How to Contact Your Legislators:
The 2020 Wyoming legislative session is in the homestretch!
The time to act is now!
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Good News!!
A bill we were supporting passed both chambers:
HB0134 Wyoming Tourism Account Funding
Learn why it's a big deal and an important victory:
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Important Dates
- Thursday, March 5: Last day for bills to be reported out of Committee in second house
- Friday, March 6: Last day for Committee of Whole on bills in second house
- Monday, March 9: Last day for 2nd Reading on bills in second house
- Tuesday, March 10: Last day for 3rd Reading on bills in second house.
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Below are bills we've covered in our Action Alerts that have passed the first house and are now in the second chamber. In parentheses is a note of where the bill is at in the process as of today (3/2/20). Click on the bill number to go to bill text. Click on the "Digest" tab to see a summary of proceedings for the bill as it moves through the process. The "Comment" tab is an easy way to contact your legislator about a specific bill.
Bills in the Senate – Contact your Senator
HB0069: Wildlife conservation efforts-1 (referred to transportation committee)
HB0197: Abortion: 48 hour waiting period (referred to labor committee)
HB0200: Reliable and dispatchable low-carbon energy standards (referred to corporations committee)
HB0249: Investment of state funds (referred to appropriations committee, this is a mirror bill of SF0138)
Bills in the House – Contact your Representative
SF0004: Wildlife conservation account (2nd reading)
SF0018: Wildlife conservation efforts-2 (on General File)
SF0138 Investment of state funds-2 (received for introduction, this is a mirror bill of HB0249)
SF0097: Born Alive Infant-Means of Care (received for introduction)
A bill that we have not covered in our Action Alerts is SF0110. Here's an update from the Wyoming Outdoor Council:
"Last week we came close to killing SF 110, Evaluating the tax equivalency of federal land in Wyoming, on the Senate floor twice, but it is still moving forward. Its $ 2.5 million price tag was reduced to $500,000, and your emails to senators helped us gain traction — thank you. We’ll build on this momentum and continue to educate representatives that this bill will not deliver on promises to help counties, but instead will devalue our public lands, tourism, outdoor recreation, and public access in the name of privatizing our public lands. You can read more about the issue in this story from the Casper Star-Tribune."
(Note: Senators Coe and Kost both voted NO on this bill. Be sure and thank them. Contact your representative!)
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Bills That Have Died
To see how your legislators voted, click on the bill number, then click on the “Votes” tab. Let them know what you think. No doubt we’ll see some of these again next year!
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HB0029: Designation of migration corridors
HB0075: Medicaid expansion-Authorization
HB0107: Neglect and abuse
HB0064: National Corporate Tax Recapture
SF0131: Heartbeat Bill
SF0125: Electricity production standard
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"Better Angels: Reuniting America"
March 14 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
FREE Video screening
Location: Heart Mountain Interpretive Center.
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It all began in southwest Ohio, where Trump voters and Clinton voters gathered in our Red/Blue workshops in the weeks and months after the 2016 election. Now, the second workshop and its aftermath have been captured in Better Angels: Reuniting America, a one-hour documentary film by Emmy-winning director Jim Brown.
Better Angels: Reuniting America shows 8 Democratic-leaning voters and 7 Republican-leaning voters moving through a Better Angels signature Red/Blue workshop, from initial skepticism to more profound understanding and empathy. You’ll get an inside look at how a Democratic voter went from threatening to cut off relationships with Trump voters to becoming dear friends with one—and how a Republican voter moved from disdaining progressives to taking co-leadership with one in a movement that now spans the country. There will be light snacks and a Q30-minute discussion following the film.
Co-sponsored by Wyoming Rising and the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation. Free and open to the public.
Read More HERE
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