• A bill intended to prevent Wyoming’s prized fishing waters from being mobbed by out-of-state guides passed the Wyoming House on Monday and is headed for the Senate.
• The anticipated budget for a “world-class” shooting complex near Cody is up from $10 million to $19.5 million, including another $3.5 million from the state.
• Fearing it could actually lead to more federal regulation, a Wyoming Senate committee killed the “Make Carbon Dioxide Great Again” bill. It would have cut low-carbon energy standards in the state and treated CO2 as a nutrient, not a pollutant.
• The Wyoming House on Monday sent a proposed transgender sports ban to the state Senate. It would expand the current law from seventh to 12th grades, to kindergarten through college.
• The Senate Education Committee advanced a constitutional resolution Monday that would change how schools get built in Wyoming. It would make all public school building projects require locals to approve and fund them through bonds.
• Librarians and educators on Monday testified against a bill that seeks to toughen Wyoming’s crimes against exposing minors to obscenity, and to remove protections that keep librarians and teachers from being charged with the crime.
• A bill is moving through the Wyoming Legislature to give access to post-conviction DNA testing to more Wyoming felons. The measure headed to the Senate floor Monday and passed on first reading.
Bits And Pieces: More than 100 people showed up to attend the committee hearing on school construction, causing around 50 people to have to watch the meeting from an overflow room located across the hall. … Secretary of State Chuck Gray, Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder, State Treasurer Curt Meier and State Auditor Kristi Racines were all seen working the halls of the Legislature on Monday, discussing the impact of bills with lawmakers.
Leo Wolfson can be reached at leo@cowboystatedaily.com.
