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Votes at a glance: Senate action on a package of bills including conference reports and concurrence requests
Summary
The Wyoming Senate recorded multiple roll-call outcomes on Feb. 25, including a failed concurrence on Senate File 43 and passage of several bills and conference reports.
The Wyoming Senate recorded several formal outcomes on Feb. 25. The chamber:
- Failed to concur on Senate File 43 (temporary water use agreements amendments). The chief clerk announced: "On the concurrent Senate file 43, 30 1 no." The presiding officer declared the Senate had failed to concur and appointed a joint conference committee (Senator French, chairman, Senators Ayd and Steinmetz).
- Concurred with amendments on Senate File 119 (expedited professional licensure for military members). Sponsors explained changes that made the effective date immediate, created a 30‑day licensure pathway for licensees in good standing from other jurisdictions (no adverse action for five years), and allowed temporary licensure for those with three years of substantially similar licensure. The clerk's closing announcement was recorded on the floor: "Senate file 119, 20 9 I, 2 no." The presiding officer stated the Senate had concurred on the file.
- Adopted Joint Conference Committee Report Number 1 on Senate File 84 (country-of-origin label for USA beef). Senator Steinmetz summarized the conference report language and said the act "would be effective 01/01/2026". The clerk announced the final vote on the floor: "Senate file 84, 20 9 aye, 2 no." The Senate adopted the report and directed compliance timing to give grocers time.
- Passed a consent list of House bills on third reading (the clerk recorded these as passed by voice/roll as part of the consent process): House Bill 20 (K–12 school facility leasing); House Bill 36 (Hathaway scholarship amendments); House Bill 94 (charter school authorization amendments); House Bill 103 (columbarium regulation); House Bill 125 (repeal unauthorized use of vehicle crime); House Bill 129 (school finance dates for fund transfers); House Bill 188 (two families, one nanny); and House Bill 211 (hunting wildlife from vehicles). The clerk recorded each bill's final vote as part of the consent list and declared them passed.
- Passed House Bill 275 (treatment of animals) after adopting two third‑reading amendments that clarified responsibility for aircraft/predator control and removed property forfeiture as an additional penalty. The clerk recorded the bill's final passage on the floor: "House Bill 275, 20 7 I, 4 no." (clerk's recorded words).
- Laid back several House bills for one day (for example, House Bill 117, House Bill 289) as announced from the floor.
These actions included multiple roll-call tallies and the appointment of joint conference committees where the Senate did not concur with House amendments. Where the clerk's roll-call announcement used shorthand (for example, "30 1 no"), this report quotes the clerk's closing lines read on the floor and does not reconstruct ambiguous shorthand into alternate formats.
Formal vote announcements were the Senate clerk's recorded wording during the session; for full roll-call details consult the official Senate journal.
