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\"Wyoming is currently experiencing the hundred year anniversary of her election to, the governorship, which is the first female governor elected in These United States,\" sponsor Senator Nethercott said during her presentation at 00:06:30.

The sponsor described Ross’ path to the governorship and emphasized correcting common inaccuracies about how she assumed office. \"There's somewhat of a sadness to this and that her husband was governor, he passed away in office, and then she was somehow anointed into the governorship. That is just not true,\" Nethercott said at 00:08:21, adding that the state party asked Ross to run and she won election by roughly 10 percentage points.

Committee members asked clarifying historical questions and discussed whether language in the resolution should be amended to be precise about the sequence of appointment, special election and timing. Senator Nethercott said she would welcome a technical amendment after consulting historical sources.

Representative Wharf moved the resolution and Representative Campbell seconded. The committee recorded a roll call vote of nine ayes and the measure passed out of committee. \"Mister chairman, there are 9 aye,\" the clerk announced at 00:17:48.

The resolution is a commemorative statement and does not change state law; the sponsor and several committee members framed the measure as a ceremonial recognition of Wyoming’s historical role in women’s political history.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee, February 11, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The House TRW committee unanimously approved Senate Joint Resolution 3 commemorating the 100th anniversary of Nellie Tayloe Ross’ election as the first woman elected governor in the United States. Sponsor emphasized the historical significance and asked the committee to ensure accuracy in the resolution’s historical language.","taxTitle","Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee, House of Representative, Committees, Legislative, Wyoming","taxId",61355,"location","Wyoming","headline","","shortSummary",{"_32":76,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":77,"_40":78,"_42":79,"_44":80,"_46":81,"_48":82,"_50":83,"_52":84,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":85,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":86,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6743704,"Wyoming Wildlife Natural Resource Trust leaders brief TRW committee on funding, leverage and endowment proposal",259,76000,335000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2259849-d19b6893186d3f778c1e9b601ba2a6e8&start=76&end=335","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2259849-d19b6893186d3f778c1e9b601ba2a6e8/thumbnail_76000.jpg","/articles/6743704/Wyoming/Wyoming-Wildlife-Natural-Resource-Trust-leaders-brief-TRW-committee-on-funding-leverage-and-endowment-proposal","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6743704-22eb00d71076714e7405e460ea06114d/orig.mp4?Expires=1769804318&Signature=es3Y5NQRJ01kpKBUugQbpn~E0ZFxztMUd0m9BkfukEj7zEUw0Yi833DkxYiVhNFx1YhnNLAq0dYXHBWLadHh-PdCan4bwPu-idXPI0CTCg2GyG5BUfa-UsHEJ5xAB6y~Nf5xViF9XYhwHGWfw~eoGIlNL6eAjVNOLZRbAaK0Fbi-WqyEwg77FAtfCygeGxzspkElRGKF3Yd7AMqIldrmgjzSik7-LdOdJKoj0n~bFc5zIf6QRvRul2969m-dxhPgCiQOGxeGs-IDeKnLKeaF6zEShmJr~3xmHVbHUbFRJGduB6oWVgsVzvJPELDKODkZKe8iGRuAX4hh2SzLvaPOUQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Wyoming Wildlife Natural Resource Trust Fund board introduced itself to the House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee, describing the agency as a nine‑member working board that has funded more than 1,200 conservation projects across the state.

\"We have a 9 member board that actually is a working board and the entire staff of the WWNRT is here as well, myself and Hillary Wasserburger, who is our grants manager,\" board speaker Bob Budd told the committee at 00:01:16.

The board said the fund surpassed an early goal of $200 million and currently sits in the roughly $200 million range: \"we're just a little over 200,000,000 ... I think, 2 0 5 ballpark,\" Budd said at 00:04:00. He also described the trust’s leverage: for every dollar the trust contributes, projects bring roughly five dollars in additional funding from partners, including nonprofits and private landowners.

The trust described a proposed statutory change that would convert part of the corpus to an endowment model with a 4 percent spending policy; under that proposal, excess earnings would revert to corpus principal to protect the trust against inflation and maintain funding into the future. \"There is a bill working its way through the system that will create an endowment model for the trust that will put a 4% spending policy and then any excess would revert back into the corpus the trust so that we're hoping to inflation proof it,\" Budd said at 00:03:50.

Committee members encouraged colleagues to attend the trust’s field visits and review grant activity in their districts. Representatives asked for clarification on trust size and leveraging; Budd answered that the trust has reached the $200 million goal set in earlier decades, is just over that mark now, and has historically leveraged as much as 6.5 to 1, but currently averages about 5 to 1.

The session was informational; no committee action was taken on the presentation.","Members of the Wyoming Wildlife Natural Resource Trust (WWNRT) introduced the board, summarized the trust’s portfolio and said the fund is just over $200 million and leverages roughly $5 for every $1 it spends. Board members described a proposed endowment model to stabilize future spending.",{"_32":88,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":89,"_40":90,"_42":91,"_44":92,"_46":93,"_48":94,"_50":95,"_52":96,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":97,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":98,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6743689,"Committee streamlines wildlife conservation specialty plate issuance to boost funding for crossings",576,3715000,4291000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2259849-d19b6893186d3f778c1e9b601ba2a6e8&start=3715&end=4291","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2259849-d19b6893186d3f778c1e9b601ba2a6e8/thumbnail_3715000.jpg","/articles/6743689/Wyoming/Committee-streamlines-wildlife-conservation-specialty-plate-issuance-to-boost-funding-for-crossings","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6743689-7fe2a1c9d69ed676eb0a982b9ebfb082/orig.mp4?Expires=1769804318&Signature=JNI9YX~FfdZacuBKmtjVPbQg52sCZ2DEYuu97Va~d6-YAH4ipVc5lpy-laBSNrYDuv57LZNRs6mBabkRRf~OKyIIEKho-Nq~uduaUARhgiYpeoVD~UhlrbLpWcYuIKZkiUGUDnYvMDzlJU3W-exV8FOuMPf3qm~5W6QRClqQTAUqnigy-WC4CZQR-PVYzMAVJj7TM2TVa09H-EMtakjGd-GBRYwV6yjD-wFShySv-~0qLX9DzsZSY-dPwUYWTMMWaf7GvWygGYejv1Q0VjE0tsiy3fUI714bcfJeX1wc26HWblRDtHEESID-rR605DVPW2m5a42G0txNmW4FH7QSwA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House TRW committee approved Senate File 149, a statutory clean‑up and administration change that lets county treasurers issue the wildlife conservation specialty license plate at the counter. Supporters said the change reduces administrative burdens and will encourage more sales and donations to fund wildlife overpasses, underpasses and fencing.

\"The language in the bill as drafted was a little bit cumbersome. It required an application to the department, which then gave an eligibility certificate, which then shipped the plate to the county,\" Taylor Rossetti, deputy director at the Wyoming Department of Transportation, told the committee at 01:01:55. Rossetti said the revised process will allow immediate issuance at county offices, improving customer service and expanding access.

Rossetti provided program figures: the plate has sold about 3,000 sets since it began in 2019; in fiscal year 2025 plate issuance generated $113,550 and the specialty plate donation mechanism has produced roughly $92,191.39 in donations. Game and Fish officials detailed collision statistics and projects funded by the plate revenues: \"we know that there's over 8,000 big game vehicle collisions annually in the State of Wyoming,\" Nish Goiklia said at 01:06:54, and funds are used for overpasses, underpasses and wildlife‑friendly fencing.

Wyoming Wildlife Federation and other supporters told the committee the simpler county issuance will increase the number of plates in circulation and therefore donations for wildlife crossings. The committee adopted the measure on a roll call vote of 9 ayes and adjourned.","Senate File 149 was approved to allow county treasurers to issue the wildlife conservation specialty license plate directly, an administrative change the agencies said will increase plate sales and donations for wildlife crossings. The House committee heard supportive testimony from YDOT, Game & Fish and conservation groups and voted 9-0.",{"_32":100,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":101,"_40":102,"_42":103,"_44":104,"_46":105,"_48":106,"_50":107,"_52":108,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":109,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":110,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6743692,"Committee approves new 'hotel resort' liquor license to help small‑town tourism",2140,1124000,3264000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2259849-d19b6893186d3f778c1e9b601ba2a6e8&start=1124&end=3264","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2259849-d19b6893186d3f778c1e9b601ba2a6e8/thumbnail_1124000.jpg","/articles/6743692/Wyoming/Committee-approves-new-hotel-resort-liquor-license-to-help-smalltown-tourism","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6743692-d71509f401824344b234e6707803f7d7/orig.mp4?Expires=1769804318&Signature=BNSRIH3byEJ5XimafQ4sb9AI4m86gUZAWuAcpRREZyMcifeSZBzllEv1QfHk7H2ociax5V3bQDAJx0kIDkDunMZ2a3L~R8VLyGFqK5k91ER4I0bVaX5UT7XNRk7tCSxw-ueNXKPssvfwPEM7p67Gywkmp3PtN6Qs4aVNOTA71FdLOofnvuUJ~Hlhsi~GGLj50EcToND~hU7eKu8b16ayheuTF118xVmXL~djolRSHARRrv1dvx8DjQMlm2q19l0qjcVkzQjP2YDaC8sc6ijNAXks2aGsQbk5G9ffCGxV58ai7CMtpMJeaOsPPlExOp3JpghacWTSNBY4vyuWcR817w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","House TRW approved Senate File 42, a bill that creates a new \"hotel resort\" liquor license class intended to help smaller communities expand tourism amenities and rehab older properties. The bill, as adopted, sets a 20‑room minimum and a $5,000,000 capital investment threshold and includes an amendment adding a \"full‑service restaurant\" requirement.

\"It just allows for a smaller entity, in this case, anywhere from 20 rooms and above with a $5,000,000 investment or above to be able to obtain what is known as a resort liquor license,\" Senator Garew told the committee at 00:18:44.

Senator Garew and committee members described the license as distinct from the existing resort license (currently qualified by 100 sleeping rooms and higher valuation). The hotel resort license allows on‑site packaged sales confined to the premises (guests may take sealed packages to their rooms but not off property) and contemplates meeting facilities for approximately 50 people and other resort amenities tied to the investment threshold.

The Wyoming State Liquor Association testified in partial opposition to the bill as introduced, citing a low 20‑room threshold and limited food requirements that could allow bars with minimal food service. Association representative Mike Mosier and Liquor Division Administrator Tom Montoya worked with the sponsor to draft an amendment that restores a definition of \"full‑service restaurant\" for this license class to prevent low‑food—high‑alcohol operations. Mosier said the amendment \"nails it down\" by ensuring the license fits the intended resort and meeting use and avoids the prospect of establishments with only toaster‑oven food service.

Local officials from Douglas — Mayor Kim Paxton, Councilman Ron McNair and City Manager JD Cox — testified in support, saying the license would provide an additional economic development tool for communities that have limited options under the current population‑based license formulas.

Tom Montoya of the Wyoming Department of Revenue's Liquor Division explained that existing resort licenses are not allocated by population and that local licensing authorities (town or county) control operating hours and enforcement. The committee adopted the amendment reinstating a restaurant definition and passed the bill by roll call (9 ayes) to send it forward to the House floor.

\"As long as it's on the premises, it does not have to be attached,\" Montoya said in response to a question about whether the restaurant must be physically attached to the lodging facility (00:54:05).","The committee passed Senate File 42, creating a smaller hotel‑resort liquor license class (minimum 20 sleeping rooms and $5 million investment or greater, meeting facilities for 50 people) with local licensing authority and an amendment that reintroduces a 'full‑service restaurant' food standard to limit standalone bars.","actionData","errors"]

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