Senate and House measures: what passed, what failed and key conference appointments

The Wyoming Senate on March 3 voted on a series of concurrence requests and House bills, approving several measures by roll call and failing to concur on others that will move to conference committees.

Why it matters: The votes determine whether changes the House made to Senate-originated bills will be accepted without further negotiation. Where the Senate failed to concur, lawmakers appointed conferees to negotiate differences with the House, keeping the measures alive but unsettled.

The Senate failed to concur on the House-amended form of Senate File 196, the Second Amendment Protection Act amendments; the motion to concur was defeated 5–26 and a three-member joint conference committee was appointed. The Senate also failed to concur on Senate File 17, a carbon-dioxide–enhanced oil‑recovery stimulus measure as amended by the House; that motion failed 12–19 and a conference committee was requested.

The Senate concurred on Senate File 51, the Wyoming Telecommunications Act revisions, and on numerous House bills and resolutions on the consent list. The Senate also adopted a joint conference committee report on Senate File 86 (alternative teaching certificate) and passed contested House bills including House Bill 62 (prostitution-related amendments), which passed 17–14 after the Senate added a law‑enforcement reporting requirement.

Votes and formal actions at a glance (recorded on the floor): - Concurrence — Senate File 196 (message 452; Second Amendment Protection Act amendments): motion to concur moved by Senator John Salazar; outcome: failed; tally recorded on the floor: 5 aye, 26 no; note: Joint conference committee No. 1 appointed (Salazar, Nethercott, Weidman). - Concurrence — Senate File 51 (message 454; Wyoming Telecommunications Act revisions): motion to concur moved and carried; outcome: concurred; official closing statement recorded concurrence; roll-call recorded on the floor (aye votes recorded; closing tally summarized on the record). - Concurrence — Senate File 17 (message 453; carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery stimulus as amended by House): motion to concur moved; outcome: failed; tally recorded on the floor: 12 aye, 19 no; a conference committee was requested. - Joint conference committee report adopted — Senate File 86 (alternative teaching certificate): motion to adopt the conference committee report carried by roll call and the report was adopted. - Passage (third reading) — House Bill 62 (prostitution/criminal amendments): passed the Senate by roll call, 17 aye, 14 no; the Senate adopted an amendment requiring law enforcement to report to the Joint Judiciary Committee beginning Nov. 1 and annually thereafter. - Passage (third reading) — House Bill 219 (county and municipal roads on state lands; easements for the State Shooting Complex): the bill was debated; an amendment relating to funding and additional provisions was ruled out of order under Senate Rule 11‑6 and withdrawn; the base bill passed on third reading (roll-call recorded on the floor). - Passage (third reading) — House Bill 228 (prohibition on private funds for conducting elections): the Senate adopted a technical amendment preserving use of private property as polling places and passed the bill by roll call (final tally recorded on the floor). - Consent-list measures: The Senate passed a package of House bills on the consent list (House Bills 83, 136, 147, 207, 279, 318, 337 and House Joint Resolution 3); the Senate recorded each bill’s passage during the consent roll calls on the floor.

What’s next: For bills where the Senate failed to concur (notably Senate Files 196 and 17), conferees were named or requested to meet with the House to resolve differences. For bills passed or concurred, the measures move forward according to usual legislative processing (transmittal or enrollment).