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Senate sends organizational messages to House listing newly elected senators, officers and committee assignments
Summary
The Wyoming Senate transmitted messages to the House documenting elected senators, named senate officers and the standing committee rosters for the 68th Legislature; the messages were read into the House record on Jan. 14.
During the Jan. 14 session, the House received several formal communications from the Wyoming Senate listing newly-elected senators, senate officers and standing committee appointments for the 68th Legislature.
The messages — read into the House record as numbered communications from the senate — identified newly seated senators by district and named Senate President Beau Viton (listed as president in the message) and other senate officers, including the vice president and majority and minority floor leaders. The messages also listed the chief clerk and other senate staff by name and set out the membership and chairs of the senate’s standing committees (judiciary; appropriations; revenue; education; agriculture, state and public lands and water resources; and others).
Why it matters: The messages establish the senate’s organizational structure for the session and identify committee chairs and members who will have jurisdiction over legislation that originates in or is referred to the senate.
What was read: The transcript records a list of senate district assignments and committee rosters as transmitted to the House; the messages conclude with a signature from Ellen Thompson as senate chief clerk. The House accepted the communications into the record and proceeded with other business.
