HJ0002

Official summary

Summary for LSO115 Bill No.: HJ0002 Effective : 3/3/2016 LSO No.: 16LSO-0343 Enrolled Act No.: HEJR No. 0002 Chapter No.: N/A Prime Sponsor: Blake Catch Title: Kenny Sailors-Naismith Hall of Fame. Subject: Supporting t he election of Kenny Sailors to the Naismith M emorial Basketball Hall of Fame Summary/Major Elements: Kenny Sailors, raised in Wyoming and a player for the Un iversity of Wyoming’ s national c hampion ship team, is on the list of nominees for induction in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for 2016. This resolution : R ecogniz es Kenny Sailors as being widely attribut ed with inventing the jump shot; Notes that legends of the game of basketball have acknowledged that the jump shot forever changed the game and that Kenny Sailors’ omission from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is inexplicable ; Resolves that K enny Sailors be recognized as the player most responsible for the use of the modern day jump shot used in the game of basketball at a ll levels, throughout the world; Resolves that K enny Sailors should be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill .