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Committee of the Whole: summary of bills reported, enrolled acts signed and messages from the House
Summary
On Feb. 24 the Wyoming Senate Committee of the Whole reported multiple House bills favorably and the chamber handled several enrolled acts and concurrence messages from the House. Most bills on the general file were advanced; one constitutional resolution was indefinitely postponed after a roll-call vote.
The Wyoming Senate completed a busy floor day on Feb. 24, advancing multiple bills from the Committee of the Whole, signing enrolled acts and considering messages from the House.
Committee actions reported to the Senate (Committee of the Whole):
- House Bill 211 (hunting and wildlife from vehicles) — Committee of the Whole: due pass recommendation (reported favorably). - House Bill 275 (treatment of animals) — Committee of the Whole: due pass recommendation (reported favorably). Detailed debate on torture provisions is covered in a separate article. - House Bill 117 (omnibus water construction) — Committee of the Whole: due pass amended (standing-committee amendments adopted; reported favorably). - House Bill 103 (columbarium regulation) — Committee of the Whole: due pass (reported favorably). - House Bill 125 (repeal unauthorized use of vehicle crime) — Committee of the Whole: due pass (reported favorably). - House Bill 129 (school finance dates for fund transfers) — Committee of the Whole: due pass (reported favorably). - House Bill 188 (two families, one nanny childcare exemption) — Committee of the Whole: due pass (reported favorably). - House Bill 94 (charter school authorizations) — Committee of the Whole: due pass amended (reported favorably). - House Bill 20 (K–12 facility leasing) — Committee of the Whole: due pass (reported favorably). - House Bill 36 (Hathaway scholarship amendments) — Committee of the Whole: due pass amended (standing-committee amendment adopted).
The committee also recorded that House Joint Resolution 4 (veterans property tax exemption) failed to pass the Committee of the Whole and was indefinitely postponed after a roll-call vote (6 aye, 21 no, 3 excused, 1 conflict).
Enrolled acts signed by the President were read and signed on the floor during the session, including multiple Senate Enrolled Acts and House Enrolled Acts (examples read aloud in the transcript): Senate Enrolled Act Nos. 23–31 (including original Senate Files 77, 4, 61, 82, 130, 143, 151) and House Enrolled Acts Nos. 26–29 (including original House Bills 42, 181, 46, 39). The President announced each enrolled act and said, “I have so signed.”
The Senate also received and acted on messages from the House requesting concurrence on several Senate files; the Senate concurred on multiple items (for instance, concurrence on Senate File 75 and Senate File 114 were recorded in the transcript with roll-call counts read aloud). The chief clerk read a series of House messages dated Feb. 24 that reported actions taken in the House (third-reading votes, concurrence requests, and adopted conference committee reports).
Committee and conference notices: Multiple joint conference committee and standing-committee meetings were announced for the coming days (for example, joint conference committee on Senate File 69 about homeowners property tax exemption scheduled for 7 a.m. in Room 113).
The Committee of the Whole’s formal report was read into the record and adopted by the Senate; the President then signed multiple enrolled acts listed above.
