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Daylight Savings Time bill clears Senate committee
A bill to keep Wyoming on Daylight Savings Time throughout the year has been approved by a Senate committee and will next be reviewed by the full body.
February 05, 2019
In Brief: House approves bill to allow the growing of hemp
Wyoming farmers would be able to begin growing hemp under a measure that won final approval from the House on Tuesday.
February 05, 2019
Felony animal cruelty bill wins initial House approval
An attempt to strengthen Wyomings animal cruelty laws won approval in its first House review on Monday. HB 235, making some animal cruelty crimes a felony, won 37 aye votes to pass in its Committee of the Whole review. It will be read a second time Tuesday.
February 05, 2019
In Brief: Representatives reject Medicaid expansion
Wyomings representatives on Monday rejected a plan to expand eligibility for Medicaid while requiring recipients to work, take part in volunteer projects or further their education.
February 04, 2019
Party switching bill clears second Senate reading
A bill that would limit when Wyoming voters can change their party affiliation moved one step nearer to final Senate approval on Monday.
February 04, 2019
Death penalty repeal, abortion waiting period passed as Legislature nears midway point
Wyomings legislators spent long hours on the floors of the House and Senate this week as they neared the midway point for their general session. With a major deadline looming on Monday, legislators spent much of the week trying to get through a backlog of bills reviewed by committees and sent to the floor for debate.
February 02, 2019
Joint resolution would have Wyoming ask for ‘convention of states’
By Cowboy State Daily A joint resolution awaiting a Senate review would have Wyoming join a call for a convention of states where amendments to the U.S. Constitution could be recommended. SJ 4 is on the General File list of bills waiting for their first review by the full Senate. It would make Wyoming the…
February 02, 2019
Death penalty repeal, abortion waiting period passed as Legislature nears midway point
Wyomings legislators spent long hours on the floors of the House and Senate this week as they neared the midway point for their general session. With a major deadline looming on Monday, legislators spent much of the week trying to get through a backlog of bills reviewed by committees and sent to the floor for debate.
February 02, 2019
In Brief: Abortion waiting period bill approved by House
A bill that would impose a 48-hour waiting period for those seeing abortions won initial approval from the House on Friday.
February 01, 2019
Bill axing binding arbitration for cities, firefighters, awaiting review
A bill aimed at eliminating binding arbitration as a way to resolve conflicts between firefighters and cities around the state is waiting for its first review on the House floor.
February 01, 2019
House kills film incentive bill
A plan to draw film production companies to Wyoming with incentives died on a narrow House vote Thursday. HB 164 would have created a program to allow the state to reimburse film companies for some of their expenses while filming in Wyoming. The reimbursement would only have gone into effect if the production company spent more than $200,000 in Wyoming.
February 01, 2019
Marijuana reform bill killed in House committee
A bill that would have reduced the penalty for many marijuana infractions died in the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
January 31, 2019
Yellowstone Lodges official wins top tourism award
The sales and marketing director for Yellowstone National Park Lodges has been named the winner of Wyomings top tourism award.
January 31, 2019
Hathaway scholarship for selected out-of-state students headed for final review
Selected graduates of out-of-state high schools would be able to apply a state Hathaway Scholarship under a bill approved in its second reading in the House on Wednesday.
January 30, 2019
In Brief: Plan to prohibit sanctuary cities dies in House
roposal to bar Wyomings cities and counties from declaring themselves sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants was killed in Wyomings House on Wednesday.
January 30, 2019
Harsher animal cruelty penalties win committee approval
A bill that would increase the penalties for animal cruelty won approval from a House committee Tuesday. The House Judiciary Committee voted 8-1 to send HB 235 to the House floor for debate by all representatives.
January 30, 2019
Man freed from prison says life in prison preferable sentence for killer
The death penalty is not the best way to punish a killer for his crimes, according to a man whose murder conviction and death penalty were overturned in 2004. Randy Steidl, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in the 1986 death of a couple, was at the Legislature this week to lobby in favor of SF 145, which would repeal the states death penalty and make life without the possibility of parole the states harshest criminal penalty.
January 29, 2019
Representative seeks cut in coal taxes
A state representative is trying to bring coal taxes more in line with those assessed against oil and gas.
January 28, 2019
Weekly wrap: Corporate income tax moves ahead, party switch bill dead
A thumbs up for income taxes on large companies and putting Wyoming permanently on daylight savings time, a thumbs down for a personal income tax in the Legislature this week.
January 26, 2019
Drunken boating bill passes first Senate reading
A measure that would make the limits for boating while intoxicated the same as those for driving while intoxicated won initial approve in the Senate on Friday. SF 40 would reduce the blood-alcohol limit for operating a motorboat from 0.1 percent to 0.08 percent, the same limit in place for driving a vehicle.
January 26, 2019
Personal income tax dies, corporate tax moves ahead
Two bills proposing Wyomings first income taxes met with different fates on Friday in Wyomings House. One bill proposing an income tax on individuals died in the House Revenue Committee, while another proposing a 7 percent tax on large out-of-state retailers doing business in Wyoming won approval in its final House review.
January 25, 2019