The action picked up on Day 2 of the 37-day 2025 Wyoming legislative session, with Gov. Mark Gordon giving his State of the State address and the first discussion on bills happening in committees.
• Gov. Mark Gordon urged legislators during his speech to use common sense and not be “cheap, short-sighted” with his $692 million supplemental budget request.
• The new conservative presence of the Legislature was on full display on Wednesday.
• Wyoming legislators tabled a bill that would have created landfill deposits at wind farm sites to dispose of their worn-out turbine blades.
• Five freshman legislators on the Wyoming House Judiciary Committee voted down a bill that would have given courts an option to send people who commit minor crimes into mental health treatment before they’re convicted.
• That committee also passed a bill telling Wyoming’s government and courts to treat males and females according to their biological sex rather than their gender identity. But not before the national Gays Against Groomers group took shots at Wyoming’s LGBTQ advocacy organization.
• Two bills that would tighten requirements to register to vote in Wyoming sailed through a House committee on Wednesday.
• The House Rules and Procedure Committee passed a rule Wednesday that will set the stage for potentially using electronic, push-button voting at the Legislature. • A Wyoming House committee unanimously advanced a bill Wednesday prohibiting all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) government mandates and instruction in state schools.
Leo Wolfson can be reached at leo@cowboystatedaily.com.
