Senate adopts permanent rules package adding 24-hour budget amendment window, an ethics complaint procedure and limits on private recordings

The Wyoming Senate on Jan. 20 adopted permanent rules, approving a package of joint and Senate rule changes that include a new deadline and 24-hour waiting period for budget‑bill amendments, a written ethics‑complaint process (often referred to in debate as Rule 221) and a prohibition on audio or video recording of private communications on the Senate floor and in Capitol passages.