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HB0001 • 2017
AN ACT relating to supplemental appropriations for the operation of state government; increasing or decreasing certain amounts; adjusting the number of positions; modifying prior appropriations; making additional appropriations; making certain appropriations subject to the terms and conditions specified; providing transfers of certain funds as specified; creating a select committee on education recalibration; and providing for effective dates.
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2nd reading • Sweeney
Plain English: Corrected, Withdrawn 2nd reading by Sweeney
2nd reading • Nicholas, B.
Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by Nicholas, B.
2nd reading • Steinmetz
Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by Steinmetz
2nd reading • Baker
Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by Baker
2nd reading • Henderson
Plain English: Withdrawn 2nd reading by Henderson
2nd reading • Clausen
Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by Clausen
2nd reading • Baker
Plain English: Withdrawn 2nd reading by Baker
2nd reading • Byrd
Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by Byrd
2nd reading • Burkhart
Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by Burkhart
2nd reading • Hunt
Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by Hunt
2nd reading • Hunt
Plain English: Withdrawn 2nd reading by Hunt
2nd reading • Hunt
Plain English: Withdrawn 2nd reading by Hunt
2nd reading • Hallinan
Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by Hallinan
2nd reading • Barlow
Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by Barlow
2nd reading • Brown
Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by Brown
2nd reading • Halverson
Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by Halverson
2nd reading • Henderson
Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by Henderson
2nd reading • Barlow
Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by Barlow
2nd reading • Connolly
Plain English: Corrected, Failed 2nd reading by Connolly
2nd reading • Burkhart
Plain English: Withdrawn 2nd reading by Burkhart
2nd reading • Brown
Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by Brown
2nd reading • Madden
Plain English: Withdrawn 2nd reading by Madden
2nd reading • Burkhart
Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by Burkhart
2nd reading • Lindholm
Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by Lindholm
2nd reading • Kirkbride
Plain English: Withdrawn 2nd reading by Kirkbride
2nd reading • Kirkbride
Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by Kirkbride
2nd reading • Gray
Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by Gray
2nd reading • Gray
Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by Gray
2nd reading • Zwonitzer
Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by Zwonitzer
2nd reading • Connolly
Plain English: Failed 2nd reading by Connolly
2nd reading • Lindholm
Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by Lindholm
2nd reading • Gierau
Plain English: Withdrawn 2nd reading by Gierau
3rd reading • Blake
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Blake
3rd reading • Clem
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Clem
3rd reading • Brown
Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by Brown
3rd reading • Zwonitzer
Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by Zwonitzer
3rd reading • Halverson
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Halverson
3rd reading • Winters
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Winters
3rd reading • Zwonitzer
Plain English: Withdrawn 3rd reading by Zwonitzer
3rd reading • Clausen
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Clausen
3rd reading • Schwartz
Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by Schwartz
3rd reading • Larsen
Plain English: Withdrawn 3rd reading by Larsen
3rd reading • Kirkbride
Plain English: Withdrawn 3rd reading by Kirkbride
3rd reading • Laursen
Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by Laursen
3rd reading • Wilson
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Wilson
3rd reading • Walters
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Walters
3rd reading • Olsen
Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by Olsen
3rd reading • Pownall
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Pownall
3rd reading • Connolly
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Connolly
3rd reading • Furphy
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Furphy
3rd reading • Northrup
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Northrup
3rd reading • Edwards
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Edwards
3rd reading • Madden
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Madden
3rd reading • Clem
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Clem
3rd reading • Clem
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Clem
3rd reading • Nicholas, B.
Plain English: Corrected, Adopted 3rd reading by Nicholas, B.
3rd reading • Nicholas, B.
Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by Nicholas, B.
3rd reading • Clem
Plain English: Corrected, Adopted 3rd reading by Clem
3rd reading • Nicholas, B.
Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by Nicholas, B.
3rd reading • Barlow
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Barlow
3rd reading • Burkhart
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Burkhart
3rd reading • Nicholas, B.
Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by Nicholas, B.
3rd reading • Clem
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Clem
3rd reading • Nicholas, B.
Plain English: Corrected, Adopted 3rd reading by Nicholas, B.
3rd reading • Edwards
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Edwards
3rd reading • Barlow
Plain English: Divided 3rd reading by Barlow
3rd reading • Barlow
Plain English: Corrected, Adopted 3rd reading by Barlow
3rd reading • Barlow
Plain English: Corrected, Failed 3rd reading by Barlow
3rd reading • Connolly
Plain English: Withdrawn 3rd reading by Connolly
3rd reading • Madden
Plain English: Corrected, Adopted 3rd reading by Madden
3rd reading • Zwonitzer
Plain English: Withdrawn 3rd reading by Zwonitzer
3rd reading • Northrup
Plain English: Withdrawn 3rd reading by Northrup
3rd reading • Northrup
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Northrup
3rd reading • Burkhart
Plain English: Corrected, Withdrawn 3rd reading by Burkhart
3rd reading • Gray
Plain English: Corrected, Withdrawn 3rd reading by Gray
3rd reading • Gray
Plain English: Corrected, Failed 3rd reading by Gray
3rd reading • Gray
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Gray
3rd reading • Gierau
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Gierau
3rd reading • Burkhart
Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by Burkhart
3rd reading • Burkhart
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Burkhart
3rd reading • Nicholas, B.
Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by Nicholas, B.
3rd reading • Zwonitzer
Plain English: Corrected, Failed 3rd reading by Zwonitzer
3rd reading • Nicholas, B.
Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by Nicholas, B.
3rd reading • Harshman
Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Harshman
Conference Committee
Plain English: H Adopted, S Adopted Conference Committee
Veto Override
Plain English: Filed Veto Override
Veto Override
Plain English: Filed Veto Override
Veto Override
Plain English: Filed Veto Override
Veto Override
Plain English: Filed Veto Override
Veto Override
Plain English: Filed Veto Override
Veto Override
Plain English: Filed Veto Override
Veto Override
Plain English: Filed Veto Override
Standing Committee • SAppropriations
Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by SAppropriations
Assigned Chapter Number
S President Signed HEA No. 0082
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0082
Assigned Number HEA No. 0082
H Appointed JCC01 Members
S Appointed JCC01 Members
Senate:Pursuant to JR 14-1 (f) referred directly to 3rd Reading
S Introduced and Referred to S02
S Received for Introduction
H 3rd Reading:Passed 46-14-0-0-0
H 2nd Reading:Passed
H COW:Passed
H COW:Considered
H Introduced and Referred to HCOW
H Received for Introduction
Bill Number Assigned
Bill Summary B il l N o . : HB 000 1 E ffe c t i v e : Immediately. LS O N o . : 17 L S O - 0 678 En r o ll e d A c t N o . : H E A N o . 0 082 C h a p te r N o . : Pr i m e Sp o ns o r : Jo i n t A pp r o p r i a t i o n s Co m m itt e e C a tc h Ti t l e : Ge n era l g o v er n m e n t a pp r o p r i a t i o n s . Sub j ec t : B u d g et b ill. This bill contains the following revised t ota l appr o pri at i o n: General Fund Appropriations: Net appropriation reductions of $276.2 million, including Governor’s vetoes. Federal Fund Appropriations: Net appropriation reductions of $16.4 million. Other Fund Appropriations: Net appropriation increases of $164 million, contingent upon other revenues and emergency actions. 7,678 T ota l Au t h o rized Po s i t i o ns (7,367 f u l l - t i m e a n d 31 1 p a r t - t i m e), which reflects a net reduction of 167 positions (157 full-time and 10 part-time) . T h i s bill c o n ta ins t he fo ll o w ing revised a ppr o pri at i o ns, as compared to 2016 Laws, Ch. 31 , for t he s e m ajor pr og r a m s : G a m e a nd F i s h Commission – Total decrease of $5,920,286 GF. Dep a r t m e nt o f T r a n s p o r tat i o n ( including W yo L in k a nd a irp o rt i m pr ov e m en t s ) – Total decrease of $11,243,407 GF. Dep a r t m e nt o f H e a l t h – Total, net decrease of $92,733,209 GF; $38,810,328 FF; and net increase of $1,934,458 OF. Dep a r t m e nt o f F a m ily Ser v i ces – Total decrease of $17,605,411 GF and net increases of $2,658,870 FF and $2,270,021 OF. C o m m u n i t y C o lle g e Commission – Total, net decrease of $20,920,212 GF. Uni v er s i t y o f W y o m ing – Total decrease of $43,196,677 GF. Dep a r t m e nt o f C o rrec t i o ns – Total decrease of $23,058,668 GF and a net increase of $200,000 OF (one-time tobacco trust income funds). K-1 2 F o und at i o n P r og r am – Total, net increase of $70,300,995 SFP. The increase in this agency was largely due to revisions to estimated local revenue and other revenue sources. Pursuant to footnote 3, payments to districts shall be reduced equally to reach a total statewide reduction of $25,000,000 in school year 2018 . [Footnote 3 is repealed if HB0236 is enacted.] Various Provisions: The bill includes an appropriation from the LSRA to the Budget Reserve Account to provide for a statutory reserve amount of $104.55 million reduced by any emergency, contingent appropriations for Title 25 expenditures or state penitentiary facility emergencies. The bill provides for a statewide position freeze and additional reduction of 90 full-time, generally funded positions, or an equal value of program savings. The bill provides for a K-12 education recalibration select committee. [Repealed if HB0236 is enacted.] The bill provides for a $10 million emergency appropriation from the LSRA for Title 25 costs and $15 million emergency appropriation from the LSRA for facility emergencies at the state penitentiary, with conditions. The following reports are required under the budget bill: T h e t r i b al liai s o n s a n d G o v e rnor ' s of f ice s h all r e por t to t h e Joint Appropriations Committee ( J AC) and Select Committee on Tribal Relations n o t later t h a n N o v e m b er 1 , 201 7 o n funds expended and t h e d el i v e r a b les e s ta b li s h ed in 2014. The State Treasurer shall report to the JAC and Select Committee on Capital Financing and Investments on multiple measures regarding the internal investment team established in this act, including performance and costs, not later than December 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018. Not later than November 15, 2017, the Livestock Board shall report to the Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Interim Committee on the number of incidents, closed and open investigations and successful prosecutions resulting from Livestock Board investigations for a specified time period. Not later than November 1, 2017, the Department of Workforce Services shall report to the Governor and JAC on budget reductions implemented, recommendations for further reductions, and anticipated impacts. The University of Wyoming (UW) shall report on a quarterly basis to the State Treasurer regarding matching funds for unconventional oil and gas reservoir research. UW, on behalf of the university, community colleges and commission, shall report progress on a unified plan for recruitment and retention to the Joint Education Committee and the JAC not later than September 30, 2017. Not later than November 1, 2017, UW shall report to the JAC regarding the findings, costs, impacts and mitigation actions regarding the need for vacating a portion of 15 th Street on campus. The State Auditor shall report to the Governor and the JAC regarding the number of generally funded, full-time positions not later than May 15, 2017. The Governor shall report to JAC by June 30, 2017 and January 1, 2018 on the identification, by agency, of eliminated generally funded full-time positions. An independent peer review study on the state penitentiary under the direction of Management Council shall be submitted to JAC not later than July 1, 2017. A Select Committee on K-12 Education Recalibration shall report its recommendations and any associated legislation to the Legislature not later than January 31, 2018. [Repealed by HB0236 if enacted.] The Department of Health shall report quarterly to JAC and the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee on expenditures made from the LSRA for Title 25, if expended. The Department of Corrections shall report quarterly to JAC on expenditures from the LSRA for the Wyoming State Penitentiary, if expended. 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 .