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Votes at a glance: bills the Senate considered Feb. 12 — consent items, referrals and final actions
Summary
The Wyoming Senate passed several consent items, re‑referred one bill to appropriations, laid one bill back for further study, and recorded final votes on multiple third‑reading bills during its Feb. 12 session.
During its Feb. 12 session the Wyoming Senate took final action on a number of bills, many on a third‑reading consent list, and recorded several other outcomes. Items with formal votes or clerks’ announcements included the following (as recorded in the Senate transcript):
Votes and notable procedural actions
- Consent list passed (as announced): Senate File 61 (pollution control property tax exemption applicability); Senate File 166 (political party formation amendments); Senate File 174 (constitutional apportionment 2); Senate File 181 (eminent domain, energy collection systems 2). The clerk recorded 30 ayes, 1 excused on several consent items; for SF181 the clerk recorded 27 ayes, 3 noes, 1 excused when closed.
- House Bill referral: House Bill 47 (Secretary of State expedited filings) was re‑referred to committee number 2, appropriations, after an announcement that the House had placed an appropriation in the bill.
- Laid back: Senator Driscoll requested and the Senate laid Senate File 156 (expenditure of state funds on K–12 public schools) back for Monday (effectively killing immediate third‑reading action) and noted an intention to pursue interim study on maintenance funds.
- Final roll calls on third reading during the session included (chief clerk transcript tallies): - Senate File 125 — passed (final tally reported as 20 ayes, 6 noes, 1 excused) — see separate article for full debate and amendment details. - Senate File 178 — failed (6 ayes, 24 noes, 1 excused) — bill on reading failure/retention (see separate article). - Senate File 187 — passed (20 ayes, 10 noes, 1 excused) — public employee retirement contributions (see separate article). - Senate File 189 — failed (10 ayes, 20 noes, 1 excused) — Uniform Commercial Code investment securities amendments (see separate article). - Senate File 190 — passed (recorded as 29 ayes, 1 no, 1 excused in the transcript summary), including a floor debate and a failed amendment attempt to change an early‑voting window; sponsors said they coordinated with county clerks on the timeframe. - Senate File 195 — amendment adopted and bill passed (amendment vote recorded 16 ayes, 14 noes, 1 excused; final passage recorded 20 ayes, 9 noes, 1 excused). The amendment moved program administration to the Office of State Lands and Investments and lowered the loan cap and appropriation; see separate article for details. - Senate File 197 — passed (chief clerk recorded 20 ayes, 1 no, 1 excused) — Wyoming generational investment account legislation.
What this means: several bills with little floor debate moved on via the consent list; a handful of measures with extended debate produced mixed results — some passed, some failed — reflecting differences among senators on policy, constitutional interpretation, economic risk and administrative placement of programs. Multiple senators called for interim study on items where technical complexity, implementation risk or stakeholder concerns remain.
Documentation: vote tallies and procedural actions above are taken from the Senate transcript and the chief clerk’s roll calls recorded during the Feb. 12 session.
