Wyoming Legislature

The no votes in Friday's Senate vote were Senators Case, Gireau, Pappas and Rothfus, The other 26 members of the body all voted for the measure.

The final committee vote was 4-1 in favor, with Senators Cooper, Nethercott, French, and Kolb voting yes, and Senator R.J. Kost voting "no for now."

If the bill wins committee approval, it will go on to the full Wyoming Senate.

The Wyoming House of Representatives has approved a bill that would allow for the removal of unenforceable property covenants.
You can read House Bill 91 here. The bill is sponsored by Duncan, Baker, Banks, Blackburn, Connolly, Kinner, Newsome, Olsen and Zwonitzer, and Senator(s) Driskill, Nethe…

Senate File 80 is one of four bills filed this session that attempts to place some sort of limitations on state or local health orders.

Since this year's measure is co-sponsored by roughly 2/3 of the legislature, it would seem pretty likely to win legislative approval this time around.

The measure was defeated 31-24 in a Committee of the Whole vote.

The bill would target crimes in which the victim was targeted because of actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, or physical, intellectual or developmental disability.

The fiscal note attached to the bill estimates taxing legal cannabis would raise about $49.5 million per year for state coffers.

Wyoming's current state minimum wage is $5.15 per hour, but that amount is generally superseded by the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. Employees are entitled to the higher of the two wages.