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Search-and-rescue funding
Representative Nicholas offered a floor amendment (third reading amendment #1) to move $200,000 from the tourism reserve and project account into search-and-rescue support, noting that a portion of rescues involve out-of-state visitors and saying the lodging-tax-funded account is an appropriate source. The amendment passed on a roll call, 32 aye, 28 no, 2 excused.

A follow-up proposal from Representative Yen (third reading amendment #2) would have split $400,000 between the tourism account and the general fund in a different ratio; that amendment failed (15 aye, 45 no, 2 excused).

Personnel and agency authority
Representative Bair successfully carried third reading amendment #3 to preserve a position the executive branch had already created for charter-school oversight; the amendment was adopted by roll call, 53-7 (2 excused). Representatives discussed whether the executive branch had authority to add positions outside the legislative appropriation process; this amendment reallocated funding and clarified oversight.

Trades and building maintenance
Representative Nicholas proposed an amendment (third reading amendment #5) to add two trades/maintenance positions for building operations (ANI). Supporters said state-owned square footage has grown and maintenance staff are thin; opponents said the body had debated similar requests earlier and rejected comparable additions. The amendment failed on roll call, 13 aye, 47 no, 2 excused.

Cost allocation for boards and commissions
Representative Eklund offered amendment #7 to roll back dramatic increases in cost-allocation charges assessed to certain boards and commodity commissions (dry bean commission, beef council, and others) to 2023 levels. Sponsors said recent reallocation produced disproportionate increases for small producer boards; supporters called the change a needed reset. The amendment passed, 33-27, with 2 excused.

Telework review and other transparency measures
Representative Heiner\farried an amendment asking for a report on the number of state employees working in hybrid or out-of-state telework arrangements; members from both parties said the information would aid later policy choices. The House adopted that amendment by voice vote.

Budget process notes
Several members reminded colleagues that the supplemental budget cycle is the vehicle for 1-time allocations and that items placed in the governor's standard budget would be reviewed next December by the Joint Appropriations Committee for ongoing funding.

Votes and next steps
House Bill 1 and its adopted amendments will proceed through the legislative process. The bill as amended includes several one-time items and direction to agencies to prepare reports or adjust internal positions, and the House recorded several roll-call outcomes on the amendments:
- Amendment #1 (search-and-rescue funding from tourism reserve): adopted 32-28, 2 excused.
- Amendment #2 (alternate search-and-rescue split): failed 15-45, 2 excused.
- Amendment #3 (charter oversight position): adopted 53-7, 2 excused.
- Amendment #4 (telework report): adopted (voice vote).
- Amendment #5 (additional trades positions): failed 13-47, 2 excused.
- Amendment #7 (cost-allocation rollback for commodity/board accounts): adopted 33-27, 2 excused.

Ending
Work on the supplemental budget continued after the amendments recorded above. Several members urged careful stewardship of restricted accounts (such as the tourism reserve) and noted that one-time supplemental actions would be reconsidered in the regular budget process if ongoing funding were requested.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Floor Session-Day 19, February 7, 2025-AM","oneSentenceSummary","The Wyoming House took up House Bill 1, the general government supplemental appropriation, and approved several targeted amendments including a search-and-rescue funding proposal and a position for school-authorizing oversight while rejecting other amendments to add maintenance staff.","taxTitle","House of Representative, Committees, Legislative, Wyoming","taxId",30484,"location","Wyoming","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6345494,"House approves fast-track permit bill after lengthy debate over local control",0,4331000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2249130-8b3a82e87089fbc6293ac7e234fa56f8&start=4331&end=4331","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2249130-8b3a82e87089fbc6293ac7e234fa56f8/thumbnail_4331000.jpg","/articles/6345494/Wyoming/House-approves-fast-track-permit-bill-after-lengthy-debate-over-local-control","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6345494-9e1dbee679d4718800f5786c61165314/orig.mp4?Expires=1770452821&Signature=k6aBU7JRBkjZ3v5wSFD-nEXBXvme3Iu8sm4c-PaaMC4eHXNrOgTdQVAjlv4MVg1rPLu-QZQTT9LYjwnEEV8Wv7LNxsSZNLAeU6y3ccwKHSRW837~HUz2DIwDOTBGXOqvgVOKopwBKVkguJNqqr~SdorE1ZFBaZ6gva1Wqpfwhzrp9M7FVt5zRc5OXXd7XBcNVtGDENBUogrKV~eGbgDRfhHw-dpfqWeVwaJmoAHsROcC1t5BB3xbQFiNFn5sOewUl2BfZv3i~evp-nzGjLP211GwllJuaGSACCKOPuvKZQQZuMkDBwYCXF8HNo4bCChyG7MOP5UuhIrDuGCfY6D6ZA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Wyoming House passed House Bill 202, the Fast Track Permits Act, on third reading after extended floor debate focused on whether the state should impose deadlines and procedures on local governments for building permits and related approvals. The final roll call was 40 ayes, 20 noes and 2 excused.

Representative Feiler, the bill sponsor, argued the measure is \"pro business and pro development,\" saying it would provide predictable timelines for applicants who currently face uncertain waits at municipal building departments. \"If they're not willing to fix it,\" Feiler said, \"we have to do something at the state level in order to get something done at a local level.\"

Opponents said the bill placed an unnecessary mandate on municipalities with small staffs and limited budgets. Representative Lolli and others warned that the measure could tie local hands and leave local governments responsible for liability while imposing new requirements. Representative Campbell said: \"If we mandate processes and yet ultimate responsibility and liability lies with the local authority ... that doesn't seem okay.\"

During debate Representative Thayer moved a committee-of-the-whole third reading amendment to delete the enactment clause and preserve local control; after floor discussion the amendment was withdrawn by Thayer. Several members said the bill contains procedural safeguards allowing written notice where timelines were infeasible, but others said those exceptions were insufficient for very small jurisdictions.

What the bill does and next steps
House Bill 202 sets statewide timelines and notice requirements for local permitting and places duties on municipalities to communicate constraints in writing. Supporters framed the bill as creating predictable service for citizens and businesses; opponents called for preserving local discretion given varying staffing levels.

The bill passed the House and will move to the Senate for further consideration.

Votes and actions
- Third reading passage: passed 40-20 (2 excused).
- Notable floor actions: representative Thayer moved and then withdrew an amendment to delete the enactment clause; the body debated but did not adopt that deletion.

Ending
The measure now goes to the Senate. Supporters said it will make Wyoming \"open for business\" by reducing permit uncertainty; opponents warned it could strain small municipal staffs.","House Bill 202, a proposal to impose statewide timelines for local permitting, passed the Wyoming House after an extended floor debate about municipal staffing, local control and due process. The bill passed 40-20 with 2 excused.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6345496,"Wyoming House passes bill shielding pregnancy centers and allowing legislators to intervene in suits",2428,4192000,6620000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2249130-8b3a82e87089fbc6293ac7e234fa56f8&start=4192&end=6620","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2249130-8b3a82e87089fbc6293ac7e234fa56f8/thumbnail_4192000.jpg","/articles/6345496/Wyoming/Wyoming-House-passes-bill-shielding-pregnancy-centers-and-allowing-legislators-to-intervene-in-suits","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6345496-eea8c556ec18482e98f67e910b80822f/orig.mp4?Expires=1770452821&Signature=RQomcyyBIY1-jBYkdXKFbY8w5amvyFerJk0GtJ~PRjAzZ405wI7fV-wnlrbFFvigaW3evE4QgeiqjNPakd0qCiltayDDprEDQ0VvlmkO2z3sk1Fw~Z11X7IHmLxa-tk1RRX0IXVFB-BDpoa~-tGkg-J8cP3ZJ6O6A9YjEmbnU6-6Jy1pDzSAivhQObR~86uYXOsJHOq8GmTiFnZAnMKsYWnHJNg8rXKEsqaX-QZ4NpquE5T072WLBLuqBGG-LFDRlNQFC6uFKbSyGPIlP45fkr1-fvKoCviPqzGwjFmV-PA2jjrgE4OzUrpoil2IFXlKXiya0sEHGIuCmO8tEgKXNQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Wyoming House of Representatives passed House Bill 273, the \"Wyoming pregnancy centers, autonomy and rights\" bill, on third reading Friday after several hours of debate over the measure
nd a contested provision allowing the legislature to intervene in lawsuits challenging the law. The bill passed 46-14, with 2 members excused.

Supporters, including Representative Rodriguez Williams, said the bill would protect private nonprofit pregnancy resource centers that provide counseling, material support and, in some cases, medical services. Rodriguez Williams said allowing legislators to participate in litigation \"would be an opportunity to show intent of the legislation that's been passed and clear up any misconceptions or misperceptions\" about the law.

Opponents warned the litigation provision risks trampling the separation of powers and could create a fractured state defense. Representative Chestyck moved an amendment to remove the clause that would let the legislature intervene as a defendant; she argued it \"completely obliterates, the separation of powers of the 3 branches\" and said intervention would make the legislature a party to suits the executive branch is charged with defending.

Representative Nicholas and others said the amendment would let individual members of a later legislature undo the work of a prior legislature by intervening as parties. Representative Nicholas argued that allowing automatic intervention would be \"a fundamental abuse of the court process\" and could \"turn the courtroom into a patent place\" with multiple legislators asserting different versions of legislative intent.

Backers of the bill rejected that description and said the language simply would allow legislators to participate without first seeking the court's permission, analogous to other ordinary-party interventions that occur in litigation.

The House rejected Chestyck's amendment, and after additional debate the full bill passed. The roll call recorded 46 ayes, 14 noes and 2 excused.

What the bill does and where it goes next
House Bill 273 defines \"pregnancy center\" in its text and provides statutory protections for those centers; it also includes the contested clause on legislative intervention in litigation. Supporters said the measure protects centers that deliver material and counseling services; opponents said the bill puts the legislature in the middle of court processes that the executive branch historically defends.

The bill will go to the Senate for consideration. If it is challenged in court, the new provision could lead to the legislature seeking to participate as a party in that litigation.

Votes and formal actions
- Third reading passage: passed 46-14 (2 excused).

Ending
After the vote, the House continued its agenda, taking up further budget work and supplemental amendments.","The Wyoming House on third reading approved House Bill 273, a measure protecting pregnancy resource centers and adding a provision that would allow the legislature to intervene in litigation over the law. The vote was 46-14 with 2 excused after extended debate about separation of powers and the bill\refinition of \"pregnancy center.\"",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":92,"_47":104,"_49":105,"_51":106,"_53":107,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":108,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":109,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6345486,"Votes at a glance: key House bills and outcomes from Feb. 7, 2025 session",3974,2646000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2249130-8b3a82e87089fbc6293ac7e234fa56f8&start=2646&end=6620","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2249130-8b3a82e87089fbc6293ac7e234fa56f8/thumbnail_2646000.jpg","/articles/6345486/Wyoming/Votes-at-a-glance-key-House-bills-and-outcomes-from-Feb-7-2025-session","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6345486-7e5aee59bd553f11988c78f729ea6d37/orig.mp4?Expires=1770452821&Signature=Y5b7oOiDWQxi0t6blMsWogwzkJ3Uz6XkuNx9xhwXeCdamGdJUm0YHIHYebchRlNBaZatjGYUaJsoWfEwBs6raSASsxmHX2Q-lCnXHwKeyvmO8AOSj1N~INfNhgXUpCyNwpzrwdUh9NxNOEAbV5H4Yxe59FqlZ6qo9TWH6eU9GQUF7awOG2sNX7lHHoVoXq7nIPn-hJp2uLglohj3Vg-FsF~i6W-xKwFLtl11RVYEbYZ5WmGt8NgiT5K9iprld95am7-Tk1kSblSoQkwqyfJ7M5fQ7iPpaQ0AT43hFvepy5ZayWo5PQV3yRDercX22Cn4im6KJlsK4FVNp-2IV1A6~Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","This list highlights bills that received recorded roll-call action or final passage during the Wyoming House session on Feb. 7, 2025. It is intended as a concise reference; fuller reporting on debated measures appears in separate articles.

- House Bill 72 (Representative Lolli) Protecting Women's Privacy and Public Spaces Act: Adopted on third reading. Final recorded tally: 52 aye, 8 no, 2 excused. Adopted a third-reading amendment to extend the \"changing area/restroom/sleeping quarter\" language to public facilities used by private club sports.

- House Bill 202 (Representative Feiler) Fast Track Permits Act: Passed on third reading, 40 aye, 20 no, 2 excused. Floor debate centered on statewide permitting timelines vs. local control.

- House Bill 245 (Representative Knapp) Pen and paper ballots (elections): Passed on third reading, 44 aye, 16 no, 2 excused.

- House Bill 273 (Representative Rodriguez Williams) Wyoming pregnancy centers, autonomy and rights: Passed on third reading, 46 aye, 14 no, 2 excused. Contains a clause giving the legislature an explicit right to intervene in litigation under stated conditions; the clause drew extended debate.

- House Bill 1 (Appropriations) General government supplemental appropriations: Multiple third-reading amendments were considered and several adopted (see detailed article). Not all adoption votes completed in this excerpt; amendments passed, failed and were withdrawn in multiple roll-call votes while the bill remained under consideration.

Notes on procedure and where to find details
- This summary lists only items with clear roll-call outcomes or passage announced aloud in the session transcript for Feb. 7, 2025. Several other bills were read for second reading or scheduled but did not receive final recorded passage in the excerpt provided.

Provenance (first/last transcript references for these votes): see transcript timestamps used by this coverage package.","A quick reference to roll-call outcomes and brief descriptions for bills the Wyoming House finalized or voted on during the Feb. 7, 2025 sitting.","actionData","errors"]

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House advances supplemental general government budget with targeted amendments including search-and-rescue funding

House approves fast-track permit bill after lengthy debate over local control

Wyoming House passes bill shielding pregnancy centers and allowing legislators to intervene in suits

Votes at a glance: key House bills and outcomes from Feb. 7, 2025 session