temporary water use agreements amendments.	Agriculture	H Received for Introduction	01/20/2025
SF0044	Fairness in sports-intercollegiate athletics.	Schuler	H Received for Introduction	01/23/2025
SF0045	Wyoming state guard-amendments.	Laursen, D	S08 - Transportation:Do Pass Failed 2-3-0-0-0	01/28/2025
SF0046	Water and sewer districts-bid requirements.	Landen	H Received for Introduction	01/27/2025
SF0047	Board of trustees-systems of public recreation amendment.	Landen	S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations	01/22/2025
SF0048	Business property exemption.	Revenue	H Received for Introduction	01/23/2025
SF0049	Tangible personal property-index and depreciation.	Revenue	H Received for Introduction	01/24/2025
SF0050	Insurance holding company regulations-amendments.	Corporations	H Received for Introduction	01/20/2025
SF0051	Wyoming telecommunications act revisions.	Corporations	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
SF0052	Insurance amendments.	Corporations	H Received for Introduction	01/17/2025
SF0053	Trademarks and trade names-administrative cancellation.	Corporations	H Received for Introduction	01/23/2025
SF0054	Electricity production facilities on municipal property.	Corporations	S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations	01/14/2025
SF0055	Third party filers.	Corporations	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
SF0056	Providing false information to registered agents.	Corporations	H Received for Introduction	01/23/2025
SF0057	911 service reporting.	Corporations	H Received for Introduction	01/23/2025
SF0058	Elimination of sales tax on firearms.	Olsen	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
SF0059	Registered agents-release of records.	Corporations	H Received for Introduction	01/23/2025
SF0060	Sales tax distribution rates.	French	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
SF0061	Pollution control property tax exemption-applicability.	Case	S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue	01/21/2025
SF0062	Restrooms in publicly funded schools-2.	Laursen, D	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
SF0063	State lands-fencing 2.	Crago	H Received for Introduction	01/27/2025
SF0064	Wyoming Opposes Mandatory Electronic ID Devices-Livestock.	Steinmetz	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0065	Data privacy-government entities.	BlockChain/Technology	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/30/2025
SF0066	Digital ledger filing system development.	BlockChain/Technology	S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals	01/14/2025
SF0067	Long-term homeowner tax exemption-revisions.	Revenue	S COW:Failed 13-15-1-0-2	01/28/2025
SF0068	Government owned lands.	Revenue	S Placed on General File	01/30/2025
SF0069	Homeowner property tax exemption.	Revenue	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0070	Investment modernization-state nonpermanent funds.	Cap Fin & Inv	H Received for Introduction	01/23/2025
SF0071	Ignition interlock restricted license-aggravated homicide.	Brennan	H Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
SF0072	Summer vacation preservation act.	Brennan	H Received for Introduction	01/22/2025
SF0073	Charter school funding-amendments.	Brennan	H Received for Introduction	01/27/2025
SF0074	Immunity for drug overdose reporting.	Labor	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
SF0075	Coroner investigations-disposition of decedent's property.	Case	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
SF0076	Protecting critical infrastructure from foreign adversaries.	Appropriations	S Placed on General File	01/17/2025
SF0077	Compelled speech is not free speech.	Hutchings	S Placed on General File	01/29/2025
SF0078	Distribution of unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.	Hutchings	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
SF0079	District courts-change of venue.	Crago	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
SF0080	Abandonment of water rights-limitations.	Water	H Received for Introduction	01/27/2025
SF0081	Tax exemption-property owned by the state.	Agriculture	H Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
SF0082	Omnibus water bill-planning.	Water	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0083	Large energy project funding-legislative approval.	Steinmetz	S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals	01/22/2025
SF0084	Country of origin label-USA beef.	Steinmetz	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
SF0085	Constitutional enforcement of localities.	Ide	S Placed on General File	01/29/2025
SF0086	Alternative teaching certificate.	Laursen, D	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0087	Prescriptive easement for electricity delivery.	Cooper	S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations	01/17/2025
SF0088	2025 large project funding.	Nat Res Fund	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0089	Certificate of need repeal-2.	Crum	S10 - Labor:Do Pass Failed 2-3-0-0-0	01/22/2025
SF0090	Youth organizations in schools.	Crum	H Received for Introduction	01/24/2025
SF0091	Petroglyph, pictograph and historic inscription protection.	Tribal Relations	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0092	Make carbon dioxide great again-no net zero.	Steinmetz	S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals	01/24/2025
SF0093	Tribal trust land sales and use tax exemption.	Tribal Relations	S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue	01/14/2025
SF0094	Wind River Reservation remote sales and use tax.	Tribal Relations	S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue	01/14/2025
SF0095	Special purpose depository institution-amendments.	Rothfuss	H Received for Introduction	01/27/2025
SF0096	Wyoming Gold Act.	Ide	H Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
SF0097	Trust code revisions.	Case	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0098	School board trustees-party affiliation.	Olsen	S Placed on General File	01/22/2025
SF0099	Game and fish property tax exemption.	Travel	H Received for Introduction	01/24/2025
SF0100	Child witnesses-courtroom procedures.	Schuler	S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary	01/22/2025
SF0101	Post-conviction DNA testing-procedure amendments.	Landen	S Placed on General File	01/30/2025
SF0102	Surviving parents of gold star veterans-exemptions.	Landen	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
SF0103	Terminating and defunding diversity, equity and inclusion.	Steinmetz	S Placed on General File	01/30/2025
SF0104	Probate code revisions.	Crago	S Placed on General File	01/23/2025
SF0105	An Act to Preserve State Territorial Sovereignty.	Ide	S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture	01/29/2025
SF0106	Motor vehicle dealer and manufacturer warranty rates.	Barlow	H Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
SF0107	Freedom to work and build business.	Nethercott	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0108	Recreation safety-agritourism.	Barlow	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0109	Open enrollment within Wyoming school districts.	Brennan	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
SF0110	Inclusion of crossing guards for governmental claims act.	Brennan	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0111	Net metering revisions.	Case	S Placed on General File	01/27/2025
SF0112	Anesthesiologist assistants licensing.	Schuler	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0113	Braider opportunity act.	Hutchings	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0114	Missing persons-reporting requirement.	Landen	S Placed on General File	01/30/2025
SF0115	Judicial review of agency actions-limitations.	Nethercott	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
SF0116	Anti-money laundering.	Nethercott	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0117	Shared parenting.	Pearson	S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary	01/22/2025
SF0118	Landowner hunting tags-amendments.	Pearson	:Refer to S05 - Agriculture	01/23/2025
SF0119	Expedited professional licensure for military members.	Boner	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0120	Wyoming PRIME act.	Salazar	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0121	Rodeo license plate.	Boner	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0122	Voyeurism-sex offender registration amendment.	Cooper	H Received for Introduction	01/30/2025
SF0123	School finance-competitive grants for crossing guards.	Brennan	:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations	01/31/2025
SF0124	Illegal immigration-identify, report, detain and deport.	Steinmetz	S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary	01/21/2025
SF0125	Defining health care and protecting the people's welfare.	Steinmetz	S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor	01/21/2025
SF0126	Establishment of a K-8 public lab school.	Rothfuss	S Placed on General File	01/29/2025
SF0127	Administrative rules-legislative review and objection.	Boner	S Placed on General File	01/30/2025
SF0128	Repeal of sales tax on electricity.	McKeown	S Placed on General File	01/24/2025
SF0129	Hospital employees-drug and alcohol testing.	Laursen, D	S10 - Labor:Do Pass Failed 1-3-1-0-0	01/24/2025
SF0130	Emergency assistance immunity-mental health services.	Rothfuss	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0131	Charter school leasing.	Driskill	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0132	Protecting critical infrastructure and systems from drones.	Jones	S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel	01/23/2025
SF0133	Protection of parental rights-amendments.	Brennan	S Placed on General File	01/28/2025
SF0134	Industrial siting-wildlife mitigation.	Hicks	S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals	01/22/2025
SF0135	Defense of state banking-1.	Rothfuss	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0136	Homeowner tax exemption.	Dockstader	S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue	01/23/2025
SF0137	School finance-cash reserves.	Dockstader	S Placed on General File	01/31/2025
SF0138	Energy impact on Wyoming economy-study.	Dockstader	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0139	Trapping requirements-licenses, seasons and setbacks.	Dockstader	S Placed on General File	01/30/2025
SF0140	Trapping education requirements.	Dockstader	S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel	01/23/2025
SF0141	USMC CPL Seth Rasmuson Memorial Highway.	Crago	:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations	01/30/2025
SF0142	Veterans' home of Wyoming capital construction.	Crago	S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations	01/29/2025
SF0143	Public monies-deposits in credit unions.	Nethercott	S Placed on General File	01/29/2025
SF0144	Wyoming-Ireland Trade Commission.	Driskill	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0145	Local governments-investments in equities.	Nethercott	S Placed on General File	01/29/2025
SF0146	Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act-amendments.	Boner	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0147	Service dogs-training and crimes.	Hutchings	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SF0148	Fire suppression and restoration funding.	Crago	S Placed on General File	01/30/2025
SF0149	Wildlife conservation license plates-amendments.	Pappas	S Placed on General File	01/30/2025
SF0150	For-profit trade schools-property tax exemption.	McKeown	S Placed on General File	01/29/2025
SF0151	Monthly ad valorem tax distribution-amendments.	Jones	S Placed on General File	01/31/2025
SF0152	Wildfire management-task force and state forester.	Barlow	S Placed on General File	01/30/2025
SF0153	Residential real property-taxable value.	Barlow	S Placed on General File	01/29/2025
SF0154	Industrial, wind and solar projects-hearing deadline.	Boner	S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals	01/28/2025
SF0155	International physician licensing.	Driskill	S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor	01/28/2025
SF0156	Expenditure of state funds on K-12 public schools.	Driskill	S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education	01/28/2025
SF0157	Department of family services-confidentiality amendments-2.	Olsen	:Refer to S01 - Judiciary	01/29/2025
SF0158	Virtual credit cards and network leasing-dental services.	Jones	S Placed on General File	01/31/2025
SF0159	Dental insurance.	Jones	S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor	01/27/2025
SF0160	Treatment courts-amendments-2.	Olsen	S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary	01/29/2025
SF0161	Residential property-acquisition value.	McKeown	S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue	01/24/2025
SF0162	Education-block grant model amendments.	Scott	S Placed on General File	01/31/2025
SF0163	Partial tobacco products tax repeal.	Pappas	S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue	01/27/2025
SF0164	Pari-mutual rodeo definitions.	Driskill	S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel	01/29/2025
SF0165	Cancellation of registration notice-amendments.	Pearson	S Placed on General File	01/31/2025
SF0166	Political party formation-amendments.	Pearson	S Placed on General File	01/31/2025
SF0167	Board of chiropractic examiners-criminal history records.	Dockstader	S Placed on General File	01/31/2025
SF0168	Budget reserve account-repeal.	Hicks	H Received for Introduction	01/31/2025
SF0169	Strategic investments and projects account-repeal.	Hicks	S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations	01/29/2025
SF0170	Grizzly bear management prohibition.	Hicks	S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel	01/29/2025
SF0171	City and Town Regulatory Reduction.	Nethercott	S Placed on General File	01/31/2025
SF0172	Physical therapy licensure compact.	Boner	S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor	01/29/2025
SF0173	Educational bankruptcy act.	Scott	S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education	01/28/2025
SF0174	Constitutional apportionment-2.	Driskill	S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations	01/29/2025
SF0175	Unemployment insurance coverage-period and reporting.	Kolb	S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor	01/28/2025
SF0176	Unemployment compensation-employer contributions.	Kolb	S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor	01/28/2025
SF0177	Primary residence property tax fund.	Smith, D	S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue	01/29/2025
SF0178	Fixing reading failure.	Scott	S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education	01/28/2025
SF0179	Sage grouse compensatory mitigation-amendments.	Barlow	S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals	01/29/2025
SF0180	Supplemental budgets-limitations.	Smith, D	S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary	01/29/2025
SF0181	Eminent domain-energy collection systems-2.	Crago	S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations	01/29/2025
SF0182	Property tax valuation-fair market value.	Dockstader	S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue	01/28/2025
SF0183	Moratorium-solar and wind projects.	Hicks	S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations	01/29/2025
SF0184	Prohibition on electronic voting equipment-2.	Smith, D	S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations	01/29/2025
SF0185	Governmental property-taxation and sale.	Case	S Placed on General File	01/31/2025
SF0186	Advanced nuclear reactor manufacturers-fuel storage.	Cooper	S Placed on General File	01/31/2025
SF0187	Public employee retirement plan-contributions.	Hicks	:Refer to S02 - Appropriations	01/29/2025
SF0188	Teacher tenure.	Hicks	S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education	01/29/2025
SF0189	Uniform commercial code-investment securities amendments.	Biteman	S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations	01/29/2025
SF0190	Election transparency.	Biteman	S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations	01/29/2025
SF0191	State funds-proxy voting and pecuniary investments.	Biteman	S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations	01/29/2025
SF0192	High Plains Research Station and Arboretum-historic site-2.	Pappas	S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture	01/29/2025
SF0193	Electric utility service agreements-large loads.	Case	S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations	01/29/2025
SF0194	E-cigarette and vapor material manufacturer licenses.	Crum	S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue	01/29/2025
SF0195	Small business emergency bridge loan program.	Biteman	S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture	01/29/2025
SF0196	Second Amendment Protection Act amendments.	Salazar	S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture	01/29/2025
SF0197	Wyoming generational investment account-2.	Driskill	S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations	01/29/2025
SJ0001	Convention of states.	Barlow	H Received for Introduction	01/28/2025
SJ0002	Resolution demanding equal footing.	Ide	S Placed on General File	01/30/2025
SJ0003	Commemorating Nellie Tayloe Ross.	Nethercott	H Received for Introduction	01/29/2025
SJ0004	Resolution on commercial base load power generation.	Pearson	S Placed on General File	01/29/2025
SJ0005	Congressional term limits.	Laursen, D	S01 - Judiciary:Do Pass Failed 2-3-0-0-0	01/28/2025
SJ0006	School capital construction-constitutional amendment.	Scott	S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education	01/23/2025
SJ0007	NCSL 50th Anniversary.	Pappas	S 2nd Reading:Passed	01/31/2025
SJ0008	Political expenditures.	Cooper	S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary	01/29/2025
SJ0009	Individual right to privacy-constitutional amendment.	Rothfuss	S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary	01/29/2025
SJ0010	Legislative and executive authority-taxation and spending.	Laursen, D	S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue	01/29/2025
SJ0011	Supporting anti-ESG litigation.	Biteman	S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations	01/29/2025

A few comments.

This bill shows just how wacky things have become.  A proposal that the state look at issuing its won gold or silver coinage, which is clearly unconstitutional.

2025

STATE OF WYOMING

25LSO-0313 ENGROSSED

 

 

 

SENATE FILE NO. SF0096

 

 

Wyoming Gold Act.

 

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Ide, French, Laursen, D, Salazar, Smith, D and Steinmetz and Representative(s) Allemand, Heiner, Lien, Locke and Smith, S

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Legal Tender Act; requiring the state treasurer to hold and invest specie and specie legal tender; authorizing the state treasurer to hire consultants; requiring a study and report; and providing for effective dates.

 

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

 

Section 1.  W.S. 9‑4‑1306 is created to read:

 

9‑4‑1306.  State treasurer duties; consultants; rulemaking authority.

 

(a)  The state treasurer shall implement this article by:

 

(i)  Holding not less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00) in specie and specie legal tender in the permanent Wyoming mineral trust fund for the purpose of diversifying the state's investment portfolio, preserving capital and insuring against inflation, debt defaults and other risks;

 

(ii)  If market conditions warrant, investing in precious metal leases or bonds payable in precious metals.

 

(b)  The state treasurer may contract for services with established precious metals firms and other industry experts to assist with the duties of the treasurer under this section. The state treasurer shall require financial disclosures along with any other requirements specified by the state treasurer before engaging in any contract under this subsection.

 

Section 2.  

 

(a)  The state treasurer shall conduct a study that reviews methods for the state to begin accepting gold and silver as a payment medium.

 

(b)  The state treasurer shall submit the results of the study required under subsection (a) of this section and any recommendations for legislation resulting from the study to the joint revenue interim committee and the select committee on capital financing and investments not later than October 1, 2025.

 

Section 3.  

 

(a)  Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

 

(b)  Section 1 of this act is effective January 1, 2026.

 

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And the constitutional convention resolution advanced.

It seemingly doesn't occur to people that by the time a constitutional convention might occur, we will likely be over the horror of the Trump Interregnum and the parties that at that point will want to really amend the Constitution will be those who at that point said "I told you so".  The nearly sure results would be the elimination of the 2nd Amendment and a massive reduction in executive power.

2025

State of Wyoming

25LSO-0234

 

 

 

 

Senate JOINT RESOLUTION NO. SJ0001

 

 

Convention of states.

 

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Barlow, Biteman, Brennan, Driskill, Kolb, Laursen, D, Olsen and Salazar and Representative(s) Brady, Clouston, Filer, Harshman, Singh, Webb and Williams

 

 

 

A JOINT RESOLUTION

 

for

 

A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution as specified.

 

WHEREAS, the framers of the Constitution of the United States empowered state legislatures to be guardians of liberty against future abuses of power by the federal government; and

 

WHEREAS, the federal government has created a crushing national debt through improper and imprudent spending; and

 

WHEREAS, the federal government has invaded the legitimate roles of the states through the manipulative process of federal mandates, many of which are unfunded mandates; and

 

WHEREAS, the federal government has ceased to operate under a proper interpretation of the Constitution of the United States; and

 

WHEREAS, it is the solemn duty of the states to protect the liberty of the people, particularly for future generations, by proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States through a convention of the states under Article V of the United States Constitution for the purpose of restraining these and related abuses of power.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING:

 

Section 1.  That the Legislature of the State of Wyoming hereby applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States, for the calling of a convention of the several states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government and limit the terms of office for federal officials and members of Congress.

 

Section 2.

 

(a)  That the Legislature of the State of Wyoming adopts the application made under Section 1 of this joint resolution expressly subject to the following reservations, understandings and declarations:

 

(i)  An application to the Congress of the United States to call a convention of the several states pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution confers no power to Congress other than the power to call the convention. The power of Congress to exercise this ministerial duty consists solely of the authority to name a reasonable time and place for the initial meeting of a convention;

 

(ii)  Congress shall call an amendment convention of the states only upon the receipt of applications for an amendment convention for the substantially same purpose as this application from two-thirds (2/3) of the legislatures of the several states;

 

(iii)  Congress does not have the power or authority to determine any rules for the governing of an amendment convention of the several states called pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution. Congress does not have the power to set the number of delegates to be sent by any state to a convention nor does it have the power to name delegates to a convention. The power to name delegates remains exclusively within the authority of the legislatures of the several states;

 

(iv)  By definition, a convention of the states to propose amendments to the United States Constitution means that states shall vote on the basis of one (1) state, one (1) vote;

 

(v)  A convention of the several states to propose amendments to the Constitution convened pursuant to this application shall be limited to consideration of the topics specified in this joint resolution and no other. This application is made with the express understanding that an amendment that in any way seeks to amend, modify or repeal any provision of the Bill of Rights shall not be authorized for consideration in any manner;

 

(vi)  Pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution, Congress may determine whether proposed amendments shall be ratified by the legislatures of the several states or by special state ratification conventions. The Legislature of the State of Wyoming recommends that Congress select ratification by the legislatures of the several states; and

 

(vii)  The Legislature of the State of Wyoming may provide further instructions to its delegates and may recall its delegates at any time for a breach of a duty or a violation of the instructions provided to the delegates.

 

Section 3.  That this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States until the legislatures of at least two‑thirds (2/3) of the several states have made applications on the same subject.

 

Section 4.  That the Secretary of State of Wyoming transmit copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, to the Wyoming Congressional Delegation and to the presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the several states, requesting their cooperation.

 

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