2022 legislative session

The Wyoming Senate voted 15-14 to amend a bill that intends to ban abortions in the state if the U-S Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade.

After getting a Do Not Pass recommendation by the House Appropriations committee the Wyoming House of Representatives put the final nail in the coffin of a bill that would have tried to limit crossover voting in a primary election.

The Wyoming Senate gave initial support to a bill that would reduce coal taxes by half a percent.

A Wyoming House and Senate conference committee have started trying to iron out the differences in the legislative redistricting bill.

A bill is trying to address some concerns by the National Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding Terra Power’s Natrium nuclear power plan in Kemmerer.

The Wyoming House and Senate approved the state budget and agreed on restoring funding for the University of Wyoming Gender Studies program while also requiring the University to provide them with some information.

The House Education committee voted against a bill intended to force schools to post their teaching materials for public review.

The Wyoming Senate soundly defeated a controversial bill that would criminalize the use of methamphetamine and some narcotics while pregnant.

Despite strong opposition to the bill the Wyoming Senate Judiciary Committee has voted 3 to 2 to approve a measure that would make it a felony for pregnant women to use methamphetamine or some narcotics.

A bill has passed out of committee that would require applicants interested in drilling water wells to prove the wells wouldn’t deplete their neighbors’ streams and wells. Right now, the neighbors have to prove it would hurt them.