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Senate committee-of-the-whole advances multiple bills; standing and voice votes recorded
Summary
The Wyoming Senate committee of the whole reported favorably on a package of bills Feb. 3, including measures on post-conviction DNA testing, missing persons reporting, wildfire restoration funding, administrative rule review, net metering, and others. Several bills passed by voice; one required a standing vote.
The Wyoming Senate’s committee of the whole reported favorably on a series of bills Feb. 3 after floor explanations and debate, sending multiple measures back to the full Senate with recommendations to pass.
Key items advanced include post-conviction DNA testing amendments (Senate File 101), a missing persons reporting requirement (Senate File 114), wildfire restoration and mitigation funding (Senate File 148), procedural changes for administrative rules (Senate File 127), net metering revisions (Senate File 111), expanded authority for credit unions to receive certain public deposits (Senate File 143), and provisions related to manufacturing and storage of spent fuel associated with advanced nuclear reactors (Senate File 186). Many of the measures were reported out of the committee of the whole by voice vote; Senate File 148 (wildfire restoration funding) required a standing vote and passed 15–13 in committee of the whole.
Why this matters: Several of the bills change how state government responds to public-safety…
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