House overrides portions of Senate Enrolled Act 28 after multiple roll-call motions

The Wyoming House of Representatives on the floor took sequential roll-call votes to override portions of the governor’s veto of Senate Enrolled Act 28 (Senate File 2).

Representative Stiff moved the first override “pursuant to Article 4, sections 8 and 9 of the Wyoming Constitution,” offering a motion limited to restoring a single word (the word “energy”) in section 1. The House voted to override that part, with the clerk recording 59 aye, 0 no and 3 excused on that vote.

Later motions targeted additional vetoed portions of the same enrolled act. Representative Stiff described motion number 2 as restoring carry-forward language on page 3, paragraph a(i) and adjusting pluralization so that “purposes” would read “purpose”; Majority Floor Leader Nyman and Chairman Northrup both urged support on the ground that the carry-forward funds were needed for an ongoing K–12 recalibration contract. The House overrode veto message number 2 by a roll call of 61 aye, 0 no, 1 excused.

Motion number 3—also moved by Representative Stiff and described as preserving roughly $23,000 used to fund replacement computers under a scheduled rotation—was adopted 60 aye, 1 no, 1 excused. Motion number 4, a technical change deleting an unnecessary subsection reference on page 3 after earlier restorations, passed 58 aye, 3 no, 1 excused.

Each override motion was presented and voted on separately, as required by the House’s procedure. The speaker reminded members before each roll call that, under the Wyoming Constitution, overriding a gubernatorial veto requires a two-thirds majority of the members elected for these particular motions. The House adopted the listed override motions by the recorded tallies above.

Ending: The speaker concluded the series of override motions after the fourth vote and staff began processing the enrolled act paperwork for signatures.