The 2023 Wyoming Legislative Session. Bills start to advance. (Vol 4).

It would appear that the introduction of new bills has stopped, and now bills are advancing from one chamber to another.

January 29, 2023

Utah's governor signed into law today a bill banning medical and pharmaceutical attacks on a person's gender, on the thesis that the subject is "transgendered" if the person is a minor.

While no doubt this will bring a firestorm of left wing criticism, this is already the trend in European where this was experienced first, and where such procedures, etc. are generally disallowed on those under 18 years of age.

January 31, 2023

House Bill 66, the Ward bill that would have trumped private property rights in favor of a radical anti-masking position.  The bill came close to passing, however, showing the depressing state of things in the Legislature right now. The final tally was 32-29-1, with there being a last minute effort to amend the bill to address what would occur if Wyoming lost Federal funding for hospitals.

Ward opposed the amendment.

The amount of Federal dollars in general were $75,000,000/month in Medicaid.

On this bill, while looking for something else, I ran across some commentary about a legislator, who has spent his entire life here, by proponents of the bill. He was an opponent.  The commentary was, quite frankly, horrible, and in at least one case made by a person who, like Ward, is a relocate.  This demonstrates in part how recent arrivals sometimes have much more right wing authoritarian views than long residents, and how they have probably also misjudged the culture of the state.

Ward relocated after expressing frustration with school masking requirements, which were really no different from those in effect here at the time.

Municipal non-partisan ranked choice voting, a meritorious proposal in the House, went down in defeat.

Senate Resolution 2, which would honor Lester Hunt, advanced to the House, to my surprise.

Senate File 109 banning chemical abortions advanced to the House.

February 1, 2023

In what is hopefully a trend, for the second day in a row, an extreme right wing bad idea didn't clear committee.  In this case, it was the illegal Defend the Guard Act, a populist measure that would have kept the Guard from being sent out of the state except in the case of a declaration of war.  The bill that received the death it deserved was Senate File 119.

An attorney representing the National Guard, himself a Guard foreign war veteran, testified on behalf of the National Guard against the act.

Chuck Gray came down the block and testified on the voting restriction bills, something his busy busy schedule apparently allowed for, oddly.

HB 273, which would have required the element of intent for hunting or fishing trespass, failed to make committee consideration.

A lot of bills are now dying that way now, casualties of far too many bills being introduced.

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Today In Wyoming's History: 2023 Wyoming Legislature. Anti Historical Site Bill.

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Today In Wyoming's History: 2023 Wyoming Legislature. Anti Historical Site Bill.:  

2023 Wyoming Legislature. Anti Historical Site Bill.

 A bill to make it more difficult to designate historical sites has been introduced in the legislature.

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0281

Local government approval for historic site designations.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Storer

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to state historic sites; requiring the board of land commissioners to provide notice and to obtain consent from counties, cities or towns before making a historic site designation as specified; providing requirements; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.  W.S. 36‑8‑108 is created to read:

36‑8‑108.  Designation of state historic sites; requirements.

After designation by the legislature but before any official designation is made for a state historical site when the property to be designated belongs to a county, city or town, the board of land commissioners shall obtain consent from the board of county commissioners or the local governing body of the city or town where the proposed state historical site is located. The board of county commissioners or the local governing body of a city or town shall be given not less than thirty (30) days written notice before the site is designated as a state historic site.  After notice is given and the notice period has passed, if no objection is made, consent to the designation of the historic site shall be presumed. 

Section 2.  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.

As this has a single sponsor, it likely will go nowhere, but its purpose is hard to understand.  Something being designated a historical site, contrary to widespread popular belief, doesn't commit private parties to anything.

Failed to make committee consideration, and therefore is dead for the session.

February 3, 2023

Senate File 111 prohibiting chemical or surgical mutilation of minors in the name of changing genders passed the Senate.

The debate on this one was interrupted by a delusional woman who yelled obscenities before excusing herself to the bathroom. She then went to the lobby and kept saying "my family, my family".

While it was apparent that she wasn't dangerous, this came up later in the day when HB 135 allowing concealed weapons in public meetings was debated.  It passed committee.

Ward's bill, HB87, which claimed to be:

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; amending the definition of child pornography for the offense of sexual exploitation of children to include cartoons and other depictions; repealing an exemption from promoting obscenity for activities conducted in the course of employment at a school, college, university, museum or public library; and providing for an effective date.

failed. 

HB 126, the gun 'em down trespass provision, passed the House.

HB0147 The, Unlawful trespass signage-taking of wildlife, passed the House.

SF0120 Restoration of civil rights for felons whose felonies were non-violent, passed the Senate. I really don't get this, quite frankly.

SF0169 State shooting complex task force, passed.    This would fund a state facility.

Feb 3, 2023, cont:

February 4, 2023

Freshman House members Ward and Strock, the former of Chicago but recently transplanted to Wyoming as she didn't was unhappy with the politics of Illinois and the latter of Douglas, offered the following budget amendment, which failed.

BUDGET(s) AFFECTED

Section Under Consideration:

Section 067. UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING

* * * * * * * * * *

Page 60-line 1 After "9." insert ", 15.".

Page 68-after line 14 Insert:

 As a condition of these appropriations, the University of Wyoming shall not expend any general funds, federal funds or other funds under its control for any gender studies courses, gender studies academic programs, gender studies co-curricular programs or gender studies extra-curricular programs.

To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and  renumber as necessary. WARD, STROCK

According to the Tribune, Ward stated, in support of her bill; 

The University of Wyoming is a land grant university, and programs like this were not the intention for the direction of the university when it was formed.

A similar attempt to eliminate funding for this UW program was made last year. 

Both Ward and Strock are members of the Freedom Caucus, which has made a lot of news going into the session. While it's definitely had an influence, it hasn't been as successful, so far, as some thought it might be. Ward's bills have been going down in defeat.

February 6, 2023

HB 115 which would have taken some election supervision roles away from the Secretary of State's office unfortunately failed.  It fialed to amke it out of committee on time.

Which was also the fate for a large number of bills.  Perhaps 1/5th of the bills in the legislature died in this fashion yesterday, and therefore we won't attempt to detail them all, or for that matter the ones still advancing, but concentrate instead on the signficant ones as they proceed, although we'll be pretty lucky if we catch all of them.

HB 116 banning foreign owneship of land in some circumstances failed.

Illinois Rep. J. Ward blamed the US's high infant mortality, compared to other industrialized nations, on the American "medical cartel" in the debate on Medicaid extension, which made it ontot he floor yesterday as HB4.

HB 154, allowing for the "permanent" registration of motor vehicles that are eleven or more years old passed committee.  It provides:

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0154

Permanent vehicle registration.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Banks, Andrew, Berger, Byron, Pendergraft, Slagle, Styvar and Tarver and Senator(s) Biteman and Ide

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the permanent registration of specified vehicles; providing a fee exemption for permanently registered vehicles; specifying requirements upon transfer of ownership; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.  W.S. 31‑2‑201(a)(i), 31‑2‑206(a) and by creating new subsections (n) through (q) and 31‑2‑214(a)(intro) and by creating a new subsection (e) are amended to read:

31‑2‑201.  Registration required; timelines.

(a)  Except as provided in W.S. 31‑2‑224 and subsection (q) of this section, every owner, or if applicable, operator or lessee, of a vehicle which will be operated or driven upon any highway in Wyoming, shall be required to obtain registration at the following times:

(i)  Annually not later than the last day of the annual registration month or, if applicable and if the owner chooses, permanently under W.S. 31‑2‑206(n) through (q).  Applications may be by mail;

31‑2‑206.  Annual renewal; delivery of license plates and stickers; staggered registration; permanent vehicle registration.

(a)  Except as otherwise provided vehicle registrations expire on the last day of the annual registration month. Renewals are effective for one (1) year beginning the first day of the month following the annual registration month. The initial registration for a vehicle in this state expires on the last day of the annual registration month in the following year. Except as provided in subsection subsections (h) and (n) through (q) of this section, nothing in this section prohibits an owner from registering a vehicle for more than twelve (12) but less than twenty‑four (24) months.

(n)  The owner of a vehicle required to be registered under W.S. 31‑2‑201(a) may permanently register the vehicle without further renewal upon payment of the fees required by subsection (o) of this section, provided the vehicle:

(i)  Is not a commercial vehicle; and

(ii)  Is in its eleventh year of service or later.

(o)  Upon payment of the fees specified in this subsection the department shall issue a distinctive license plate indicating the permanent registration of a vehicle qualifying for permanent registration under subsection (n) of this section. After payment of the fees under this subsection, the owner of a vehicle qualifying for permanent registration under subsection (n) of this section is not subject to renewal or the payment of additional registration fees for as long as the owner owns the vehicle. The fees for permanent registration are:

(i)  A permanent registration state administration fee in the amount of eighty‑seven dollars and fifty cents ($87.50); and

(ii)  An amount equal to five (5) times the applicable fee due under W.S. 31‑3‑101(a) and (b) plus any donation amounts under W.S. 31‑3‑101(h) or (j). Any donated amount shall not be subject to the requirement to pay five (5) times the applicable amount.

(p)  The owner of a vehicle that is permanently registered under subsection (n) of this section shall display the permanent registration license plates in accordance with W.S. 31‑2‑205 only on the permanently registered vehicle for which the plate was issued.

(q)  The permanent registration of a vehicle under subsection (n) of this section shall not be transferred to a new owner. Upon transfer of a vehicle that was permanently registered under subsection (n) of this section to a new owner, the new owner shall be subject to all applicable title, registration and license fees under title 31, chapter 2, articles 1 and 2 and chapter 3 of the Wyoming statutes for the vehicle.

31‑2‑214.  Transfer of ownership.

(a)  Except as provided by subsections (b) through (d) (e) of this section, upon transfer of ownership of a vehicle the registration of the vehicle expires and the original owner shall immediately remove the license plates from the vehicle. Within sixty (60) days after acquiring another vehicle for which the license plates would be proper, the original owner may file an application for the transfer of the license registration number to a vehicle acquired by him accompanied by the fees based on the amount which would be due on a new registration as of the date of transfer less any credit for the unused portion of the original registration fees for the original vehicle for the assignment of the plates to the recently acquired vehicle subject to the following:

(e)  Upon transfer of ownership of a vehicle that was permanently registered under W.S. 31‑2‑206(n), the permanent registration of that vehicle expires and the original owner shall immediately remove the license plates from that vehicle. If the original owner acquires another vehicle subject to registration fees under W.S. 31‑2‑201, the original owner shall not receive any credit for the previous registration under W.S. 31‑2‑206(n).

Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2023.

As modern vehilces last a long time, this could lead, if it passes, and I predict it will not, to the permanent registration of a large number of vehicles.

HB0264 Mining mural funding, failed.

February 8, 2023

Bill that did not receive a vote in their chamber of origina by yesterday are now dead.

So here's the current status of everything:

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HB0001 General government appropriations. Appropriations S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations 02/06/2023

HB0002 Town officers-salary waiver. Heiner S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation 02/02/2023

HB0003 State assessment of independent power producers. Corporations S Placed on General File 02/06/2023

HB0004 Medicaid twelve month postpartum coverage. Labor H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0005 Voter registry list-voter ID and absentee ballots. Corporations S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations 02/02/2023

HB0006 Specified election records not subject to disclosure. Corporations H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0007 Underage marriage-amendments. Zwonitzer, Dn S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations 02/02/2023

HB0008 Upper payment limit authorization. Labor H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0009 Juvenile courts-concurrent jurisdiction clarification. Judiciary S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 02/02/2023

HB0010 County officers-bond amounts and surety requirement. Judiciary S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0011 State park rangers-retirement. Judiciary S Received for Introduction 01/27/2023

HB0012 Presumptive child support amounts-updated tables. Judiciary S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0013 Office of guardian ad litem-program references. Judiciary S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 02/02/2023

HB0014 Civil case filing fees-amendments. Judiciary :Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations 02/06/2023

HB0015 County authority to dissolve museum boards-clarification. Judiciary :Refer to S06 - Travel 02/03/2023

HB0016 State land leasing-improvements. Agriculture S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 01/31/2023

HB0017 State lands-grazing of non-owned livestock. Agriculture S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 01/31/2023

HB0018 Missing person alert systems. Tribal Relations S Placed on General File 02/07/2023

HB0019 State Indian Child Welfare Act task force. Tribal Relations S Placed on General File 02/07/2023

HB0020 Land exchanges-notice. Agriculture S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 01/31/2023

HB0021 State lands-use of land qualification requirements. Agriculture S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 01/31/2023

HB0022 State land lease deficiencies-cure process. Agriculture S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 01/31/2023

HB0023 Burial-transit permit amendments. Labor H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0024 State investments-compensation and relocation amendments. Cap Fin & Inv S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0025 School capital construction-transfers and distributions. Sel Sch Fac S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education 02/07/2023

HB0026 School facilities-appropriations. Sel Sch Fac S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education 01/31/2023

HB0027 School facilities-consolidated remediation schedule. Sel Sch Fac S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education 02/07/2023

HB0028 Community college capital construction. Education S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0029 Community college funding-distance education credit hours. Education S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0030 Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship program amendments. Education S Received for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0031 BOCES as local education agencies. Education S Received for Introduction 01/19/2023

HB0032 Education mill levy amendments. Education H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0033 School finance-career technical education grants. Education S Received for Introduction 01/24/2023

HB0034 School finance-mental health services. Education S Received for Introduction 01/30/2023

HB0035 Daycare certification requirement amendments. Heiner S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0036 Space force amendments. Transportation H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0037 Telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Transportation H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0038 Wyoming national guard member referral. Transportation H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0039 Verifying the veteran designation on a WY driver's license. Transportation S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0040 Airport districts. Transportation H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0041 Lightweight trailers-permanent registration. Transportation S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0042 Off-road recreational vehicle operation. Transportation S Received for Introduction 01/18/2023

HB0043 Winter road closures. Transportation H COW:Failed 23-38-1-0-0 01/19/2023

HB0044 Road and bridge construction-alternative contracting. Transportation S Received for Introduction 01/27/2023

HB0045 Peace officer retirement and rehiring. Transportation S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0046 Wyoming public safety communications system trust fund. Transportation H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0047 Election equipment-federal certification. Corporations S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0048 Active transportation and recreation grant program. Travel H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0049 Municipal nonpartisan rank choice elections. Corporations H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0050 Solid waste cease and transfer program funding. Minerals S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0051 Legislator constituent service allowance. Mgt Council S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0052 Revisor's bill. Mgt Council S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations 02/07/2023

HB0053 State officials' compensation commission. Mgt Council H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0054 Homestead exemption. Sommers H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0055 Election ballot order and party affiliation. Corporations H COW:Failed 12-49-1-0-0 01/17/2023

HB0056 Purple star schools. Brown S Received for Introduction 01/30/2023

HB0057 Armed forces-amendments. Brown S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation 02/02/2023

HB0058 Cigarette tax. Revenue H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0059 Wyoming national guard tuition benefits. Transportation H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0060 Colorado river authority. Sommers H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0061 Source material associated with mining-agreement. Minerals S Placed on General File 02/07/2023

HB0062 Open banking. Minerals S Received for Introduction 01/19/2023

HB0063 Vacancies in elected office. Corporations H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0064 Legislative stabilization reserve account-obligations. Cap Fin & Inv S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations 01/31/2023

HB0065 988 suicide prevention. Revenue S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor 02/02/2023

HB0066 Prohibiting mask, vaccine and testing discrimination. Ward H 3rd Reading:Failed 29-32-1-0-0 01/30/2023

HB0067 Special license plate decals-women veterans. Styvar S Received for Introduction 01/24/2023

HB0068 School zone crosswalks. Henderson H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0069 Coal-fired facility closures litigation funding-amendments. Larsen, L S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0070 Definition of home-based educational program. Neiman S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education 01/31/2023

HB0071 Sales tax holiday-back to school. Brown H COW:Failed 23-38-1-0-0 01/18/2023

HB0072 Sales tax revisions. Brown H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0073 Annexation-vote requirement. Styvar S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations 01/31/2023

HB0074 Wyoming outdoor recreation trust fund. Travel S Received for Introduction 01/30/2023

HB0075 Painted fence posts-no trespassing. Banks H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0076 Licensing boards amendments. Zwonitzer, Dn S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 01/31/2023

HB0077 School finance-average daily membership. Harshman H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0078 Protection of parental rights. Stith H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0079 Voter I.D.-concealed carry permit. Crago S Placed on General File 02/07/2023

HB0080 Medical treatment opportunity act-Medicaid reform. Revenue H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0081 Hospital supplemental payments-statutory fix. Larsen, L S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor 02/02/2023

HB0082 Defendant mental illness examinations-amendments. Larsen, L S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0083 Tribal agreements to hunt and fish. Larsen, L S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel 01/31/2023

HB0084 Regulation of commercially guided boats. Sommers H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0085 For-profit public benefit corporations. BlockChain/Technology H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0086 Disclosure of private cryptographic keys. BlockChain/Technology S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations 01/31/2023

HB0087 Crimes of obscenity-revisions. Ward H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0088 Foreign ownership of agricultural land-prohibited. Banks H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0089 State investment returns-adequate reserve funding. Cap Fin & Inv H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0090 Sex offender registration requirements. Knapp S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 01/31/2023

HB0091 News source shield law. Zwonitzer, Dn H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0092 Wyoming film production rebates program. Travel H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0093 Omnibus water bill-construction. Water S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 01/31/2023

HB0094 Board of parole-Wyoming residency. Rodriguez-Williams S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 01/31/2023

HB0095 Working animal protection act. Rodriguez-Williams H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0096 Transfer on death deed-insurance coverage. Crago S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary 01/31/2023

HB0097 Chancery court jurisdiction amendments. Stith S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0098 Property tax-homeowner's exemption. Revenue H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0099 Property tax refund program. Revenue S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel 02/03/2023

HB0100 Acquisition value study. Jennings S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue 02/07/2023

HB0101 Uniform trust code-amendments. Crago H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0102 Election recount amendments. Zwonitzer, Dv H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0103 Political party affiliation declaration and changes. Haroldson S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations 02/02/2023

HB0104 Hunting of predatory animals-amendments. Haroldson S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0105 Repeal gun free zones and preemption amendments. Haroldson H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0106 Eminent domain-wind energy collector systems. Slagle S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations 01/31/2023

HB0107 Elected attorney general. Heiner H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0108 Sale of THC vaping devices and edibles to minors-prohibited. Sommers H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0109 Wyoming works for tomorrow. Sommers H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0110 Juneteenth-state holiday. Brown H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0111 Endangering children-fentanyl. Oakley S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0112 Theft-penalty for fifth or subsequent offense. Oakley S COW:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0113 Judicial permission to dismiss DUIs-repeal. Oakley H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0114 Leasing and sale of state lands-amendments. Harshman H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0115 Elections administration. Chestek H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0116 Prohibiting foreign property ownership in Wyoming. Allemand H COW:Failed 23-39-0-0-0 02/06/2023

HB0117 Abortion amendments. Yin H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0118 Volunteer firefighter pension-funding. Newsome H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0119 Medical prescriptions-off label purposes. Penn S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor 02/03/2023

HB0120 Traffic stops-probable cause. Zwonitzer, Dn H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0121 Property tax deferral program-amendments. Lawley S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue 02/03/2023

HB0122 Anesthesiologist assistants licensing. Berger H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0123 Collection of antler or horns by residents and nonresidents. Berger S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel 02/07/2023

HB0124 Electricity generation-taxation. Sommers S Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

HB0125 Second veterans' skilled nursing facility. Eklund H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0126 Trespass-removal of trespasser. Crago S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel 02/03/2023

HB0127 Health care facilities and clergy. Angelos S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor 02/07/2023

HB0128 Voyeurism within enclosed spaces. Clouston S Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

HB0129 Wyoming private employees' retirement savings plan. Stith H COW:Failed 24-36-2-0-0 01/31/2023

HB0130 Law enforcement-canine detection grants. Rodriguez-Williams H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0131 State loan and investment board-task force and study. Henderson H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0132 Wyoming housing trust fund. Zwonitzer, Dn H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0133 Electrical installation by licensed electricians. Zwonitzer, Dn H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0134 Alcohol sales to licensees. Niemiec S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations 01/31/2023

HB0135 Cities and towns-abandoned and nuisance buildings. Sherwood H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0136 Capital construction amendments. Larsen, L H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0137 Minors-sale and purchase of cannabidiol prohibited. Newsome H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0138 Suicide prevention. Newsome H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0139 Intimidation of election officials-doxing. Yin H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0140 Mental Health care Access-Collaborative Care Model. Zwonitzer, Dn S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor 02/07/2023

HB0141 Party affiliation changes. Western H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0142 Notice of annexation. Western S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations 01/31/2023

HB0143 Health mandates-CDC and WHO jurisdiction in Wyoming. Ward H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0144 Senior citizen district programs and services. Strock S Received for Introduction 01/30/2023

HB0145 Disclosure of sensitive information-law enforcement. Washut :Refer to S01 - Judiciary 02/07/2023

HB0146 Lobbying restrictions. Smith H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0147 Unlawful trespass signage-taking of wildlife. Provenza S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel 02/03/2023

HB0148 Airport liquor licenses-amendment. Walters S Received for Introduction 01/26/2023

HB0149 Protection of health care workers. Zwonitzer, Dn H 3rd Reading:Failed 28-34-0-0-0 01/31/2023

HB0150 Early childhood development special districts. Yin H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0151 Property tax exemption-child care facilities. Yin H COW:Failed 15-47-0-0-0 02/06/2023

HB0152 Life is a Human Right Act. Rodriguez-Williams H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0153 Worker's compensation competitive coverage. Wylie H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0154 Permanent vehicle registration. Banks H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0155 Minor party and independent candidates-filing deadline. Locke H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0156 Voter identification limitations. Locke H COW:Failed 28-32-2-0-0 02/02/2023

HB0157 County board dissolution-requirements. Larsen, L H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0158 Bid rejection or denial for public works contracting. Larsen, L H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0159 Department of fire protection and electrical safety fees. Larsen, L H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0160 Drivers license veterans designation replacing DD form 214. Pendergraft S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation 02/03/2023

HB0161 Loan disclosures for guarantors and co-signers. Jennings S Received for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0162 County optional tax-affordable housing. Yin H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0163 Mineral royalties-proportional severance tax refunds. Fed Nat Res H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0164 Legal notice publication on websites. Zwonitzer, Dv H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0165 Living organ donor protection. O'Hearn S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor 02/07/2023

HB0166 Lodging sales tax-exemption. Winter H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0167 Wyoming teacher shortage loan repayment program. Henderson H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0168 Innovations in Wyoming Agriculture. Western H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0169 K-12 post secondary education options. Harshman S Received for Introduction 01/30/2023

HB0170 Public funds-reserves and spending policy. Harshman H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0171 State land leases. Byron S Received for Introduction 02/07/2023

HB0172 Evidence preservation. Eklund S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor 02/03/2023

HB0173 Records available to POST. Provenza H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0174 Homestead exemption-amendments. Andrew H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0175 Excused absence-state fair events. Strock S Received for Introduction 02/07/2023

HB0176 K-12 education standards and assessments. Harshman H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0177 Expulsion for possession of a deadly weapon. Harshman H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0178 State land parcels-event hosting. Harshman H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0179 Medical care for Wyoming communities. Harshman H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0180 Brucellosis testing-notification requirements. Davis S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 02/07/2023

HB0181 Online sports wagering-amendments. Appropriations S Placed on General File 02/06/2023

HB0182 Skill based amusement games-amendments. Appropriations H COW:Failed 8-53-1-0-0 02/06/2023

HB0183 Pari-mutuel and gaming activities-amendments. Appropriations S Received for Introduction 02/07/2023

HB0184 ETS-information security division. Appropriations H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0185 Local government distributions-revisions. Appropriations S Placed on General File 02/07/2023

HB0186 Court appointed attorneys-fee prohibition for minors. Provenza H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0187 Student eligibility in interscholastic activities-2. Crago H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0188 Wolf depredation compensation. Winter H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0189 Homeowners associations-display of political campaign signs. Winter H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0190 Wyoming value added energy and industrial plan. Harshman S Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

HB0191 Pharmacy benefit manager act enhancements. Banks H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0192 Education-K-12 food service program. Clouston H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0193 Carbon capture energy standards-repeal. Provenza H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0194 Wyoming freedom scholarship act. Andrew H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0195 American rescue plan act appropriations-amendments. Appropriations H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0196 Wyoming infrastructure protection act. Henderson H COW:Failed 21-40-1-0-0 02/02/2023

HB0197 Defend the guard act. Andrew H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0198 Civil service commission administration. Conrad H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0199 License plate decal-breast cancer awareness. Conrad H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0200 Nonresident hunting licenses-application fees. Northrup H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0201 Hathaway fallen first responder scholarship. Northrup H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0202 Pilot student loan payments. Walters H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0203 PMTF and CSPLF reserve accounts-repeal and simplification. Obermueller H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0204 Allowable train lengths. Chestek H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0205 Ban on teaching and training critical race theory. Bear H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0206 State employee child care. Yin H COW:Failed 16-46-0-0-0 01/31/2023

HB0207 Change in party affiliation. Zwonitzer, Dn H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0208 School foundation program reserve account-investments. HAppropriations H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0209 Hathaway scholarship accounts-transfer timing. Cap Fin & Inv H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0210 Financial institution discrimination. Neiman H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0211 Ballot harvesting. Olsen H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0212 Statutory standing committees-federal review. Pendergraft H COW:Failed 27-35-0-0-0 02/06/2023

HB0213 Energy production inventory exemption. Burkhart S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue 02/07/2023

HB0214 General regulatory sandbox program. Andrew H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0215 Property tax exemptions-elderly and veterans. Allemand H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0216 Residential rental properties-applicability. Zwonitzer, Dn H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0217 Trophy game animal-change to large carnivore game animal. Newsome H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0218 Jackson hole rodeo and fairgrounds-state historic site. Winter H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0219 Voter identification-ballot requests. Knapp H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0220 Prohibiting pornography in schools. Hornok H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0221 Domestic violence prosecution amendments. Henderson H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0222 Colorado river advisory committee. Sommers H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0223 Wyoming preschool provider grants. Sommers H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0224 Prohibition on private funds for conducting elections. Singh H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0225 Senior citizen service districts. Crago H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0226 Municipal services-recovery actions. Washut H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0227 Veterans' property tax exemption-amendments. Newsome H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0228 Livestock compensation factor. Rodriguez-Williams H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0229 Electronic payment of sales and use taxes. Larson, JT S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue 02/07/2023

HB0230 Driver license penalties-time limit for imposition. Oakley H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0231 Public defender funding amendments. Crago H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0232 Outfitters and guides-amendments. Sommers H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0233 Transportation and care of injured police dogs. Allemand H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0234 Medical Ethics Defense Act. Ottman H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0235 School board members-same day swearing in and serving. Locke H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0236 Tax exemption-agricultural repair and parts. Northrup H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0237 Beer Freedom Act. Western H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0238 Probate-discovered property publication requirements. Northrup H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0239 Vehicle idling-decriminalization. Singh S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation 02/07/2023

HB0240 Ballot initiative process amendments. Provenza H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0241 Prohibiting sexual relations with persons in police custody. Yin H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0242 Consumer merchandise-packaging regulation prohibitions. Oakley H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0243 Perfection of security interest-required information. Henderson H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0244 Property tax refund program-rental properties. Henderson H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0245 Court ordered placement-child support. Provenza H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0246 Mountain standard time-2. Ottman H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0247 Trophy game animals-wanton waste. Newsome H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0248 Vital records-amendments. Zwonitzer, Dn H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0249 Vehicle registration verification. Larson, JT H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0250 Stop Red Flags Act. Jennings H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0251 Absentee ballot return-required information. Smith H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0252 Regulation of propane delivery contracts. Yin H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0253 Credit card defense act. Allemand H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0254 Nonresident anglers-regulatory modifications. Western H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0255 Game and fish-partners. Western H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0256 Property tax holiday. Locke H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0257 Mine permit and reclamation plan changes-landowner approval. Hornok H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0258 Denturist practice act. Winter H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0259 Runoff elections. Neiman H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0260 Wyoming firearms research institute oversight commission. Pendergraft H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0261 Breach of the peace within a health care facility. Washut H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0262 Wyoming Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Washut H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0263 Restoration of voting rights-amendments. Zwonitzer, Dn H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0264 Mining mural. Conrad H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0265 Public procurement late payments. Hornok H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0266 Refugee resettlement plan accountability. Locke H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0267 Conveyances to United States-right of refusal by state. Knapp H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0268 Wyoming Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act-amendments. Burkhart H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0269 Workers compensation-attorneys' expenses and costs. Nicholas H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0270 Improvement and service districts-limitations. Northrup H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0271 College of agriculture endowment. Crago H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0272 Prostitution amendments. Stith H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0273 Game and fish trespass-intent. Provenza H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0274 Internet freedom-prohibiting discrimination. Hornok H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0275 Highway maintenance equity-electric vehicle metering. Brown H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0276 Shed antlers and horns permit. Wylie H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0277 Vehicle registration e-certificate and grace period. Larson, JT H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0278 Public access easements mapping. Berger H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0279 Voter identification requirements. Knapp H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0280 Discrimination prohibition-amendments. Zwonitzer, Dn H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0281 Local government approval for historic site designations. Storer H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HB0282 Critical infrastructure resiliency. Bear H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0283 Promoting obscenity-educational exception amendment. Knapp H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0284 Collection agency regulation-debt buyers. Walters H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HB0285 Landowner hunting coupons-hunts that harvest no animals. Slagle H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HB0286 ETS consolidation. Nicholas S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation 02/07/2023

HB0287 Gaming districts and amendments. Harshman H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

HB0288 Electrical generation tax and rebate program. Stith H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HJ0001 Residential property taxation amendment. Revenue H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HJ0002 Constitutional amendment-residential property class. Sommers H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HJ0003 Wild horses and burros-best management practices. Winter H 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

HJ0004 Residential property tax cap-amendment. Locke H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HJ0005 Passenger rail service. Sherwood H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HJ0006 Common school account-investments and distributions. HAppropriations H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HJ0007 Permanent mineral trust fund-distributions and investments. HAppropriations H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HJ0008 Ballot initiative process. Provenza H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HJ0009 Runoff elections-constitutional amendment. Neiman H Did not Consider for Introduction 01/31/2023

HJ0010 Political expenditures-2. Chestek H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HJ0011 Animal Drug Availability-Wyoming Agriculture. Strock H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 02/07/2023

HJ0012 Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage-increase. Nicholas H COW:H Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

SF0001 General government appropriations-2. Appropriations H Introduced and Referred to H02 02/07/2023

SF0002 Wyoming telecommunications act-sunset date. Corporations H COW:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0003 Retail liquor license fees. Corporations S 3rd Reading:Failed 14-14-0-0-3 01/19/2023

SF0004 North American Industry Classification System amendments. Labor H COW:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0005 Medical malpractice statutory update. Corporations H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations 02/06/2023

SF0006 Insurance rebating modernization. Corporations H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations 02/06/2023

SF0007 Definition of opiate antagonist-amendment. Baldwin H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor 02/07/2023

SF0008 Essential subsidy payments to behavioral health centers. Baldwin H Received for Introduction 01/20/2023

SF0009 Medicaid coverage-licensed pharmacists. Baldwin H Received for Introduction 01/17/2023

SF0010 Licensed professional counselor compact. Labor H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor 02/03/2023

SF0011 Cancer early detection amendments. Labor H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor 02/06/2023

SF0012 Tavern and entertainment liquor license. Corporations S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0013 Bar and grill liquor license phaseout. Corporations H COW:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0014 Wyoming national guard professional malpractice liability. Transportation H Placed on General File 02/07/2023

SF0015 Military leave for state employees. Transportation H Placed on General File 02/07/2023

SF0016 State employee-moving expenses. Transportation H Received for Introduction 01/17/2023

SF0017 Off-road recreational vehicles-safety and insurance. Transportation H Placed on General File 02/07/2023

SF0018 Benefits for spouses of law enforcement members. Transportation H Received for Introduction 01/18/2023

SF0019 Highway safety-child restraints. Transportation H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation 02/07/2023

SF0020 Driver's license and ID card photo quality. Transportation H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation 02/07/2023

SF0021 High occupancy vehicle lanes. Transportation H Received for Introduction 01/19/2023

SF0022 Wyoming public safety communications system funding. Transportation S 3rd Reading:Failed 15-16-0-0-0 01/20/2023

SF0023 Treatment courts-transfer to judicial branch. Judiciary H COW:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0024 Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. Judiciary H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary 02/03/2023

SF0025 District and prosecuting attorneys-bar license requirement. Judiciary H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary 02/07/2023

SF0026 Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact. Labor H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor 02/07/2023

SF0027 Weed and pest mitigation-tribal inclusion. Tribal Relations S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0028 Livestock infectious disease control-tribal inclusion. Tribal Relations H Placed on General File 02/07/2023

SF0029 Brucellosis management updates. Agriculture H Received for Introduction 01/13/2023

SF0030 Apiculture-agricultural land use purpose. Agriculture S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0031 Adjacent land resource data trespass-repeal. Judiciary H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary 02/06/2023

SF0032 Prohibiting drones over penal institutions. Judiciary H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary 02/07/2023

SF0033 Defining aircraft for purposes of hunting prohibitions. Judiciary H Placed on General File 02/07/2023

SF0034 Trespass by small unmanned aircraft. Judiciary H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary 02/06/2023

SF0035 School crosswalks and pedestrian crossings-appropriation. Judiciary H Received for Introduction 01/24/2023

SF0036 Investment funds committee-selection panel amendments. Cap Fin & Inv H Placed on General File 02/07/2023

SF0037 Podiatry medical services-Medicaid. Baldwin H Received for Introduction 01/18/2023

SF0038 Special license plates-organ donations. Schuler H Received for Introduction 01/24/2023

SF0039 Board of equalization-questions before the board. Revenue H Placed on General File 02/07/2023

SF0040 Federal political action committees-reports. Case H Received for Introduction 01/24/2023

SF0041 Skill based amusement games-authorized locations. Revenue H Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue 02/07/2023

SF0042 Taxation of cigars. Revenue :Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations 02/07/2023

SF0043 EMS districts. Case H Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

SF0044 School facilities-major maintenance. Sel Sch Fac S Did not Consider for Introduction 01/27/2023

SF0045 School facilities-building acquisition. Sel Sch Fac S Did not Consider for Introduction 01/27/2023

SF0046 Community college funding-inflation adjustment. Education S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0047 Education-repeal of immunity for corporal discipline. Education H Received for Introduction 01/17/2023

SF0048 Education-suspension and expulsion model policies. Education H COW:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0049 Safe school and climate act amendments. Education H Placed on General File 02/06/2023

SF0050 Charter school amendments. Education S 3rd Reading:Laid Back 02/07/2023

SF0051 School finance-regional cost adjustment. Education H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education 02/06/2023

SF0052 School finance-special education funding. Education H Received for Introduction 02/06/2023

SF0053 Wyoming national guard medical insurance premiums. Transportation H Received for Introduction 01/24/2023

SF0054 Judges-housing allowance. Judiciary S 3rd Reading:S Bill Reconsideration Motion Failed by Roll Call 10-21-0-0-0 01/26/2023

SF0055 Chancery court vacancies-extension amendment. Nethercott H Received for Introduction 01/18/2023

SF0056 Prohibiting travel across private land for hunting purposes. Judiciary H Received for Introduction 01/19/2023

SF0057 State held drainage district bonds. Appropriations H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations 02/06/2023

SF0058 Sutton archaeological site administration. Travel H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel 02/03/2023

SF0059 State parks account-agency expenditure authority. Travel H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel 02/07/2023

SF0060 Nonresident hunting license application fees. Travel S COW:Failed 10-20-1-0-0 01/12/2023

SF0061 Legislator per diem. Mgt Council H Received for Introduction 01/26/2023

SF0062 Legislator health care-2. Mgt Council S COW:Failed 9-22-0-0-0 01/25/2023

SF0063 Tax administration revisions. Revenue H Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue 02/07/2023

SF0064 Malt beverage manufacturer-amendments. Nethercott S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0065 Compensation of local registrars-repeal. Baldwin H Received for Introduction 01/25/2023

SF0066 School capital construction funding. Appropriations H Received for Introduction 01/20/2023

SF0067 Multipurpose vehicles-disabled license plates. Schuler H Received for Introduction 01/24/2023

SF0068 Prescriptive easement for water conveyances. Water H Received for Introduction 01/24/2023

SF0069 Electronic records retention. Nethercott H Received for Introduction 01/18/2023

SF0070 Back to school tax holiday. Schuler S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0071 State loan and bond programs. Appropriations H Received for Introduction 01/18/2023

SF0072 Employees-forced microchip implantation prohibited. Laursen, D H Received for Introduction 01/26/2023

SF0073 Lawful fences. Agriculture S 3rd Reading:Failed 4-27-0-0-0 01/17/2023

SF0074 Slow moving vehicles-amendments. Agriculture H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 02/07/2023

SF0075 Decentralized autonomous organizations-amendments. BlockChain/Technology H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations 02/07/2023

SF0076 Wyoming digital asset registration act. BlockChain/Technology H Received for Introduction 01/26/2023

SF0077 Public works apprenticeship programs-repeal. Minerals H COW:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0078 Apprenticeship and job training promotion in schools. Minerals H COW:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0079 Plan of safe care-newborns. Baldwin H Received for Introduction 01/24/2023

SF0080 Visitation rights. McKeown H Received for Introduction 02/03/2023

SF0081 Monthly ad valorem tax revisions. Barlow S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0082 Eligible water and sewer projects funding. Water H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations 02/07/2023

SF0083 K-12 school facility leasing. Rothfuss H Received for Introduction 01/19/2023

SF0084 Education-model student attendance policies. Ellis H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education 02/07/2023

SF0085 State funds-streamlining transfers and distributions. Hicks S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0086 Voter identification-concealed carry permit. Hutchings H Received for Introduction 01/24/2023

SF0087 Natural resource funding-large project threshold increase. Cooper H Received for Introduction 01/25/2023

SF0088 Hunting licenses-weighted bonus points system. Travel H Received for Introduction 01/19/2023

SF0089 Insurance coverage for hearing aids. Furphy S COW:Failed 9-15-7-0-0 01/26/2023

SF0090 Wyoming property tax relief authority. Case S COW:S Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

SF0091 Creation of tenancy by the entirety. Nethercott H Received for Introduction 01/20/2023

SF0092 Small customer electrical generation. Case H Received for Introduction 01/30/2023

SF0093 Limited liability company reporting. Case S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0094 Federal Indian Child Welfare Act codification. Ellis H Received for Introduction 01/24/2023

SF0095 Moon landing day. Ellis H Received for Introduction 01/18/2023

SF0096 Omnibus water bill-planning and administration. Water H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations 02/06/2023

SF0097 Education trust fund transfer. Hicks H Received for Introduction 01/20/2023

SF0098 Education-certificate of completion. Barlow H Received for Introduction 01/20/2023

SF0099 Witnessing of wills-remote methods. Barlow H Received for Introduction 01/19/2023

SF0100 Designation of spouses-revocation upon divorce or annulment. Barlow H Received for Introduction 01/25/2023

SF0101 Wyoming legal tender act amendments. Ide H Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

SF0102 Food Freedom Act-amendments. Salazar H Received for Introduction 01/25/2023

SF0103 Sales tax exemption-state legislators. Steinmetz S COW:Failed 7-23-1-0-0 01/18/2023

SF0104 Property tax-mill levy adjustment. Steinmetz S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0105 Utilities-point of consumption and allocation agreements. Steinmetz S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0106 2023 large project funding. Nat Res Fund H Received for Introduction 01/25/2023

SF0107 Acquisition, exchange and sale of trust lands. Hicks S 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0108 Court reporter fees-district court discretion. Nethercott H Received for Introduction 01/26/2023

SF0109 Prohibiting chemical abortions. Salazar H Received for Introduction 01/27/2023

SF0110 Personal property-tax exemption. McKeown S 3rd Reading:Failed 14-17-0-0-0 02/06/2023

SF0111 Child abuse-change of sex. Scott H Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

SF0112 Peer support counseling-confidentiality. Nethercott H Received for Introduction 01/26/2023

SF0113 Architects practice act-amendments. Pappas H Received for Introduction 01/27/2023

SF0114 Constitutional instruction and examination requirements. Laursen, D S 3rd Reading:S Bill Reconsideration Motion Failed by Roll Call 14-17-0-0-0 01/26/2023

SF0115 Dental insurance-payment for services. Cooper S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0116 Protection of lawful commerce in firearms. Dockstader H Received for Introduction 01/26/2023

SF0117 Parental rights in education. Dockstader H Received for Introduction 01/27/2023

SF0118 Fund balance calculations-federal encumbrances excluded. Appropriations H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations 02/07/2023

SF0119 Defend the guard act-2. Ide S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0120 Restoration of civil rights. Barlow H Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

SF0121 Indexing unemployment insurance. Driskill S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0122 Nonresident workers-vehicle registration extension. Driskill H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals 02/07/2023

SF0123 Military dependents-school choice. Boner H Received for Introduction 01/24/2023

SF0124 Foreign ownership of agricultural land. Salazar S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0125 Property tax-limiting the maximum taxable value increase. Salazar S COW:S Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

SF0126 Barbering and cosmetology practice amendments. Ide S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0127 Wyoming Stable Token Act. BlockChain/Technology H Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

SF0128 Transfer of state lands-exchange. Hicks H Received for Introduction 01/30/2023

SF0129 Background checks-governor's office. Landen H Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

SF0130 Educational Freedom Act. Hutchings H Received for Introduction 01/30/2023

SF0131 Prohibition on delivery of unsolicited ballot forms. Hutchings H Received for Introduction 02/06/2023

SF0132 Study of K-12 education program. Ellis H Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

SF0133 Student eligibility in interscholastic sports. Schuler S 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0134 Right to farm-real estate disclosures. Bouchard H Received for Introduction 01/30/2023

SF0135 Repeal gun free zones-government buildings and meetings. Bouchard S COW:S Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

SF0136 Property tax relief-assessment rate reduction. Biteman H Received for Introduction 01/30/2023

SF0137 Subdivisions-fencing requirements. Steinmetz H Received for Introduction 01/27/2023

SF0138 Unemployment insurance coverage period and reporting. Kolb S 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0139 Unlawful use of a charge card or debit card. Kolb H Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

SF0140 Building code requirements-refrigerants. Pappas H Received for Introduction 02/06/2023

SF0141 Transportation technology transfer center program funding. Pappas H Received for Introduction 02/03/2023

SF0142 Carbon capture and sequestration. Scott S 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0143 Wyoming freedom scholarship act-2. Steinmetz H Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

SF0144 Chloe's law-children gender change prohibition. Bouchard S 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0145 State budgeting and reserves. Kinskey S COW:S Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

SF0146 State funded capital construction. Appropriations S 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0147 Government contracts-labor organization. Anderson S 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0148 Preemption of local firearms regulation. Kinskey S 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0149 Enhanced concealed carry permit for improved reciprocity. Kinskey S COW:S Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

SF0150 Capitol carry. Kinskey S COW:S Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

SF0151 Wyoming prescription drug transparency act. Hutchings S 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0152 Occupational therapist criminal history. Pappas H Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

SF0153 Election security. Boner S 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0154 Energy authority project financing-refineries. Cooper H Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

SF0155 Education-teacher resources. Scott H Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

SF0156 Oil and gas forced pooling-good faith negotiations. Boner S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0157 Weed and pest mitigation-tribal inclusion-2. Cooper H Received for Introduction 02/06/2023

SF0158 Public employee retirement plan-contributions. Appropriations H Received for Introduction 01/30/2023

SF0159 Stop ESG-Eliminate economic boycott act. Biteman H Received for Introduction 02/07/2023

SF0160 Tolling authority for I-80. Case S COW:S Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

SF0161 Parental rights-repealing conflicting statute. Biteman S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0162 Grace Smith Medical Freedom Act. Biteman S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0163 Election integrity-primary elections. Biteman S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0164 Public improvement contract requirements-amendments. Boner H Received for Introduction 02/06/2023

SF0165 Mental health telehealth pilot program. Brennan S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0166 Border wall and sanctuary city transport. Hicks S COW:Failed 12-18-1-0-0 02/06/2023

SF0167 Domestic violence protection hearings-remote appearance. Nethercott H Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

SF0168 Alternative teaching certificate. Laursen, D S 2nd Reading:Passed 02/07/2023

SF0169 State shooting complex task force. Hicks H Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

SF0170 Specifying additional beneficial uses of water. Steinmetz S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0171 Wyoming second amendment financial privacy act. Laursen, D S COW:S Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

SF0172 Stop ESG-State funds fiduciary duty act. Biteman H Received for Introduction 02/07/2023

SF0173 Financial institutions-similar names. Driskill H Received for Introduction 02/02/2023

SF0174 Wyoming charter school authorizing board. Driskill H Received for Introduction 02/06/2023

SF0175 Hazing. Rothfuss S COW:S Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

SF0176 Solid waste disposal districts-consolidation. Driskill H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals 02/06/2023

SF0177 Promoting obscenity-educational exception repeal. Steinmetz S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SF0178 Mountain lion pursuit seasons. Boner H Received for Introduction 01/30/2023

SF0179 Anti-red flag gun seizure act. Laursen, D S Did not Consider for Introduction 01/27/2023

SF0180 Corner crossing-trespass exception. Rothfuss S Did not Consider for Introduction 01/27/2023

SF0181 Drug induced homicide. Schuler H Received for Introduction 02/06/2023

SF0182 Wyoming firearms research center oversight commission-2. Kolb S Did not Consider for Introduction 01/27/2023

SF0183 Strangulation of a household member-amendments. Landen S Did not Consider for Introduction 01/27/2023

SJ0001 Amending Wyoming's act of admission for leases and earnings. Cap Fin & Inv H Received for Introduction 01/13/2023

SJ0002 Recognizing the service of Lester C. Hunt. Case H Received for Introduction 01/30/2023

SJ0003 Property tax exemption for the elderly and infirm. Dockstader H Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue 02/06/2023

SJ0004 Phasing out new electric vehicle sales by 2035. Anderson S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SJ0005 Air Force 75th Anniversary. Boner H Received for Introduction 01/30/2023

SJ0006 Political expenditures. Corporations S 3rd Reading:S Bill Reconsideration Motion Failed by Roll Call 9-22-0-0-0 01/24/2023

SJ0007 Support for Taiwan. Driskill H Placed on General File 02/07/2023

SJ0008 Legislative stabilization reserve account-spending limits. Hicks S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SJ0009 Right of individual privacy-constitutional amendment. Rothfuss S COW:S Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

SJ0010 Right of health care access-constitutional amendment. Rothfuss S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SJ0011 Convention of states. Laursen, D H Received for Introduction 02/06/2023

SJ0012 Constitutional amendment-property tax valuation. Dockstader S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

SJ0013 Legislative and executive authority-taxation and spending. Laursen, D S COW:S Did not consider for COW 02/06/2023

SJ0014 School capital construction-constitutional amendment. Scott S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4 02/07/2023

Time for a new thread.

Passed one chamber:

SF0017 Off-road recreational vehicles-safety and insurance.

SF0021 High occupancy vehicle lanes.

SF0033 Defining aircraft for purposes of hunting prohibitions.

SF0034 Trespass by small unmanned aircraft.

SF0042 Taxation of cigars.

SF0055 Chancery court vacancies-extension amendment.

SF0056 Prohibiting travel across private land for hunting purposes.

SF0068 Prescriptive easement for water conveyances.

SF0086 Voter identification-concealed carry permit.

SF0088 Hunting licenses-weighted bonus points system.

SF0091 Creation of tenancy by the entirety

SF0094 Federal Indian Child Welfare Act codification.

SF0095 Moon landing day.

SF0102 Food Freedom Act-amendments.

Senate File 109 banning pharmaceutical abortions.

SF0116 Protection of lawful commerce in firearms.

SF0117 Parental rights in education.

HB0003 State assessment of independent power producers.

HB0005 Voter registry list-voter ID and absentee ballots.

HB0007 Underage marriage-amendments.

HB0017 State lands-grazing of non-owned livestock.

HB0021 State lands-use of land qualification requirements.

HB0039 Verifying the veteran designation on a WY driver's license.

HB0067 Special license plate decals-women veterans.

End of week.

HB0020 Land exchanges-notice.

HB0069 Coal-fired facility closures litigation funding-amendments.

HB0083 Tribal agreements to hunt and fish.

SF0031 Adjacent land resource data trespass-repeal.

SF0109 Prohibiting chemical abortions.

SF0134 Right to farm-real estate disclosures.

SJ0002 Recognizing the service of Lester C. Hunt.

SJ0003 Property tax exemption for the elderly and infirm.

SJ0007 Support for Taiwan.

SF111  Child abuse-change of sex.

HB0005 Voter registry list-voter ID and absentee ballot

HB0103 Political party affiliation declaration and changes.

HB0104 Hunting of predatory animals-amendments.

HB0114 Leasing and sale of state lands-amendments.

HB0124 Electricity generation-taxation.

HB0126 Trespass-removal of trespasser.

HB0147 Unlawful trespass signage-taking of wildlife.

HB0190 Wyoming value added energy and industrial plan

SF0120 Restoration of civil rights.

SF0127 Wyoming Stable Token Act.

SF0129 Background checks-governor's office.

SF0134 Right to farm-real estate disclosures.

SF0143 Wyoming freedom scholarship act-2.

SF0169 State shooting complex task force.

HB0001 General government appropriations.

HB0126 Trespass-removal of trespasser.

SF0047 Education-repeal of immunity for corporal discipline.

End of week.

HB0123 Collection of antler or horns by residents and nonresidents.

HB0239 Vehicle idling-decriminalization.

SF0033 Defining aircraft for purposes of hunting prohibitions.

SF0111 Child abuse-change of sex, now introduced in House.

Failure Chart:

House Bill 6.  Specified election records not subject to disclosure.

House Bill 48.  This bill would have directed millions into pathways.

Senate Bill 60.  This would have raised the price of out of state big game licenses.

House Bill 72, reforming the sales and services tax provisions, failed.

House Bill 55, election ballot order.

House Bill 71, sales tax holiday for back to school.

House Bill 68.  Video surveillance of school crossings

HB0251 Absentee ballot return-required information. (Didn't make committee consideration).

HB0258 Denturist practice act. (Didn't make committee consideration).

HB0266 Refugee resettlement plan accountability. (Didn't make committee consideration).

HB0272 Prostitution amendments. (Didn't make committee consideration).

HB0273 Game and fish trespass-intent. (Didn't make committee consideration).

HB0281 Local government approval for historic site designations. (Didn't make committee consideration).

End of week

House Bill 66.  Anti-masking bill.

HB0049 Municipal nonpartisan rank choice elections.

HB0075 Painted fence posts-no trespassing.

HB0189 Homeowners associations-display of political campaign signs.

SF0046 Community college funding-inflation adjustment.

SJ0012 Constitutional amendment-property tax valuation.

SF119 The Defend the Guard Act.

HB0087 Crimes of obscenity-revisions.

HB0156 Voter identification limitations.

SF0163 Election integrity-primary elections.

HB0204 Allowable train lengths.

HB0253 Credit card defense act.

End of week.

HB0202 Pilot student loan payments.

HB 115 Elections administration.

HB0116 Prohibiting foreign property ownership in Wyoming.

HB0092 Wyoming film production rebates program.

HB0207 Change in party affiliation.

HB0211 Ballot harvesting.

HB0241 Prohibiting sexual relations with persons in police custody.

HB0264 Mining mural.

HB0271 College of agriculture endowment.

SJ0004 Phasing out new electric vehicle sales by 2035.

SF 166 Money for border wall.

Prior related threads:

The 2023 Wyoming Legislative Session. The Waking Up Edition (Vol 1).

The 2023 Wyoming Legislative Session. The Legislature Convenes (Vol 2).

The 2023 Wyoming Legislative Session. End of the first full week, beginning of the next. (Vol 3).

Lex Anteinternet: The 2023 Wyoming, and Montana, Legislative Session. When Freedom can be another name for things you'll lose.

Bill would allow ‘physical force’ to ‘terminate’ suspected trespass

Bill would allow ‘physical force’ to ‘terminate’ suspected trespass

Sunday, November 7, 1943. The heroism of Sgt. Thomas, Shoes rationed.

Sgt. Herbert J. Thomas.

Marine Corps Sgt Herbert J. Thomas displayed heroism on Bougainville that would lead to him being posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

SERGEANT HERBERT J. THOMAS

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE

for service as set forth in the following CITATION:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the Third Marines, Third Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces during the battle at the Koromokina River, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands, on November 7, 1943. Although several of his men were struck by enemy bullets as he led his squad through dense jungle undergrowth in the face of severe hostile machine gun fire, Sergeant Thomas and his group fearlessly pressed forward into the center of the Japanese position and destroyed the crews of two machine guns by accurate rifle fire and grenades. Discovering a third gun more difficult to approach, he carefully placed his men closely around him in strategic positions from which they were to charge after he had thrown a grenade into the emplacement. When the grenade struck vines and fell back into the midst of the group, Sergeant Thomas deliberately flung himself upon it to smother the explosion, valiantly sacrificing his life for his comrades. Inspired by his selfless action, his men unhesitatingly charged the enemy machine gun and, with fierce determination, killed the crew and several other nearby defenders. The splendid initiative and extremely heroic conduct of Sergeant Thomas in carrying out his prompt decision with full knowledge of his fate reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.

The 25-year-old Thomas had first served, in the war, in the United Stated Army Air Corps before transferring to the Marine Corps.

According to Sarah Sundin's blog, on this day in 1943 shoe rationing commenced in the US.  She has an article about it here:

Make It Do – Shoe Rationing in World War II

It's a really interesting article.

The rationing move was announced suddenly, and limited Americans to three pairs of new shoes per year.  I'm sure I don't buy a new pair of shoes most years, which makes this limit interesting in context.

The Red Army captured Fastiv near Kyiv.

The Detroit Lions and the New York Giants played a scoreless tie game, the last such game in NFL history.

Sunday, February 7, 1943. The sacrifice of Howard W. Gilmore, Japanese complete Operation Ke, Hitler rallies his followers.

Howard W. Gilmore, age 40, commander of the USS Growler, ordered the submarine to submerge even though he was too wounded to escape down the hatch, thereby allowing the boat to escape, and causing his drowning.

He was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor.

The Japanese successfully completed Operation Ke, the withdrawal of 10,000 Japanese troops from Guadalcanal.  Deception was a key part of the operation, causing the U.S. to believe that the Japanese were reinforcing the island.

Hitler gave a rousing speech to German officials and high ranking Nazis at his headquarters, successfully reassuring them that Germany would win World War Two.  During the speech, according to notes taken at the time, he stated "„Entweder wir werden Herr über Europa, oder wir erleben eine komplette Liquidierung und Vernichtung“, or "Either we will be the master of Europe, or we will experience a complete liquidation and extermination,", which likely seemed impossible to the audience, who were also seeking reassurance.  He also promised total war against the remaining Jewish population within his control.

Wednesday, January 7, 1973. Statemanship.

In an act of statesmanship impossible to imagine today, the United States Senate voted unanimously to approve Senate Resolution 60 establishing a committee to investigate the Watergate scandal.

Now, this would not occur, sadly.

Equally unimaginable, one of Wyoming's long serving Senator at the time was former University of Wyoming professor, Gale McGee.

He was a Democrat.

Stern magazine exposed Sir John Ogilvy Rennie as the director of MI6, code named "M".  He was not long for the office in any event, as his son and daughter-in-law had recently been arrested for alleged involvement in a heroin smuggling effort.

The Politburo approved a Yuri Andropov recommendation to allocate $100,000 to influence the upcoming March 4 election in Chile.

Wednesday, February 7, 1923. The General Treaty of Peace and Amity

The General Treaty of Peace and Amity was signed in Washington D.C. between Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. 

It provided:

Article I

The governments of the high contracting parties shall not recognize any other governments which may come into power in any of the five Republics as a consequence of a coup d'état, or of a revolution against the recognized government, so long as the freely elected representatives of the people thereof, have not constitutionally reorganized the country.[4]

Article II

Desiring to make secure in the Republics of Central America the benefits which are derived from the maintenance of free institutions and to contribute at the same time toward strengthening their stability and the prestige with which they should be surrounded, they declare that every act, disposition or measure which alters the constitutional organization in any of them is to be deemed a menace to the peace of said Republics, whether it proceeded from any public power of from the private citizens.

Consequently, the governments of the contracting parties will not recognize any other governments which may come into power in any of the five Republics through a coup d'état or a revolution against a recognized government, so long as the freely elected representatives of the people thereof, have not constitutionally reorganized the country. And even in such a case they obligate themselves not to acknowledge the recognition of any of the persons elected as President, Vice President or Chief of State designate should fall under any of the following heads:

(1) If he should be the leader or one of the leaders of a coup d'état or revolution, or through blood relationship or marriage, be an ascendent or descendant or brother of such leader or leaders.

(2) If he should have been a Secretary of State or should have held some high military command during the accomplishment of the coup d'état, the revolution, or while the election was being carried on, or if he should have held this office or command within the six months proceeding the coup d'état, revolution, or the election.

Furthermore, in no case shall recognition be accorded to a government which arises from election to power of a citizen expressly and unquestionably disqualified by the Constitution of his country as eligible to election as President, Vice President or State designate.

Honduras and El Salvador did not ratify it, and Costa Rica violated it in 1931 after it recognized the overthrow of the El Salvadoran government.  In 1934 the Central American Court of Justice held it to be illegal.

Saturday February 6, 1943. German retreat, Eisenhower elevated.

Field Marshal Von Manstein received permission from Hitler, who he had flown to see, to fall back on new defensive lines on the Mius River.

The Western Allies appointed Lt. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower to the position of commander of the Allied forces in the African theatre of operations, expanding his authority over British and French forces, as well as American.

The Germans arrested 600 Dutch students in reprisal for an assassination attempt on a German officer, blamed by the officer on students. The 600 were sent to Herzogenbusch concentration camp, which was in the Netherlands.

Subsidiarity Economics. The times more or less locally, Part XI. The Waiting for a Train Edition

December 1, 2022

The House of Representatives voted to impose the results of negotiations between railroad companies and unions that were reached last September, but rejected subsequently by the four of the twelve unions that were involved.

An agreement had been reached which featured a 24% pay increase, but it omitted an increase in paid sick leave.  Existing sick leave is apparently very limited, one or two days, and the railroads did not budge on this.

For this reason, the House passed a separate bill that also increased the paid sick leave to seven days.  So two bills go on to the Senate.  It's clear at least one will pass, it'll be interesting to see if they both do.

December 1, cont:

Statement from President Joe Biden on Congressional Action to Avert a Rail Shutdown

On Tuesday, I met with Congressional leaders from both parties and told them that Congress needed to move quickly to avert a rail shutdown and economic catastrophe for our nation. Now, I want to thank Congressional leadership who supported the bill and the overwhelming majority of Senators and Representatives in both parties who voted to avert a rail shutdown. Congress’ decisive action ensures that we will avoid the impending, devastating economic consequences for workers, families, and communities across the country. Communities will maintain access to clean drinking water. Farmers and ranchers will continue to be able to bring food to market and feed their livestock. And hundreds of thousands of Americans in a number of industries will keep their jobs. I will sign the bill into law as soon as Congress sends it to my desk.

Working together, we have spared this country a Christmas catastrophe in our grocery stores, in our workplaces, and in our communities.

I know that many in Congress shared my reluctance to override the union ratification procedures. But in this case, the consequences of a shutdown were just too great for working families all across the country. And, the agreement will raise workers’ wages by 24%, increase health care benefits, and preserve two person crews.

I have long been a supporter of paid sick leave for workers in all industries – not just the rail industry – and my fight for that critical benefit continues.

This week’s bipartisan action pulls our economy back from the brink of a devastating shutdown that would have hurt millions of families and union workers in countless industries. Our economy is growing and inflation is moderating, and this rail agreement will continue our progress to build an economy from the bottom up and middle out.

All of Wyoming's current Congressional representation voted in favor of the bill.

December 2, 2022

The bill without the sick leave was signed into law.

December 3, 2022

The EU and the G7 have placed a price cap on Russian oil of $60/bbl.  Russian oil is actually currently under that price.  West Texas is $80/bbl.

December 13, 2022

Gasoline at the pump locally has returned to its price of a year ago, but diesel has not.

And the price of oil has returned to what it was a year ago.  Given this, it's at the price where the U.S. Government had determined to start purchasing reserve stocks.

Bottlenecks, it's claimed, in the diesel distribution supply chain are causing it to decline more slowly.

I'm sure we'll see people come on Twitter to proclaim the drop. . 

December 14, 2022

Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have made a breakthrough in fusion.

Not so much that this will be used to generate electricity tomorrow, but things are headed in that direction.  When achieved, and it will be, it'll render all current forms of generating energy obsolete. 

December 16, 2022

Governor Gordon, following a Federal lead, bans TikTok on state devices.

Governor Gordon Bans TikTok on State Devices due to Cybersecurity Concerns

December 15, 2022

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has announced a ban on TikTok from all state electronic devices and networks to address cybersecurity concerns that have been raised by the app’s foreign ownership and the potential influence of foreign governments.

In a memo addressed to all state employees, the Governor directed that TikTok will be permanently removed, and access blocked, from all state government electronic devices and networks. This ban extends to all state-issued cell phones, laptops, tablets, desktop computers and other information technology equipment capable of internet connectivity.

“Maintaining robust cybersecurity is a shared responsibility, and Wyoming is committed to identifying threats that could impact public safety,” Governor Gordon said. “The potential for foreign governments to access information collected by TikTok is extremely troubling.”

The Governor’s announcement means Wyoming joins at least 12 other states that have banned TikTok from state devices.

The Governor’s memo also directs the State’s Enterprise Technology Services, Wyoming Office of Homeland Security and the Wyoming Information Analysis Team to conduct a coordinated review of any other technology-based threats posed to State government networks.

A copy of the Governor’s memo is attached and may be found here.

--END--

It actually wouldn't have occurred to me that TikTok was on any state devices, but it probably is.

Sad headline in the tribune:

Casper Horseheads summer collegiate baseball team ceases operations

Pro and semi pro baseball doesn't seem to stick here.

From the New York Times:

New York is banning pet stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation on Thursday that prohibits the sale of pets raised by commercial breeders who, animal rights groups say, keep them in poor conditions.

And also this:

A Sign That Tuition Is Too High: Some Colleges Are Slashing It in Half

Colby-Sawyer in New Hampshire has reduced its tuition to $17,500 a year, from about $46,000. But the cut is also a recognition that few pay the list price.

December 17, 2022

The Canyon City Spuds will relocate to Mike Lansing Field this upcoming baseball season.  They are located in Caldwell Idaho.

December 20, 2022

Hiring problems have caused railroads to idle engines and rail cars, causing "embargoes" on coal and grains.  Power companies have complained about it, as the reduced shipping means that they are now operating with less of a coal supply than required.

January 5, 2023

Amazon is laying off 18,000 employees, a sure sign of a slow-down in the economy.

January 8, 2023

In its headline front page article the Tribune has a graft today showing that US demand for coal has fallen from 451,000,000 short tons to 147,000,000 short tons since 2008.

That's a shocking figure, but it fits in with what we've already explored here:

Coal: Understanding the time line of an industry

53,000

and here:

“What we are basically seeing is the beginning of the end of coal mining in southwestern Wyoming, which has gone on since before statehood.”

In spite of this trend having politicized, and the desire in some quarters of the state to bury their heads in the sand on this one, the trend is irreversible.

January 28, 2023

The Biden Admnistartion has targeted a 100% aviation transfer to biofuels by 2050.

From Reuters:

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Two dozen U.S. Senate Republicans warned Democratic President Joe Biden on Friday that they would not support increasing the federal debt ceiling without at least an equal amount of spending cuts to government programs or structural reform.

This comes as a bit of a surprise as this has been, so far, concentrated in the House. 

February 6, 2023

I'm going to close this edition out in anticipation of the State of the Union Address.  People got a little bit of a preview of that, however, when President Biden spoke at the recent Democratic Convention.

As we just noted, in the blog mirror item by Robert Reich, Joe Biden's economy is in a new phase.  Inflation remains high, but has been going down, and we are at the lowest unemployment rate since the end of the Vietnam War.

Last Prior Edition:

Subsidiarity Economics. The times more or less locally, Part X. The Camp Stove Edition.

Blog Mirror: The state of Joe Biden’s union: The return to democratic capitalism

Interesting article by Robert Reich:

The state of Joe Biden’s union: The return to democratic capitalism

Reich claims that Joe Biden has restored the economic paradigm that governed from 1932 until the Reagan Administration.  He's certainly correct that that Democratic Capitalism, or Market Democracy as it is sometimes called, governed American economic thinking in that period, and he's also correct that Reagan attacked it upon coming into office.

And he's also correct that Milton Friedman, when he was head of the Fed, aggressively attacked inflation.  Indeed, Friedman was absolutely correct to have done so, and I wouldn't hold that Reagan's economic policies were wrong at the time.

Of note, some will site to St. Pope John Paul II the Great's encyclical Centesiumus Annus, issued in 1991, as support for a sort of Democratic Capitalism.

Reich's argument, while I'm not wholly convinced by any means, is an interesting one.  In essence he argues that the economic system of 1932 to 1980 was the correct one, and the one we went to since that time is unjust.

Blog Mirror: Dining in America late 1820s - from the British point of view

 

Dining in America late 1820s - from the British point of view

What's wrong with the (modern, western) world, part 1. A thought on community

For a variety of reasons, I've been pondering the topic of community recently.

Russian children, 1909.

Indeed, this is one of those threads I've taken up, put down, and it's lingered on.  Looking at my list of draft posts, there are a bunch of related ones that I ought to fold in.  This may reflect that.

Added to that, so much so that a whole string of random community related items have sort of floated by me recently, with it rising to the level that synchronicity is getting hard to ignore.

For anyone who knows me well, that might seem pretty odd.  I'm highly introverted, and posted a recent thread relating to that just the other day. But that might give me an insight into community that others lack.  Indeed, in thinking on this, part of the problem with people who tried to "build the community" in certain groups is that they treat a community like a club.  I think they actually can't see the distinction between clubs and communities, quite frankly.  And because those people are extraverted, I can see why they can't grasp it.

This doesn't mean that extraverted people are shallow or anything. According to at least once source, extroverts are "people people", i.e,. they really really like people.  I do think, however that they don't grasp at all that not everyone wants a giant bear hug and to be compelled to go to parish pizza and bowling night, and that even having a pizza and bowling night doesn't do much for community.

Put another way, there are people who should be part of the community that would be, in an existential manner, if a solid community existed. Building that, however, is tough, and impossible if not done in a fundamentally natural way.

Want to join the man's parish bowling league and Chesteron night?

Crowd of miners in Mogollon, New Mexico.  Note the wide vareity of ages.

No, I don't.

Anyhow, while it sounds weird for an introvert to be saying it, the lack of authentic community is a crisis.

I'm not licensed as a homilist, rather obviously. Shoot, I'm not a cleric.  But something occurred to me the other day when pondering the topic of transgenderism, which has been constantly in the news of late.

Eh?

Bear with me.

The topic is, again, community.

And what occurred to me is the story of the rich young man who approached Jesus, which was addressed in a homily.

Now someone approached him and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?”

He answered him, “Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good.* If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

He asked him, “Which ones?” And Jesus replied, “ ‘You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; honor your father and your mother’; and ‘you shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

The young man said to him, “All of these I have observed. What do I still lack?”

Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to [the] poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

When the young man heard this statement, he went away sad, for he had many possessions.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, “Who then can be saved?

Jesus looked at them and said, “For human beings this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” 

Then Peter said to him in reply, “We have given up everything and followed you. What will there be for us?”

Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you that you who have followed me, in the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory, will yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life.

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

Matthew, Chapter 19.

Now, the meaning of this seems pretty clear. But for the first time something else struck me.

Students of scripture often note that individual passages can have multiple meanings and that they can all be true.  Here, it's clear enough, that the promise is that the individual's sacrifice for the Lord would result in eternal life.

But note that what was also indicated, in a way, that those sacrificing weren't going to be abandoned.  Yes, they were giving something up, but they were getting something right away, which was membership in the community.

I'll get back to where I started above, but consider this in relation to recent legislation down in Cheyenne.  One legislator, who represents herself as some sort of Christian, made this statement the other day in regard to a bill to extend medicare coverage for recent mothers:

"Arguing that if you’re pro-life you have to be for the expansion of entitlement programs does not follow,” Ward said. “Cain commented to God, ‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’ The obvious answer is no. No, I am not my brother’s keeper. But just don’t kill him.”

That statement, which we've already addressed, is blisteringly anti-Christian, and coming from the Old Testament, as it does, it also flies in the face of a basic tenement of all three Abrahamic religions.  You are your brother's keeper, or in this case, your sister's.  Jews, Christians, and Muslims all agree on this, even if certain self-declared Christian legislators don't.  But the reason we raise this again here is this, when somebody in the situation these women are in are expected to do something, as we tell them to, it is of course reminding them of their moral obligation as human beings, but it's also the case that those who comply should be part of the community.  Rep. Ward's statement basically would kick them out of the maternity ward and then let us ignore them.  That's not the way thing should be.

Back to the transgenderism item.  

Studies of this tend to show that transgenderism is mostly concentrated in young teenage women, I.e., girls who are young teens, although just the other day I was in the book store and ran into a young man who was attempting to affect, quite unsuccessful, a female appearance.

Well, I was in the bookstore for three days running, but that's another story.

And just before the trip to the bookstore, I became aware that somebody who I've known their entire life now identifies as transgendered, but there's something else, I suspect, going on there that I'll not deal with here.

The teenage girls who exhibit this are pretty much all mildly ADHD and have been pretty much all exposed to pornography.  Basically, what they're doing is reacting to that.  Too young really to even be thinking about sex, they're getting a dose of the weirdest thought of our fallen species right off the bat.  Women doing weird things to men, and vice versa, and saying they want no part.

Indeed, for those who watched the recent documentary on Playboy, a similar thing happened to its early "bunnies" in clubs, who were pretty routinely sodomized, with the reaction that a lot of them came out of the experience heavily traumatized.

The point is this. The young girls live in a society that doesn't protect them at all, and they have no place to turn.  If they turn to their parents, who are mostly white, educated and liberal, the Americans who have no community at all, they'll get "support" by verification, which in reality is no support at all.  Same with the young man at the bookstore or the young man otherwise mentioned above.  The one is definitely a child of a white, liberal, well-educated household and is receiving "support".  My wager would be that the other young man, who was definitely white, could be described the same way.

Set another way, the WASP class that runs the country has completely abandoned any concept of community.  They've abandoned their own community standards in favor of a sort of unthinking soft nihlism. There's no place for distressed people to go.  If they do go somewhere, they'll simply get verification that their "feelings" are okay.

And community is community oriented.  Not individually oriented.

Let's state that again, the community is community oriented.

Kith and Kin, Tribe and Identity.

The thing is, we're a "social animal", as some folks like to note.

But what does that mean?

In our early, early days, when we looked out on a sleepy morning, after the dog got us up early, as dogs are wont to do, we'd see, once we cleared our tipi/lodge/tent/lean to, a group of identical dwellings inhabited by people we all know.  Not only did we know them all, we were likely to be related to all of them, and pretty closely at that.  

Indeed, the inheritance of language even demonstrates that.  The English word "King", comes from "kin", a word that survived in English as sort of a folk word, not too surprisingly, for close relatives.  People who are your "kin" are related to you.  At one time the King was related to you also.  A king was just a tribal chieftain, and a tribe was just a band of cousins, basically.

Over time this obviously changed, but even today, if we stop and think about it, an element of the "nation" in nation states, which the U.S. is not, is that everyone is actually related.  The Swedes, as an ethnic group, all descend from less than 40 people, for example.  The Sámi and Finns, who are routinely regarded as the happiest people on earth, have an ancient, ancient origin and have been living basically where they are since the Bronze Age. They're definitely all related.

Indeed, the Finns provide a good example of what we're trying to get across here.

All Finns are descended from tribal folks who moved into Finland, from Siberia, thousands of years ago, and whose relatives stretched far out into northern Siberal for a very long ways, forming the native and majority people of the region until the Rus moved in.  There are still small populations of Finno Ugeric people in the very far north for a long ways who can really be regarded as left behind Finns.  And as we would suspect, the Finns share a common culture with a common Weltanschauung, a common history, and very significantly for their happy status, a close association with nature in a real sense. 

Sociologist constantly try to figure out what makes the Finns such a happy people, but there you have it to a large degree. They're living their with their kin, in a common culture, and are pretty close to nature for a modern nation. Most people living in that state would be pretty happy too.

Indeed, all would be.

Note that this doesn't say that things can't go badly, they certainly can. But what this does demonstrate is that community, in a real sense, matters, as we're all communal in a way.

Looking outward

But what that also means is that as members of a community, it has expectations and standards that dominate over the individuals.  There are no individualistic communities.

Americans worship a cult of individuality, and over time, we've infected the rest of the western world with it, or at least helped to spread the infection.  We don't like any standards that are inconvenient to us, and have worked to defeat them.

The problem with that is that some standards, indeed a lot of them, exist for a fundamental reason, even if we've forgotten what they were.  At some point, in the advancement of the concept of liberty, we failed to consider Chesterton's Fence.

There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, “I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.” To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: “If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.”

That gets us back to our "transgendered" friends.

Conventional culture held that there were two genders, and if you "felt" yourself to be outside of them, you should conform to them, or get help as you might have something else going on.  Modern liberal thought, being libertine in all such matters of personal conduct, has said no, go ahead and take it down.  The results have played out in suicides, increasing definitions of what a person "feels" as the felt change didn't make a person happy, later life regret, and the destruction of social institutions to the determent of the individual and children in particular.

Culture is a library of answers.  Not all of the are right.  But a lot of them are.  The species has been around for a long time, 250,000 to 750,000 years, and a lot of the answers are baked into our genes or were worked out long, long ago.  Telling you to ignore hte culture, and hence the community, is a lot like handing somebody a book and them telling them to interpret the words they way they should feel them to be.

Destroying the community.

The United States has always had a multiplicity of cultures, although nothing like what it currently does, but it also had communities.  The Frontier often really strained this, after the Mexican War, but communities managed to reestablish themselves pretty readily.  

In a large sense, the overall community standards were set originally loosely on Protestant Christianity.  As time went on and the country took in large numbers of Catholics, and then Jews, it changed, in an overall sense, to some degree to accommodate the newer immigrants, but it never really went away.  The newer communities of people, moreover, formed communities within the larger community.  Put another way, Catholics in Wyoming in 1940, let's say, were part of a distinct community and knew it, in the overall larger Protestant, and not terribly religious, Wyoming of that period.

This is not trivial.  Being part of such a community came with a Weltanschauung, a set of expectations, and an expectation of help.  I just ran across such an example of the latter which, in today's' world, would have had a very different ending, but which had a happy one, in context, at the time.  It also had a very Catholic one, and one heavily based on the support of a large close net family spread over three states, but which remained close nonetheless.

After the Second World War there was a sort of super heated concept of the proverbial "melting pot".  Ironically the desire that everyone be an American (and then later a European, in Europe) lead from what was essentially an anti diversity position to a hyper diversity position, to an extreme individualistic position in the society at large.  Whatever it was about the times, and I tend to think it was a reaction to the murderous fanatic nationalism of the Axis powers of World War Two, there was a very distinct "there's no difference between people" and "we're all alike" which didn't celebrate diversity at all, but hugely opposed it.  Indeed, this was evident in the early opposition to the Civil Rights movement which opposed integration partially on the basis that African Americans, one of the oldest demographics in the United States, present since 1619, were "not yet ready" to enjoy full American citizenship. When John Wayne stated in Playboy magazine in 1971 that “I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility", he was speaking for a huge percentage of Americans and ironically on the right wing backside of a left wing program of melting everyone and every culture into a single American one.  That goal had been there for decades, but in the post-war economic boom it took on a new, and quite successful, form.

The overall problem with that is that it not only sought to incorporate every element of American society into one, it sought to diminish the differences between individual cultures down to nullities.  The American Civil Religion, never really dominant until that time, came to be, with a sort of loosely Judeo-Christian, Protestantized, pantheism, which held that all religions were basically the same, as long as they more or less were related to Abrahamic faiths.  This isn't true at all, but it became a very dominant line of thought and remains one in the US today, followed by, during the 60s, the same line of thought to include all religions of all types.  All people's cultures, all people's faiths, everything, was all the same.

That logically lead to the point that, if everything was the same, an individual person's view on anything was just as legitimate as anyone else's, no matter informed or ill-informed that opinion might be. Strong cultural elements which operated as brakes towards the dilution of anyone culture, and strong ancient presumptions about certain conducts, were then regarded as being okay to yield to an individual belief, no matter how anemic or poorly thought out it may be.

A rich society can tolerate this for a while, but not indefinitely. As the elastic balloon fo behavior and conduct began to stretch to its limits, weak points in the balloon began to develop.  We're pretty much at the braking point for those now.

Evidence of that is that people who need help, just don't get it.  The mentally ill are simply allowed out on the street under the belief that their life choice is as valid as anyone else's, essentially meaning mental illness doesn't exist.  Prohibitions on drugs that are known to destroy people's lives are removed on the same basis.  And individuals who previously would have been part of tight families that were part of tight communities, are now basically left on their own to try to fit into a world in which options are really massively decreasing, rather than increasing.  When they cry for help, they don't get it.

The anti community

At the same time, the same forces, developed into sort of an anti community.  

The overall WASPish American culture did have a central existential Weltanschauung, that of a combined Christian worldview of Protestant reformers of the Reformation and American religious evangelist of the Awakening movements.  Catholics and Jews were clearly outside those traditions, or even in philosophical opposition to them, but to a surprising degree they adopted some of the core tenants while retaining their own beliefs.

After the Second World War, however, the WASP order began to breakdown, again for reasons that aren't really clear.  The United States remained a majority Protestant country, but the various Protestant faiths, much more than others, began to suffer serious erosion while also abandoning core tenants.  Over time, this has happened to such a degree that Protestant faiths that now retain them are regarded as subcultures, while mainline Protestant Churches careen towards irrelevance.  Catholic intellectuals who like to worry over these topics in the Catholic world should take note that the problem is actually much more expressed in the Protestant world, in which it also saw a universal retreat from orthodoxy toward liberalism.  Some Protestant churches today have so weakened on long-established tenants that they basically only really stand behind the concept that we shouldn't kill each other, and we shouldn't steal, tenants that are easy to adhere to.  Otherwise, they pretty much license going for it, with many members simply going out the door never to return.

There's definitely a lesson in there.

Anyhow, as this occurred mainline Protestant churches that started off with trying to be more accommodating started to simply evolve towards total non judgmentalism, and the members of their now mostly lapsed congregations adopted that world view.  In many cases, highly Protestantized Catholics and Jews did the same.  In the end, the only thing that this class is now willing to be judgmental on is seemingly being judgemental.  A person could literally have all of the vices listed by St. Paul and be accepted as A OK, while a person warning someone not to do those things will be condemned.

That has lead us to where there's no help for those who really need it.

Take again our transgendered example.  Exposed to pornography, as nobody is willing to do anything about it, and raised in a world in which the only thing that really matters is your financial success, grossed out by what they see on the net, and freaked out by the expectation that they have to move away and take jobs as major league accountants, or whatever, they're looking for answers from a community.  If their parents won't provide an answer, and they won't, as they don't want to be judgmental, and if the society at large has been told to shut up, least it be judgmental, at least they have refuge in the intentionally self marginalized.   That'll get attention from somebody, sympathy from somebody, and nobody is going to step in to keep them from falling.

The counter community

At the same time, certain groups that move counter to this direction have done well, often to the surprise of the larger culture, which is telling.

Some years ago, for example, there was a definite trend in Europe in which European women were becoming Muslims.  The number wasn't gigantic, but it was notable. Some even moved to the Middle East.

To the liberalized, no community, Westerner this was astounding.  But by becoming Muslim they were opting for a community which provided support, comfort and answers.  Indeed, the trip to transgenderism, and Islam, isn't really all that much different, although it would shock both groups to hear that.  These women had found a place where their appearance wouldn't be a major factor in their lives, where they weren't going to be expected to act like porn stars, and where they could act according to their long held ingrained DNA based behavior without criticism.

While I'll address orthodoxy more below, in another context, the same forces have seen the move of an appreciable number of main line Protestant Christians into the Orthodox Church.  Faced with coming into churches in which the message was it's nice to be nice to the nice, and we're all nice, and don't be judgmental, they're opting for a Christian religion whose adherence to tradition is open and obvious.  Some Catholics, while I lament it, from liberal dioceses have taken the same path.

Other Protestant have moved from the main line churches or the old "Reformed" churches that have softened, into really hard core Protestant churches.  Indeed, from the outside, it's obvious that the Reformation, which never claimed the majority of Christians, is dying, but in that process the most "reformed" of the Protestant churches and the most lax are simultaneously growing, as the adherents of the center either drop out of attendance all together, comfortable that they are still Christian but okay to do that, or they opt for either a clear message, or ratification that all of their personal vices are completely okay.

It's also worth noting that the LDS have maintained and gained during this period.  Knowledgeable Apostolic Christians have a hard time grasping this, as it's clear to them, with their knowledge of the Apostolic Fathers, that they are the original Christians and there was never a Great Apostasy, but that' probably doesn't have much to do with the attraction to the LDS by those who join it.  It offers a solid community with a clear set of answers, irrespective of whether they are based on truth, and which again provides cover for acting very traditionally.

And they're not alone.

Most Sundays I drive from a well attended Catholic Church, early in the morning, past a well attended Lutheran Church.  I've been to a wedding there.  It's pastor clearly bears the flag of orthodoxy and against the world (so much so that I really wonder why he isn't a Catholic priest).  At the wedding reception, a large group of young people all danced certain dances they'd learned in the church's wider community, of which they're very clearly part.

In contrast, I also drive past an old Presbyterian Church here, which has declined. They proclaim themselves to be reformed out of that church itself. There's never anyone there.

Is this the General Proselytization Thread?

Well, it hadn't started out to be.

Nonetheless, it's worth noting that religions are so much a part of the deposit of knowledge in a culture that if they're centrality to a culture is destroyed, the culture follows.

Indeed, it's interesting to note that some deep lovers of certain cultures who were either agnostic or non-believers so appreciated that, they were nonetheless deeply appreciative of their culture's religion.  Roberto Rosellini, the Italian film director, was not religious himself, but he was enormously attracted to the Catholic Church, its traditions, and ethics, which were central to his world view. Catholic Priest play a heroic role in one of his Rome Trilogy movies, and the centrality of a Catholic world view is obvious in his films.  He lamented the rise of materialism in opposition to Catholicism.  George F. Will, who is agnostic to some degree, is the same way in regard to Christianity in general.  And of course there are many examples of individuals who returned to their faiths, or converted to faith, mid life or even late life, such as C. S. Lewis, William Butler Yeats, and Ernst Jünger.  These individuals stand in stark contrast to "insiders", if you will, who attempt to take their faiths in the opposite direction.

And societies that succeed in ripping religions down often end up reinstating their elements in any event.  The Russian Communists espoused a highly libertine world view as revolutionaries, but by the 1930s Soviet Communists had become as conservative on some matters, particularly on sexual behavior, as any Christian religion ever had been.

It's often noted that religion is nature to human beings, and that very humans actually fail to have one, even people who proclaim they do not.  Even with avowed lapsed or agnostic, the confession of resort to prayer is pretty common.  In theological terms, theologians hold that humans, a creation of God, are built for their creator, and look for him naturally.  The widespread belief in the divine, if not in a universal concept of that divine, is too large to be ignored.

That comes close, of course, to returning to an argument for universalism, which we're not making.  All humans may have some concept of religion, and in reality true atheists are probably so rare as to not exist at all, but not all religions are equal.  Ultimately, there's only one truth on any one thing, religion included.  That's not the point of the thread.

What is the point is that religion is part of culture and is central to it.  No religion, no culture, and no culture, no community.  Wipe that out, and you basically have yourself in the world, and your appetites. And while modern culture may tell you that you are the center of the universe, you aren't.  Your appetites will never be satisfied in that fashion, and you'll always be adrift in that situation.

Indeed, you'll look for a community, and you'll probably find one, make one, or end resort, like so many, to dulling the mind somehow.

The debased community 

Because forming and living in communities is man's natural state, when one community is destroyed, others will spring up in their wake.  Where a community has intentionally been destroyed or suppressed, and it's a natural community, the result is that the community that fills the vacuum will be debased and dangerous, either individually or collectively.

Criminal communities provide an example.  Nearly always formed of the dispossessed and disadvantaged, they offer an income, and community.  Indeed, often made up of strong ethnic ties (kin and kinship) and having strong rituals, they offer a warped substitute of what a stronger more natural and metaphysical community would otherwise offer.  And they stand in stark contrast to the dissolved nice to be nice to the nice ethos that WASPish culture has come to offer.  They're ancient, in a way, recalling tribal bands of the raiding type that existed in the larger European culture before Christianity caused it to fade.

In cultures where religion has been strongly attacked by modernity, and culture accordingly decayed, Communism and radical fascism offer another example.  Communism, it is often noted, was practically as civil religion wherever it took hold, in contrast to its nature when it was revolutionary.  Modern North Korea has actually managed to cross over the line and actually deified Kim Il-sung (김일성), giving him mystical and postmortem divine qualities.  Everywhere it took charge, irrespective of its stand as a revolutionary body, it recreated a structure that was essentially religious in nature in order to create a false community in the place of the one it destroyed, centered on a theoretical universal "working man".

Nazism, in contrast, which is sometimes claimed by some to be a species of Socialism, attacked, but with less success, Christianity in its own land, and then with some more success Christianity in the lands it conquered, and directly proposed to establish, ultimately, a new religion based on the Germanic myths of old. Center to its ethos, however, was the worship of the German Volk, an idealized tribal identity which argued that the Germanic peoples were superior to all others.  Suppressing the Christian culture of Germany, which was already split into two due to the reformation, it sought to supplant it and went a long ways towards creating alternative community expressions through first the party and then the state.

All of this should serve as a warning as to what happen when a culture is torn down.  The German culture had been under attack for decades prior to its fall to the Nazis in 1932, and had not done a very good job of defending itself.  First attacked from the left, and then the right and the left, its experiment with democracy in the 1920s was undertaken at a bad time during which adapting the German culture to democracy was a tall order.  In the end, the Nazi's co-opted the German identity with a shallow cartoon like reflection of it which turned nearly instantly murderous.

Communism worked much the same way.  Coming into power principally where large industrial classes had been marginalized and left out of their cultures, it created a culture based on nothing more than labor which required the murderous suppression of more natural communities based upon anything else.  Communism, however, would not have come about but for the corruption of the culture itself that first occurred in Imperial Russia and which went down in collapse in 1917 due to World War One.

In both instances, the left and the right operated to pervert and destroy the wider culture.

In the US right now, we see ourselves in the same dangerous position. The left has outright gone against the culture from which it sprang, hating the foundation of all the liberties and philosophic thought that made it possible.  A populist right with a very shallow base in the traditional culture seeks to reclaim what it thinks that culture was, but in an extremely shallow manner.  Put another way, a populist right that thinks itself based in Christianity has no more understanding of the culture than the left does, which is all that can allow it to think that it's not its brother's keeper.

Restoring the community.

Well, how do you do that?

I.e, once you've destroyed the community, how do you restore one?

I won't pretend to have the answer to this, but I think there are at least some clues, some of which I noted above.

One thing is to remember Yeoman's Third Law of History, which holds:

Yeoman's Third Law of History.  Culture is plastic, but sticky.

Eh?  What could that mean. Well, just this.  Cultures mold themselves over time, to fit certain circumstances and developments, but they really persevere in ways that we can hardly appreciate.

We like to believe, in the West, that all cultures are the same, but that is very far from true. And we also like to believe that they "modernize," by which we mean that they "westernize."  They can, but their basic roots do not go away, and they don't even really change without the application of pressure and heat.  Cultures, in that sense, are like metamorphic rocks.  It takes a lot of time, heat, and intense pressure to change them, and even then, you can tell what they started off as.

Examples?  Well, when I was a student in school it was often claimed by our teachers that citizens of the USSR liked their government, having known nothing else, and that everything of the old Russian culture was dead.  Man, that couldn't have been further from the truth. When the lid came off the USSR in 1990, all sorts of old cultural attributes of the various old peoples of the Russian Empire came roaring back. Cossacks remembered that they were Cossacks.  Lithuanians remembered they were Lithuanian. The Russian Orthodox Church experienced a spectacular revival.  Even protests in Russia remain uniquely, and strangely, old Russian.  Nothing had actually gone away.

This is true of all cultures. Even here in the US.  The old Puritans may be gone, but much of their views towards our natures and work very much remain.  Even when cultures take big vacations from themselves, they tend to find their way back over time, at that, and will surprisingly reemerge when thought long gone.

People do retain a lot more cultural knowledge than we might suspect, and when things begin to fall apart, they reach back towards it.

One of the interesting examples of this over the years has been the "Traditional Latin Mass" in the Catholic Church.  It never really fully went away, but it was pretty darned hard to find in any form whatsoever after "the Spirit of Vatican II" went to work in the Church.  The altar rails went out, things were moved, and Latin left the premises.

Except it didn't, and when allowed, it tended to come roaring back in.  When Pope Benedict allowed it to be used fairly freely, it exploded.  Pope Francis (dob 1936) had now taken it back out in a controversial and lamented move which is likely a mistake.  At any rate, no matter what the situation with it was, it tended to attract the young in some areas much more than the old.

There's definitely a lesson in that, and in the overall picture.  A post Boomer generation that was largely abandoned, in cultural terms, by the Boomers, tested orthodoxy and found it meaningful, and not just in the way noted.

And that may well be the point we're at now.  The Boomer generation's "if it feels good, do it", mentality yielded into the "greed is good" mentality in the same cohort.  Both are now fighting it out in what is practically a house to house fight, with lots of casualties.  In the meantime, people are reporting to the hospitals of orthodoxy, which is a trip back into conservatism.

The problem is there's no roadmap, lots of blind alleys, and not too many to lead the way.

And yes, that doesn't really offer much in the way of a suggestion on how to proceed.

What I do know, however, pizza and bowling night isn't it.  And orthodoxy looks outwards at a much greater whole, not inside at your own individual self.  In order to get there, you have to accept that you end up giving up a lot, including the illusion of the primacy of yourself.

However, you secure a hundred times more.

Friday, February 5, 1943. Depriving the vote. Introduction of the M1943 Combat Boot.

Today In Wyoming's History: February 5: 1943 1943  The Legislature passes a bill denying American citizens interned at Heart Mountain Relocation Camp the right to vote.

Not exactly a proud, or even legal, moment for the state.

Sarah Sundin notes something grim on her blog:

Today in World War II History—February 5, 1943: 80 Years Ago—Feb. 5, 1943: Nazis begin liquidating Bialystok ghetto; 1,000 Jews are killed and 10,000 are sent to Treblinka extermination camp.

Events such as these accelerated and climbed in scale following the German defeat at Stalingrad.  The focus of the war began to turn less on Eastern European colonization and more on murder.

Mel Brooks, oddly enough, made Bialystok a name that's at least recognizable to fans of his comedy, as one of the two principal characters in The Producers bears that as his last name.  I don't know if that was intentional or not, but it's interesting.

The Polish city remains a significant one in Poland today.  Prior to World War Two, Poland had the largest Jewish population in Europe.  Germany's was actually relatively small.  3.3 million Jews lived in Poland, not all of whom claimed a Jewish identity, although many did.  By the war's end, approximately 380,000 Polish Jews remained.  Many would subsequently emigrate out of the country.  Polish Jews would undergo a renewed wave of repression following World War Two, following the same in the Soviet Union, during which Jewish Poles were accused of being in league with the United States and Israel against Communism, and the state officially worked to eliminate the unique distinction of Jews as particular victims of German atrocities.

Mussolini fired his Foreign Minister, his son-in-law Count Galeazzo Ciano, along with most of his cabinet.  Il Duce took over the position of Foreign Minister, along with being Interior Minister, War Minister, and Air Minister.

Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews.

Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews was appointed commander of U.S. Forces in Europe, relieving Gen. Dwight Eisenhower of that post in a little noted change of command.  Eisenhower was, at that time, engaged in the combat command in North Africa.

Andrews was the grandson of a Confederate cavalryman and was a cavalryman himself, having been commissioned in that branch in 1906.  His career benefited from him having married well.  He switched to Army aviation during World War One, although he returned briefly to the cavalry after the war.

Lt. Col Georges Doriot, a later pioneer in venture capitalism, an immigrant from France, and a wartime volunteer, convinced Gen. George Marshall to adopt what would become the M1943 combat boot, which would replace the Army Service Shoe and leggings, for the most part, by the end of the war.  The M1943 would also officially replace the Army paratrooper boot as well.  In reality, the Service Shoe and the jump boot were never fully replaced by the M1943, and paratroopers resisted adopting the M1943.

How the U.S. Army imagined its troops to look in an official painting illustrating the Army in Europe, late war.  The tankers in this painting are probably wearing the overalls that were issued to tankers, but for coats they are wearing the Winter Combat Jacket.  It wasn't a tanker only item, but it became heavily associated with them.  Originally they were part of the overall winter uniform and were popular with soldiers.  You can find photographic evidence of officers having some altered by tailors to include epaulets for rank insignia, which they otherwise lacked.  The Thompson submachine gun is correct for an armored crewman.  The walking Colonel is an officer of the 5th Infantry Division and is shown wearing the M1943 Field Jacket, and he is wearing the M1943 Combat Boots.  These solders are wearing the M1943 cotton trousers, which were issued, but often solders in the winter continued to wear their wool service pattern trousers, and indeed did so even in warmer months.   Both walking soldiers are shown wearing helmet covers, which were rarely worn in Europe as it caused confusion with German snipers, who also did.  Helmet netting was much more common.

The reason for the adoption was that Service Shoes were not lasting long, with a reported thirteen days of durability, although that is likely explained by materials rather than the design itself, which had an extremely long run and which survives as a very tough civilian pattern to this day.  The M1943 was in fact based on the Service Shoe, but incorporating cuff buckles which had been used on prior civilian hunting and outdoors boots.  It was also made of rough out leather, as "Pershing Boots" had been during World War One, which was known to be highly durable, but which was resistant to polishing.

One solder comforting another during the Korean War.  All of these men wear the M1943 Combat Boot. They're also wearing Field Pants, modeled on the trousers worn by U.S. paratroopers in World War Two and which have continued to be the pattern to the present day.

The M1943 was seen as a huge improvement by soldiers when they came out, save for paratroopers, but it was replaced in 1948, theoretically, by a boot based on the theoretically replaced jump boot.  In reality, however, M1943s would be in use well into the late 1950s.  They also saw use in other armies, which adopted the pattern, and which used them for many years.

U.S. troosp in Italy during World War Two.  The sniper in the center of the photo is wearing a helmet cover, rare for U.S. troops during the war, and he's wearing M1942 Jump Boots, which were hugely popular with U.S. servicemen during the war, and for decades thereafter.  Made on the Munson Last, they were very comfortable boots.  His rifle is a M1903A5.  To the right, as we view the photo, an infantryman is equipped also with the bolt action M1903, as are two of the men behind him.  The number of M1903s in this photo is not uncommon, but there are too many to be explained by their being scout snipers or grenadiers, both of which used the M1903 throughout the war.

The M1943 boots came in as part of the M1943 Combat Uniform, which featured not only new boots, but a new field jacket, the M1943, which formed the distinctive appearance of the American soldier for decades thereafter.  The Field Jacket was a huge improvement over prior patterns, and it did successfully replace the various competing variants, although examples of the earlier patterns did endure throughout the war.  Through various updates and modifications, the basic M1943 style of uniform remained in general service up until the adoption of the Battle Dress Uniform in the early 1980s, which was itself ironically patterned on the earlier M1941 Paratroopers Uniform which had inspired Vietnam era jungle fatigues.  The successor of the M1943 Field Jacket would remain in use until the very recently, and is still an acceptable private purchase item.

U.S. Army officers during the Korean War wearing the pattern of uniform closely based on the M1943 uniform.  The officer on the right wears the M1951 Field Jacket, which was of a greener color than the M1943.  Both men are wearing russet M1948 Combat Boots, a pattern that had been introduced after the war and which was based on the M1942 Paratrooper Boot, but which was in fact slightly different, even though by this time the M1942 had been reintroduced.  The boots should be black, but many were russet as that had been the color they were first adopted in and soldiers were expected to die them black, something that wasn't easy to do.  Both men are wearing "patrol caps", which also came in with the M1943 uniform as the M1943 Field Cap.  The Army has retained the Patrol Cap to this day, after briefly toying with replacing it.

It might be noted that the M1943 uniform was only an Army uniform during World War Two.  The Marine Corps adopted the field jacket after the war, but only the field jacket.

Monday, February 5, 1923. Parti libéral du Québec retains its position.

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau retained his position as Premier of Quebec, as he would all the way through 1936.

Taschereau was a member of the Liberal Party (Parti libéral du Québec) and had been elected in 1920 as the Canadian economy started to sink, in advance, into the Great Depression.  He was an opponent of Roosevelt's new Deal, comparing it to fascism and communism, and instead encouraged private enterprise to develop Quebec's forest and hydroelectric potential.  As he did so, his policies challenged Québécois agrarianism, which would begin to lead to its end.

And therefore, I am not a fan.

That may sound silly, but agrarianism is what allowed the Québécois to remain that.  Their agrarian separation and close association with the Catholic Church is what allowed them to remain a people for two centuries of "English" domination.

Taschereau was not a disloyal Francophone or Catholic, but by attacking the agrarian nature of Québécois society he was by default attacking its essence in favor of money.  Ultimately that attack would succeed, leading to the downfall of Québécois agrarianism and ultimately to the undercutting of the culture itself.  It remains, of course, but badly damaged by the experience.