Well, that'd be a long list, so we're only going to do a select few that we've mentioned or should have mentioned, but the list is interesting, hopefully.
HB 14, which supposedly set Wyoming on Daylight Saving Time year around has passed its second reading.
Except it doesn't do that actually.
The Bill is set out below, but what it actually does is put us on Central time year around, apparently. The bill is set out below. That'd basically be the same, of course, as being on daylight savings time year around.
But wait. . . three neighboring states would have to do the same thing or nothing becomes of it. So. . . unless half our neighboring states take the same action. . . .
The National Guard Museum, a former armory, in Cheyenne.
HB 60, the Underage Marriage bill, which we discussed here earlier, failed. I'm not surprised, I didn't think it would pass.
Oddly, coincident with this bill, underage marriages have become a big topic. The New York Times ran an expose on the topic and it came up in Congress within the last couple of weeks. The reason is that certain North African and Central Asian cultures practice it frequently, in the context of adult men marrying very young teenage girls, and they've been importing the same into the US with the US approving of it.
Why this is a surprise is beyond me, but its probably because in our heart of hearts we like to believe that everyone is "just like us". That's not so at all. Women having equal rights is unique to Christian cultures and those heavily influenced by them. In our own culture, as we've already addressed here, it was Christianity that wiped out child marriages and boosted the marriage age. There's a certain "d'oh" element to this just being figured out.
HB 76, the Wyoming Beer Freedom Act, bit the dust. There will be no free beer.
Um, actually, that act, which is below, amended the existing liquor laws to allow for 24 hour malt beverage permits to microbreweries. I.e, they could get a permit to sell off premises for a 24 hour period.
I don't know why this failed. It was a good idea.
HB 99, which would established a Wyoming Public Lands Day, passed its second reading. That day, which is really being followed by the outdoor community, would make the fourth Saturday of September that day. I'm hoping it passes.
HB122, a bill that would have authorized common citizens to sue the state for declaratory judgment on statutes, failed.
I had a mixed view on this, but I'm not surprised that this bill, which is one of the various ones backed by the very, very, conservative in the State House, failed.
SF65, which would have provided for open primaries (non partisan), failed.
I knew this would fail and earlier predicted that, but its too bad. This would have been a good, democratic, reform.
2019
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STATE OF WYOMING
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19LSO-0152
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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0014
Mountain daylight time.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Laursen, Blackburn, Lindholm, Olsen and Sommers and Senator(s) Case, Driskill, Gierau and Von Flatern
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to legal time; requiring an application for the state to transfer time zones as specified; establishing a new uniform state time; making legislative findings; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
(i) The federal Standard Time Act of 1918, P.L. 65-106, 40 Stat. 450, established standard time zones for the United States bounded by designated meridian lines, including the zone designated as United States standard mountain time in which the state of Wyoming is placed, and the standard time zone designations have since become geographic names of regional identity;
(ii) The federal Uniform Time Act of 1966, 15 U.S.C. 260 et seq., was enacted by Congress to promote the adoption and observance of uniform time within the standard time zones of the United States. It established an annual advancement from standard time in March of each year, commonly called "daylight saving time," and annual return to standard time approximately eight (8) months later;
(iii) The federal Uniform Time Act of 1966 authorizes a state that is entirely situated within one (1) time zone, as the state of Wyoming is, to exempt itself from the change to daylight saving time as long as it does so uniformly as an entire state;
(iv) The residents and businesses of the state of Wyoming have become more habituated to the eight (8) months of daylight saving time per year than the four (4) months of standard time per year; and
(v) The biannual change of time between mountain standard time and mountain daylight time is disruptive to commerce and to the daily schedules of the residents of the state of Wyoming.
Section 2.
(a) Upon the enactment of a law similar to this act that authorizes an application for the same time zone change in at least three (3) states contiguous to Wyoming, the governor shall apply to the United States secretary of transportation for the state of Wyoming to be transferred to the zone designated as United States standard central time by the federal Standard Time Act of 1918.
(b) Upon approval of a transfer to the zone designated as United States standard central time by the United States secretary of transportation, the uniform time within the state of Wyoming shall be coordinated universal time offset by six (6) hours throughout the year.
(c) Upon approval of a transfer to the zone designated as United States standard central time by the United States secretary of transportation, the uniform time within the state of Wyoming shall be known as mountain daylight saving time unless the contiguous states applying for a time zone change uniformly select another name for the uniform time.
Section 3. 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.
2019
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STATE OF WYOMING
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19LSO-0015
ENGROSSED
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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0039
National guard museum.
Sponsored by: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to defense forces and affairs; designating the historic Wyoming national guard armory as a museum; and providing for an effective date.
The lands in Laramie county, Wyoming, described as follows are hereby declared to be the Wyoming national guard museum to be managed by the military department: All of Block 8, Replat of Airport Addition to the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, as shown by the Replat of said Airport Addition on file and of record in the office of the County Clerk and Ex-Officio Register of Deeds, in and for said Laramie County, said replat being filed on October 1, 1935, as No. 287212; LESS the Southerly ten (10) feet of said Block 8, Replat of Airport Addition quitclaimed to the City of Cheyenne by the Wyoming Army National Guard, as filed June 15, 1995, in Book 1400, Page 461, in the records of said Clerk of Laramie County, Wyoming.
2019
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STATE OF WYOMING
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19LSO-0466
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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0076
Wyoming Beer Freedom Act.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Pelkey, Barlow, Blake, Lindholm and Pownall and Senator(s) Rothfuss
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; authorizing appropriate licensing authorities to issue twenty-four hour malt beverage permits to microbreweries; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
Section 1. W.S. 12‑4‑103(a)(vi) and (b) and 12‑4‑412(b)(iii)(E), (F) and by creating a new subparagraph (G) are amended to read:
12‑4‑103. Restrictions upon license or permit applicants and holders; license limitation per person.
(vi) A manufacturer of alcoholic beverages or wholesaler of malt beverages, except for twenty‑four (24) hour malt beverage permits issued to a microbrewery pursuant to W.S. 12‑4‑502;
(b) Except as provided in W.S. 12‑4‑301(e) and 12‑4‑412(b)(iii)(G), no licensing authority shall issue more than one (1) license or permit to any one (1) person.
12‑4‑412. Microbrewery and winery permits; authorized; conditions; dual permits and licenses; satellite winery permits; direct shipment of wine; fees.
(iii) May approve the dual holding of a microbrewery permit or winery permit and one (1) of the following:
(F) Subject to subsection (e) of this section, a bar and grill liquor license as provided in W.S. 12‑4‑413;. or
(G) A twenty‑four (24) hour malt beverage permit issued to a microbrewery pursuant to W.S. 12‑4‑502.
2019
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STATE OF WYOMING
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19LSO-0023
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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0099
Wyoming public lands day.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Schwartz, Brown, Roscoe, Sommers and Stith and Senator(s) Coe, Dockstader, Gierau and Nethercott
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to state holidays and observances; providing for a public lands day; and providing for an effective date.
(a) In tribute to the importance of public lands in the state and in recognition of the value of public lands to the state's economy, open spaces, wildlife and recreational opportunities, the fourth Saturday in September of each year is designated as "public lands day" and appropriate observance may be held by the public and in all public schools of the state.
(b) The governor, not later than September 1 of each year, shall issue a proclamation requesting the proper observance of "Public Lands Day."
(c) This section shall not affect commercial paper, the making or execution of written agreements or judicial proceedings, or authorize public schools, business or state and local government offices to close.
