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6
Bills sponsored
this session · 16 all-time
24
Bills co-sponsored
this session · 88 all-time
1
Enacted into law
this session · 4 all-time
834
Recorded votes
99%
Vote participation
voted in 99% of 834 recorded votes
Voting scorecard
2026 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes
Party unity
73.7%
based on 376 votes
Votes with own party's majority
Independence
26.3%
based on 376 votes
Votes against own party's majority
Participation
100%
based on 376 votes
Roll calls where a yes/no was cast
Sponsored (introduced)
16 billsCurrent session 6 bills
- SF 94 Governmental immunity-road reconstruction and maintenance. Introduced
- SF 93 Shared custody-amendments. Introduced
- SJ 6 Shared parenting day. Signed
- SJ0006 A JOINT RESOLUTION designating April 26 of each year to be shared parenting day in the state of Wyoming. Passed
- SF0094 AN ACT relating to civil procedure; amending exclusions from the waiver of immunity related to roadway maintenance and reconstruction for purposes of the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act; specifying waivers of immunity related to roadway maintenance and reconstruction for governmental entities; making conforming amendments; repealing obsolete provisions; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date. Introduced
- SF0093 AN ACT relating to domestic relations; amending considerations for determining the child's best interests for custody matters; specifying requirements for shared custody considerations for child custody dispositions; providing definitions; requiring court findings for specified child custody dispositions; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date. Introduced
Historical 10 bills
- SF 166 Political party formation-amendments. Signed
- SF 165 Cancellation of registration notice-amendments. Signed
- SF 117 Shared parenting. Died
- SJ 4 Resolution on commercial base load power generation. Signed
- SF 118 Landowner hunting tags-amendments. Died
- SJ0004 A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Governor concentrate on promoting stable dispatchable base load power resources from Wyoming in lieu of taxpayer subsidized commercial wind and solar generated power. Died
- SF0166 AN ACT relating to elections; amending the time for circulating and filing a petition to form a new political party; and providing for an effective date. Died
- SF0165 AN ACT relating to elections; amending notice of intent to cancel a registration as specified; and providing for an effective date. Died
- SF0118 AN ACT relating to game and fish; authorizing landowners to sell their landowner hunting licenses as specified; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates. Died
- SF0117 AN ACT relating to child custody; providing a presumption for issuance of an order of shared child custody as specified; providing definitions; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date. Died
Co-sponsored
88 billsCurrent session 24 bills
- HB 130 Second amendment protection act amendments. Passed
- HB 126 Human heartbeat act. Signed
- HB 13 Ivermectin-no prescription required. Introduced
- HB 14 Protecting self-defense-reimbursement and amendments. Introduced
- HB 157 Protection of parental rights-cause of action. Passed
- HB 148 Land, Water and Fiscal Integrity Act. Introduced
- HB 181 Biometric data and license plate readers-regulation. Introduced
- SF 89 Local housing projects-tax exemption amendments. Introduced
- SF 91 Wyoming energy project accountability act. Introduced
- HB 41 WHP, DCI and warden retirement benefits-amendments. Signed
- HB 172 Limitations on historic horse racing terminals-2. Introduced
- HB 191 School board meeting requirements. Introduced
- SF 118 Eminent domain-water projects. In Committee
- HB 92 Registered sex offenders prohibited from public office. Signed
- HB 141 Fifth Amendment Protection Act. Passed
- HB 22 Recall of elected municipal officers. Passed
- HB 102 Protecting kids from deepfakes and exploitative images. Signed
- HB 125 Business entity forced dissolution for fraud. Introduced
- HB 178 Public unions-transparency and dues withdrawal limitations. Vetoed
- HJ 3 Storage of spent nuclear fuel and waste-vote required. Introduced
- HB 151 Open records act-limitation on copy and production fees. Introduced
- HB 135 Public officials-nondisclosure agreements. Introduced
- HB 96 Carrying of concealed weapons-age requirement. Signed
- HB 60 Attorney general-elected. Introduced
Historical 64 bills
- HJ 3 Support for rural schools. Signed
- HB 252 Wind tax exemption-repeal. Died
- HB 158 Legislature-electronic voting system. Died
- HB 240 Appointment of acting secretary of state-repeal. Died
- HB 115 Medical Ethics Defense Act. Died
- HB 234 Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act amendments. Died
- HB 102 Attorney general-elected. Died
- SF 84 Country of origin label-USA beef. Signed
- HB 330 Probate code revisions-2. Died
- HJ 6 Election of judges and justices. Died
- SF 150 For-profit trade schools-property tax exemption. Died
- HB 224 Prohibiting foreign adversary property ownership. Died
- HB 280 Sex offender registration. Signed
- HB 313 Speed limits established by local authorities-amendments. Died
- SF 133 Protection of parental rights-amendments. Died
- HB 232 Elections-hand counting for recounts. Died
- HB 305 County optional tax on solar energy production. Died
- HB 222 Medical Ethics Defense Act-2. Died
- HB 238 Ballot harvesting prohibition. Died
- HB 113 Insurance payments-not taxable. Died
- SF 125 Defining health care and protecting the people's welfare. Vetoed
- SF 180 Supplemental budgets-limitations. Died
- HB 287 Protecting self-defense-reimbursement and amendments. Died
- SF 177 Primary residence property tax fund. Died
- HB 61 State land lease preference amendments. Signed
Voting record
Historical 50 votes
| Bill | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
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HB0094
AN ACT relating to education; removing a limitation on the number of charter schools that the Wyoming charter school authorizing board may authorize; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
HB0094VT001: Veto Override 21-10-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2025 |
|
HB0064
AN ACT relating to abortions; requiring ultrasounds before the procurement of chemical abortions; providing verification requirements; providing definitions; providing penalties; specifying applicability; providing for the conflict of laws; and providing for an effective date.
HB0064VT001: Veto Override 22-9-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2025 |
|
HB0036
AN ACT relating to the Hathaway scholarship program; modifying definitions; modifying the standards for satisfactory academic progress; amending minimum enrollment hours for Hathaway scholarship eligibility; modifying scholarship awards; and providing for an effective date.
HB0036VT001: Veto Override 23-8-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 06, 2025 |
|
SF0034
AN ACT relating to K-12 public school finance; increasing the allowable square footage utilized to calculate routine and major maintenance for school districts; increasing the percentage utilized to calculate major maintenance payments to school districts; providing appropriations; and providing for effective dates.
S Recede from Non-Concurrence Passed: 20-7-4-0-0 |
Not Voting | pass | March 06, 2025 |
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SF0191
AN ACT relating to state funds; requiring the state treasurer and the Wyoming retirement board to provide for proxy voting associated with the investment of state funds; specifying investment criteria to ensure investments are made only on pecuniary factors; providing definitions; authorizing contracts and the use of investment earnings; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; authorizing full‑time positions; and providing for an effective date.
S Concur:Passed 24-2-5-0-0 |
Not Voting | pass | March 06, 2025 |
|
SF0169
AN ACT relating to public funds; repealing the strategic investments and projects account; providing for the transfer from and the reversion of funds from the strategic investments and projects account; making conforming amendments; repealing obsolete language; requiring reports; and providing for effective dates.
SF0169JC002: S Adopted SF0169JC002: 19-9-3-0-0 |
Nay | pass | March 06, 2025 |
|
SF0127
AN ACT relating to administrative procedure; requiring the completion of economic analyses for major administrative rules; amending the process for legislative review and notice of rules; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; requiring a study and a report; providing an appropriation; authorizing additional positions; and providing for effective dates.
SF0127VT001: Veto Override 21-10-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2025 |
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HB0246
AN ACT relating to legal time and holidays; designating Wyoming Wednesday as a state recognized commemorative day to be observed as specified; and providing for an effective date.
HB0246JC001: S Adopted HB0246JC001: 25-6-0-0-0 |
Nay | pass | March 05, 2025 |
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HB0154
AN ACT relating to elections; clarifying that the false voting statute includes out-of-state voting; authorizing the secretary of state to request an investigation; and providing for an effective date.
HB0154JC001: S Did Not Adopt HB0154JC001: 14-17-0-0-0 |
Yea | fail | March 05, 2025 |
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SF0017
AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; providing an enhanced oil recovery stimulus for the use of carbon dioxide in enhanced oil recovery; specifying conditions and requirements for the stimulus; providing for the administration of the stimulus; creating an account; requiring reports; requiring transfers of funds; authorizing rulemaking; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.
SF0017JC001: S Adopted SF0017JC001: 27-4-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2025 |
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SF0153
AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing for administration of the property tax; specifying property tax assessment rates for residential real property; making conforming changes; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
S Concur:Failed 7-24-0-0-0 |
Yea | fail | March 05, 2025 |
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SF0169
AN ACT relating to public funds; repealing the strategic investments and projects account; providing for the transfer from and the reversion of funds from the strategic investments and projects account; making conforming amendments; repealing obsolete language; requiring reports; and providing for effective dates.
S Concur:Failed 1-30-0-0-0 |
Nay | fail | March 05, 2025 |
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SF0044
AN ACT relating to education; requiring students at the University of Wyoming and Wyoming community colleges to compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions based on their biological sex; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.
S Concur:Passed 23-8-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2025 |
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HB0259
AN ACT relating to school building and facility projects; providing for appropriations for the remainder of the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2026; specifying conditions for expenditures; reappropriating funds; requiring a study and reporting; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Passed 23-8-0-0-0 |
Nay | pass | March 05, 2025 |
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HB0259
AN ACT relating to school building and facility projects; providing for appropriations for the remainder of the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2026; specifying conditions for expenditures; reappropriating funds; requiring a study and reporting; and providing for an effective date.
HB0259S3004: Amendment adopted 31-0-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2025 |
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HB0259
AN ACT relating to school building and facility projects; providing for appropriations for the remainder of the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2026; specifying conditions for expenditures; reappropriating funds; requiring a study and reporting; and providing for an effective date.
HB0259S3002: Amendment adopted 24-7-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2025 |
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HB0183
AN ACT relating to electric utilities; amending the generation capacity for net metering systems; providing for the aggregation of net metering systems; authorizing customer-generators with specified net metering systems to charge a customer-generator fee or increase in a monthly fee; providing and amending definitions; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Failed 15-16-0-0-0 |
Nay | fail | March 05, 2025 |
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HB0144
AN ACT relating to elections; specifying the membership of the county canvassing board; making conforming changes; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Failed 14-17-0-0-0 |
Yea | fail | March 05, 2025 |
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HB0137
AN ACT relating to the revision of statutes and other legislative enactments; correcting statutory references and language resulting from inadvertent errors and omissions in previously adopted legislation; amending obsolete references; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2025 |
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HB0133
AN ACT relating to administration of the government; prohibiting the implementation of immigration sanctuary policies by cities, towns, counties and the state; prohibiting the designation of sanctuary cities, towns, counties and the state; creating a new felony offense; providing penalties; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-4-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2025 |
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HB0121
AN ACT relating to public health and safety; requiring hospitals to list prices for medical items and services as specified; requiring the department of health to monitor and enforce the provisions of this act; providing penalties; prohibiting collection actions as specified; requiring recommendations for proposed legislation; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; making conforming amendments; and providing for effective dates.
S 3rd Reading:Failed 14-16-0-0-1 |
Yea | fail | March 05, 2025 |
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SF0198
AN ACT relating to the Wyoming state shooting complex; amending conditions on previously appropriated funds; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Passed 24-7-0-0-0 |
Nay | pass | March 05, 2025 |
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SF0198
AN ACT relating to the Wyoming state shooting complex; amending conditions on previously appropriated funds; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Suspension of Rules and Accelerated to 3rd Reading 25-5-1-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2025 |
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HB0280
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; reclassifying specified criminal offenses to require more frequent sex offender registry verification and prevent petitions to be relieved from sex offender registration; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-4-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2025 |
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HB0165
AN ACT relating to elections; clarifying that elections shall not be conducted by ranked choice voting; clarifying that ballots are required to specify only one (1) vote per office to be filled; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-3-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2025 |
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HB0164
AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; authorizing prescribers to prescribe medications for off-label indication as specified; authorizing pharmacists to dispense medications for off-label indication as specified; providing prescribers and pharmacists immunity from disciplinary action as specified; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Passed 22-9-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 05, 2025 |
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HB0043
AN ACT relating to child protection; requiring age verification for visiting websites with material harmful to minors; specifying requirements and exceptions for age verification; specifying remedies, liability and damages; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-3-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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HB0032
AN ACT relating to common law, statutes and rules of construction; specifying definitions and standards for the application of a person's biological sex in law, rules or regulations; providing for the law to distinguish between accommodations for males and females; requiring the collection of vital statistics and other data to identify persons as male or female at birth; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-3-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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SF0198
AN ACT relating to the Wyoming state shooting complex; amending conditions on previously appropriated funds; and providing for an effective date.
S 2nd Reading:Suspension of Rules and Accelerated to 2nd Reading 25-5-1-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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SF0198
AN ACT relating to the Wyoming state shooting complex; amending conditions on previously appropriated funds; and providing for an effective date.
S Suspension of the rules and referred directly to COW 27-4-0-0-0 |
Nay | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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SF0034
AN ACT relating to K-12 public school finance; increasing the allowable square footage utilized to calculate routine and major maintenance for school districts; increasing the percentage utilized to calculate major maintenance payments to school districts; providing appropriations; and providing for effective dates.
S Concur:Failed 0-31-0-0-0 |
Nay | fail | March 04, 2025 |
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SF0160
AN ACT relating to courts; amending the Court Supervised Treatment Program Act to include mental health treatment; authorizing court supervised treatment programs to accept participants from any other jurisdiction in this state; amending the Public Defender Act to allow the public defender to participate as a team member in court supervised treatment programs and represent participants in those programs; changing the term "substance abuse" to "substance use"; amending definitions; creating definitions; making conforming amendments; authorizing rulemaking; repealing provisions; and providing for an effective date.
S Concur:Passed 28-3-0-0-0 |
Nay | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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SF0171
AN ACT relating to cities and towns; amending requirements for conducting a boundary survey of cities and towns as specified; and providing for an effective date.
S Concur:Passed 28-3-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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SF0167
AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; authorizing the board of chiropractic examiners to obtain criminal background checks as specified; requiring applicants for licensure and licensees subject to investigation and disciplinary action by the board of chiropractic examiners to submit fingerprints and other necessary information for a criminal background check; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
S Concur:Passed 30-1-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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SF0107
AN ACT relating to miscellaneous contracts and actions; providing that contractual covenants not to compete are void; providing exceptions; specifying requirements for covenants not to compete for physicians; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
S Concur:Passed 30-1-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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SF0101
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; amending the date of conviction for purposes of when a due diligence showing is required before post-conviction DNA testing; and providing for an effective date.
S Concur:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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SF0091
AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses and state lands; creating a misdemeanor offense for injury to petroglyphs, pictographs and historic inscriptions; providing penalties; providing for the surveying of petroglyphs and pictographs on state lands; and providing for an effective date.
S Concur:Passed 25-6-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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SF0125
AN ACT relating to the Wyoming constitution, statutes and rules of construction; providing a definition of health care generally applicable to law; providing findings; specifying exceptions; providing definitions; and providing for contingent effective dates.
S Concur:Passed 26-5-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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SF0104
AN ACT relating to the probate code; amending maximum values for certain proceedings relating to the probate of estates; clarifying the effect of certain disclaimers of property; and providing for an effective date.
S Concur:Passed 30-1-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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SF0022
AN ACT relating to children; providing that a guardianship with a relative and a finding of unfitness may be a ground for the termination of parental rights as specified; and providing for an effective date.
S Concur:Passed 16-15-0-0-0 |
Nay | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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HB0249
AN ACT relating to elections; requiring a runoff election after a primary election for specified offices when no candidate receives a majority of the vote; providing the format of the runoff ballot; changing the date for primary elections; amending related dates; clarifying maintenance of voter registration lists; making conforming changes; amending election contribution laws; creating an account; providing an appropriation; requiring a report; and providing for effective dates.
S: Motion To Place Bill on General File Failed by Roll Call 5-26-0-0-0 |
Yea | fail | March 04, 2025 |
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SF0132
AN ACT relating to defense forces and affairs; prohibiting the use and operation of unmanned aircraft systems over critical infrastructure and critical systems; specifying exceptions; providing and amending penalties; authorizing the use of the Wyoming national guard; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; providing duties for the attorney general; and providing for an effective date.
SF0132VT001: Veto Override 23-8-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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SF0196
AN ACT relating to the protection of constitutional rights; amending the Second Amendment Protection Act as specified; creating exceptions to the Second Amendment Protection Act; creating a civil penalty; creating a criminal penalty; creating an exception to the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
SF0196JC001: S Adopted SF0196JC001: 31-0-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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SF0032
AN ACT relating to speed limits; authorizing local authorities to set maximum speed limits on unpaved roadways without first conducting a speed study or justifying the maximum speed limit; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
SF0032JC002: S Adopted SF0032JC002: 22-9-0-0-0 |
Nay | pass | March 04, 2025 |
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HB0228
AN ACT relating to elections; prohibiting government officials and election officials from accepting private funds to conduct elections as specified; prohibiting any person from providing or offering private funds for purposes of conducting an election; providing exceptions; creating new misdemeanor offenses; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-1-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 03, 2025 |
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HB0219
AN ACT relating to state lands; providing a perpetual easement over state and school lands for county and municipal roads; specifying requirements for easements; specifying duties for the board of land commissioners and the office of state lands and investments; making conforming amendments; providing legislative findings; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 03, 2025 |
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HB0062
AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; amending the crimes of prostitution and solicitation of prostitution to include acts of sexual contact; providing definitions; requiring reports; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Passed 17-14-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 03, 2025 |
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HB0047
AN ACT relating to the administration of government; allowing the secretary of state to charge a fee to expedite filings of documents as specified; authorizing a position; providing an appropriation; specifying a contingency; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 03, 2025 |
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HJ0003
A JOINT RESOLUTION in support of rural schools in Wyoming.
S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-6-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 03, 2025 |
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HB0337
AN ACT relating to elections; requiring groups, political action committees and organizations that are influencing a statewide initiative or referendum to file statements related to funding from prohibited sources; prohibiting a foreign national from controlling or influencing the decision making of a group, political action committee or organization influencing a statewide initiative or referendum; providing a cause of action; specifying penalties; and providing for an effective date.
S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 |
Yea | pass | March 03, 2025 |