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SF0077

Capitol oversight group membership.

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Official summary

Bill Summary Bill No.: SF0077 Effective : Immediately LSO No.: 17LSO-0399 Enrolled Act No.: SEA No. 0090 Chapter No.: 204 Prime Sponsor: Bebout Catch Title: Capitol oversight group membership. Subject: Membership on the Capitol Building Rehabilitation and Restoration Oversight Group . Summary/Major Elements: This act adds the State Treasurer to the Capitol Building Rehabilitation and Restoration Oversight Group as a voting member. Additionally, the act adds two gubernatorial appointments to the Capitol Oversight Group. The act requires the Governor to choose two people f r om a list of four names submitted by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House. The appointed members are subject to confirmation by the Senate. They must have experience with the Capitol Square P roject. The appointed members are nonvoting members and are not to be included for purposes of determining a quorum of the Capitol Oversight Group. The appointed members shall serve until the Capitol Square P roject is completed. They may receive per diem and mileage for their travel. The act provides that a portion of the existing $95,000 appropriation for the Capitol Oversight Group may be used for the appointed members' per diem and mileage. 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 .

Public statements

Why lawmakers voted

Last checked Aug 6, 10:22 PM

Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The speaker explains they are voting to adopt the corrected report because it fixes an error where the state treasurer was accidentally given veto power, restoring them instead as a standard voting member.

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Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The speaker supports the bill because it clarifies that adding the state treasurer to the oversight committee does not grant them additional powers and includes controls against revisiting past disputes over office space allocation.

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Voted No

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker opposes concurrence because the House's addition of the state treasurer to the oversight committee raises constitutional and separation of powers concerns, necessitating further discussion.

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Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker supports both the amendment and the bill, agreeing that it requires approval from legislative members as well as the state treasurer and governor.

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Voted No

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker supports an amendment to strip out most of the original bill's language because he dislikes the rest of the bill but wants to keep the provision adding the state treasurer.

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Voted No

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker supports the second amendment because he believes it fixes a constitutional problem that existed in the original bill which had enormous issues.

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Bob Nicholas

R · H08

Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker opposes the second amendment for the same reasons he supported voting against it previously.

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Cale Case

R · S25

Voted No

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker opposes the bill because they believe it limits appointments to those who have already served and excludes new perspectives from other legislators.

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Voted No

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker supports appointing individuals with professional expertise in construction and engineering rather than those relying solely on historical perspective to ensure the project stays on track.

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Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker supports the bill to provide the Senate President with necessary tools and decision-making authority regarding specific project details, relieving them of an unreasonable burden.

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Larry Hicks

R · S11

Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker supports the bill because it includes a provision allowing the Senate to exercise discretion through confirmation hearings regarding who is appointed to the oversight group.

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Voted Yes

Why they voted this way

The lawmaker asks colleagues to support the bill to allow a new oversight committee with institutional knowledge to manage the difficult capital project, while promising to listen to concerns about appointments.

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Wyoming roll calls

Recorded votes

7 roll calls

H Adopted SF0077JC001: 42-18-0-0-02017-03-03 · House42 yes 18 no
S Adopted SF0077JC001: 22-5-3-0-02017-03-03 · Senate22 yes 5 no
S Concur:Failed 0-28-2-0-02017-03-01 · Senate0 yes 28 no
H 3rd Reading:Passed 37-23-0-0-02017-02-28 · House37 yes 23 no
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-2-0-0-02017-02-16 · House5 yes 2 no
S 3rd Reading:Passed 23-7-0-0-02017-01-26 · Senate23 yes 7 no
S12 - Rules:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-02017-01-23 · Senate5 yes 0 no

Official activity

Bill history

  1. Governor Signed SEA No. 0090Governor
  2. Assigned Chapter NumberLSO
  3. H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0090House
  4. S President Signed SEA No. 0090Senate
  5. Assigned Number SEA No. 0090LSO
  6. S Appointed JCC01 MembersSenate
  7. H Appointed JCC01 MembersHouse
  8. S Appointed JCC01 MembersSenate
  9. S Concur:Failed 0-28-2-0-0Senate
  10. S Received for ConcurrenceSenate
  11. H 3rd Reading:Passed 37-23-0-0-0House
  12. H 2nd Reading:PassedHouse
  13. H COW:PassedHouse
  14. H Placed on General FileHouse
  15. H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-2-0-0-0House
  16. H Introduced and Referred to H02 - AppropriationsHouse
  17. H Received for IntroductionHouse
  18. S 3rd Reading:Passed 23-7-0-0-0Senate
  19. S 2nd Reading:PassedSenate
  20. S COW:PassedSenate

Changes

Amendments

8 stored

SF0077H2001

Failed 2nd reading by Zwonitzer

SF0077H2002

Failed 2nd reading by Lone

SF0077H3001

Adopted 3rd reading by Nicholas, B.

SF0077H3002

Failed 3rd reading by Zwonitzer

SF0077HS001

Adopted Standing Committee by HAppropriations

SF0077S2001

Failed 2nd reading by Driskill

SF0077JC001

Corrected, S Adopted, H Adopted Conference Committee

SF0077SS001

Adopted Standing Committee by SRules