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Senate approves consent-list bills and several floor items; roll-call tallies recorded
Summary
The Senate approved a consent list and recorded roll-call votes on several bills, including Senate File 30 (Wyoming's investment in veterans mental health) and others; multiple bills passed the Senate during the morning session.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Senate approved a consent list and recorded individual roll-call votes on several bills Thursday morning. The clerk called roll for the consent package and then proceeded to individual third-reading votes on the bills removed or requiring separate consideration.
Key outcomes recorded on the floor:
- Senate File 30 (Wyoming's investment in veterans mental health) ' Passed the Senate on third reading, final recorded tally 20 yes, 10 no, 1 excused.
- Senate File 75 (Coroner investigations; disposition of decedent's property) ' Passed on third reading; recorded as 30 yes, 0 no, 1 excused.
- Senate File 79 (District court change of venue) ' Passed on third reading; recorded as 30 yes, 0 no, 1 excused.
- Senate File 109 (Open enrollment within Wyoming school districts) ' Passed on third reading; recorded as 26 yes, 4 no, 1 excused.
- Senate File 115 (Judicial review of agency actions limitations) ' Passed on third reading; recorded as 30 yes, 0 no, 1 excused.
Collectively, the Senate announced that, having received the affirmative votes of the majority of members elected to the Senate, the listed consent bills had passed. The clerk initially announced the consent list vote as "31 aye," corrected to "30 aye, 1 excused," and the chamber then proceeded to individual roll calls for specific bills and recorded the tallies above.
Procedural notes: Some bills from earlier in the day were laid back (postponed) for one day or rereferred to appropriations (for example, Senate File 141, the United States Marine Corps Corporal Seth Rasmussen Memorial Highway, was rereferred to committee number 2 because it contains an appropriation). Other bills were removed from the consent list for separate consideration; the Senate followed roll-call procedure for those items.
What this means: Passage on third reading moves these bills forward in the legislative process. Several passed bills were described on the floor by sponsors as affecting veterans, coroner procedures, venue rules for courts, school-district open enrollment and limits on judicial review of agency actions; the transcript did not record detailed implementation steps for each bill in the consent group.
