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Wyoming House signs dozens of enrolled acts, concurs with Senate amendments on several bills
Summary
On March 5, 2025, the Wyoming House moved through a slate of enrolled acts (signed by the House), voted to concur with several Senate amendments to House bills and approved a major supplemental K–12 funding measure; a separate veto-override attempt on a bond-election bill failed later in the day.
The Wyoming House of Representatives on March 5, 2025, signed multiple enrolled acts and voted to concur with Senate amendments on several House bills, including a supplemental K–12 school facilities appropriations measure that delays most construction funding until July 1, 2026.
The day's agenda began with the formal signing of enrolled acts and moved quickly through a series of concurrence votes. The House approved signatures on both House and Senate enrolled acts and then considered motions to concur with Senate amendments to a number of bills that had drawn some floor discussion.
Why it matters: The package of enrolled acts and the concurrence votes update state law on issues ranging from online age verification and election procedures to corrections, court procedures, public funds investment policy and bank regulation. The supplemental K–12 appropriations vote has immediate implications for school construction timelines and local planning across Wyoming.
Votes at a glance (selected enrolled acts and concurrence votes announced on March 5): - Enrolled/signing actions (House took up and the House indicated signing these enrolled acts): - House Enrolled Act 70 (original House Bill 43) — Age verification for websites with material harmful to minors. House announced: “I have so signed.” - House Enrolled Act 71 (original House Bill 165) — Clarifies election ballots should not be conducted by ranked-choice voting. “I have so signed.” - House Enrolled Act 72 (original House Bill 280) — Changes to*** offender registration rules (original bill 280). “I have so signed.” - Senate Enrolled Acts 81–93 (original Senate files 32, 196, 22, 70, 104, 167, 107, 101, 171, 160, 91, 125, 95) — including measures on local speed limits on unpaved roadways (SF32), amendments to the Second Amendment Protection Act (SF196), guardianship and termination of parental rights (SF22), public funds investment provisions (SF70), probate code revisions (SF104), criminal background checks for chiropractic board (SF167), noncompete covenants (SF107), post-conviction DNA testing (SF101), city/town boundary survey requirements (SF171), court-supervised treatment and mental health (SF160), protection of petroglyphs/pictographs (SF91), definitions of health care in law (SF125) and bank/digital asset depository rules (SF95). Each was read and the presiding officer said, “I have so signed.” - Concurrence votes on House bills with Senate amendments (roll-call results announced on the floor): - Message 478 — House Bill 164 (medical prescriptions for off-label purposes): concurrence adopted, 54 aye, 7 no, 1 excused. - Message 476 — House Bill 32 (as amended; sponsor explained clarifying language on data separation and protections): concurrence adopted, 52 aye, 10 no. - Message 483 — House Bill 133 (sanctuary cities/counties/state prohibition, amended to remove criminal penalties and leave civil remedies): concurrence adopted, 56 aye, 6 no. - Message 484 — House Bill 137 (revisors bill; technical edits and clarifications across multiple bills): concurrence adopted, 62 aye (no opposing tally announced beyond the roll call stated 62 aye). - Message 487 — House Bill 259 (supplemental K–12 school facilities appropriations #2): concurrence adopted, 62 aye. The sponsor and appropriations chair explained the bill includes planning funds plus a $20 million “shovel-ready” allotment and that a large portion of construction funding is not effective until July 1, 2026.
Floor discussion highlights: - Representatives and committee chairs briefly explained the Senate amendments that prompted the concurrence votes and, when relevant, clarified technical fixes (for example, removing an unintended reference to an employer in HB164 and narrowing language in HB32 to protect persons born with certain medically recognized conditions). - On the K–12 supplemental (HB259), sponsors said the bill restores earlier funding levels and adds $20 million to get projects started; however, a large portion of funding was placed to become effective July 1, 2026, so construction departments will not control most funds until the next biennium.
What the House did not decide today: - Several items were placed into conference or referred for further action by conferees (the House named conferees for a matter originating in the Senate on Senate File 34).
Ending note: After the enrolled acts and concurrence votes, the House recessed for a whole-house caucus and scheduled reconvening and lunch; formal roll-call tallies and the chief clerk's readings served as the record of decisions taken on the floor.
Votes and formal actions reported above are drawn from the House floor proceedings on March 5, 2025, as read by the clerk and announced by the presiding officer.
