Wyoming Legislative Session

Wyoming’s recalibration committee will continue to work on specific components of school funding throughout the year.

After passing in the House, the bill missed the deadline to be considered by the Senate. The state Freedom Caucus, which has a majority in the House and pushed for the ban, accused the Senate of “slow-walking” the bill.

Senators are frustrated with a late-stage amendment.

The bill was altered significantly in both the House and Senate.

The new bill would grant immunity from misdemeanor possession or use charges for those who seek help during a medical emergency. The goal is to save lives.

Lawmakers are moving forward a bill dealing with how the state makes investments. Some say it’ll financially wreck the state and people’s pensions. But the bill’s sponsor said that’s not the intent and revisions to the bill clarify that.

The Wyoming Freedom Caucus recently announced their priorities for the upcoming session, calling it the Five and Dime Plan.

Negotiations on Wyoming’s budget hit a roadblock on Monday night. Legislators in both chambers were unable to reconcile their fiscal differences. After passionate debate, the slate was wiped clean with new committee appointees and a budget agreement was reached late Tuesday.

After passing a third reading in the Senate, a bill that would ban most gender-affirming care for minors in Wyoming is moving to the House. It comes after an earlier bill that focused solely on banning gender transition surgeries failed in the lower chamber.

The Wyoming legislature passed two bills this session to expand the Food Freedom Act. The act was first passed in 2015 to allow local food producers to…