Votes at a glance: key outcomes from the Wyoming Senate floor session, Jan. 27, 2025

The Wyoming Senate recorded the following formal outcomes and committee reports on Jan. 27, 2025. This is a summary of roll calls, committee actions and other final actions noted on the transcript.

Passed by the Senate (third reading / recorded where noted) - Senate File 2 (hunting licenses; weighted bonus point transitional amendment): Passed the Senate on third reading, roll call recorded as 29 Aye, 2 No. (Transcript: third‑reading roll call and result.) - Senate File 81 (tax exemption: property owned by the state — limited/subject to debate): Passed the Senate (voice or roll recorded as passed in the transcript).

Failed in the Senate - Senate File 3 (mule and white‑tailed deer separate hunting seasons): Failed on third reading; roll call recorded 12 Aye, 19 No.

Committee of the Whole / Committee outcomes reported to the Senate - Senate File 17 (CO2/EOR stimulus): Committee of the Whole reported favorably (do pass, as amended). Standing committee amendment adopted prior to final action. - Senate File 18 (EOR severance tax exemption): Committee of the Whole roll call failed (9 Aye, 22 No) and was deemed indefinitely postponed. - Senate File 39 (automatic transfer of automobile title upon death): Committee of the Whole reported favorably (standing committee amendment adopted). - Senate File 62 (restrooms and publicly funded schools): Committee of the Whole reported favorably with amendments (standing committee and committee‑of‑the‑whole amendments adopted; division votes occurred on amendment language). - Senate File 84 (country‑of‑origin labeling for USA beef): Committee of the Whole reported favorably (standing committee amendment adopted to allow existing state/local labels such as “Wyoming beef”). - Senate File 78 (prohibition on distribution of unsolicited absentee ballot request forms): Committee of the Whole reported favorably; standing committee amendment adjusted catch title and clarified application to absentee ballot request forms rather than ballots themselves.

Laid back / deferred - Senate File 42 (resort hotel liquor licenses): Laid back 1 day by request of sponsor. - Senate File 60 (sales tax distribution rates): Laid back 1 day by request of sponsor.

Other formal messages and housekeeping - Messages from the House dated Jan. 27, 2025, reporting numerous House bills that passed the House; House Chief Clerk Katie Talbot delivered the messages (transcript includes vote tallies for each house vote as reported).

Notes on procedure and context - Some outcomes were by voice vote with no roll‑call count recorded in the transcript; where the clerk read a roll the transcript records the detailed roll‑call tallies. Several contentious committee-of-the-whole debates produced division votes, recorded voice outcomes or recorded roll calls depending on the item.

Selected roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript - Motion to consider and number bill draft 25 LSO 0448 (Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program): Motion approved; clerk announced “31 Aye.” - Senate File 2 (3rd reading): 29 Aye, 2 No (passed). - Senate File 3 (3rd reading): 12 Aye, 19 No (failed). - Committee of the Whole roll call on Senate File 18: 9 Aye, 22 No (failed; indefinitely postponed).

This roundup captures the formal actions recorded in the session transcript; it does not attempt to paraphrase debate beyond what is necessary to identify each vote and the document status. For articles covering individual items, see separate reports on the EOR stimulus (SF17), the restroom bill (SF62), the transfer‑on‑death title bill (SF39), and the Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan numbering motion.