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Wyoming House rejects delaying action on Fifth Amendment bill after heated floor debate over alleged payments
Summary
A motion to postpone consideration of House Bill 141, the Fifth Amendment Protection Act, failed after hours of debate in the Wyoming House, with members sharply divided over whether to wait for an investigative committee and a sheriff's probe. The House then continued with other business and sent dozens of bills to Committee of the Whole.
The Wyoming House on Thursday rejected a motion to postpone consideration of House Bill 141, the Fifth Amendment Protection Act, after an extended and often emotional floor debate that repeatedly returned to allegations about checks distributed at a recent meeting.
Representative Yen introduced the motion under House Rule 10-7, asking members to hold any future action on HB141 until the House had received the investigative committee's report. "I move to postpone any future consideration of House Bill 141 . . . until after the House acts upon the report of the investigative committee," Yen said, arguing that the committee's findings could change…
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