SF0104 • 2020

Management council membership.

AN ACT relating to the legislature; amending provisions relating to the selection of a management council member at large; and providing for an effective date.

Elections

Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor: Senator Hicks
Last action: 2020-03-11
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's status as inactive means it did not pass during its current session.

Changes to Management Council Membership

The bill modifies how members are selected for the management council by changing the selection process and number of senators and representatives chosen at large.

What This Bill Does

Modifies the selection process for two senators chosen at large, requiring anonymous ranked choice single transferrable voting among self-nominated candidates.
Changes the number of senators and representatives selected at large from two to three.

Who It Names or Affects

Members of the Wyoming Senate and House
The Management Council

Terms To Know

Management Council: A group that directs activities in a legislative office, made up of leaders from both houses.
Ranked Choice Voting: An election method where voters rank candidates by preference, allowing for the selection of a candidate with broad support.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and is now inactive.
Details about how the new voting process will be implemented are not provided in the summary.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

SF0104S2001

2nd reading • Senator Rothfuss

Failed

Plain English: The amendment changes how a management council member at large is selected by modifying the number of votes needed and adding a specific voting method.

Removes 'vice' and 'president,' from the text.
Changes 'two (2)' to 'three (3)' in two places, likely increasing the required votes or nominations.
Adds a new voting process called anonymous ranked choice single transferrable voting among self-nominated senate candidates.

The exact context and implications of removing 'vice' and 'president,' are unclear without more information.
It's not clear what the specific change from two to three represents in the selection process.

SF0104S3001

3rd reading • Senator Rothfuss

Failed

Plain English: The amendment changes how a management council member at large is selected by altering the existing selection process.

Removes and then reinserts specific language related to the selection of a management council member at large.

The exact nature of the stricken and reinserted language is not provided, making it unclear what specific changes are being made.
Without knowing the content of the stricken and reinserted text, it's impossible to describe the concrete change this amendment would make.

Bill History

2020-03-11 House
H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
2020-03-02 House
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
2020-02-27 House
H Received for Introduction
2020-02-27 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 26-4-0-0-0
2020-02-26 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2020-02-25 Senate
S COW:Passed
2020-02-24 Senate
S Placed on General File
2020-02-24 Senate
S03 - Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
2020-02-12 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue 26-3-1-0-0
2020-02-11 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2020-02-10 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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20LSO-0324
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0324
Introduced
2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0104

Management council membership.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Hicks, Agar, Anderson, Baldwin, Bebout, Biteman, Boner, Bouchard, Coe, Dockstader, Driskill, Hutchings, James, Kinskey, Kost, Landen, Moniz, Nethercott, Pappas, Schuler, Scott and Wasserburger and Representative(s) Brown, Burkhart, Clausen, Clem, Duncan, Edwards, Gray, Greear, Hallinan, Hunt, Jennings, Larsen, Laursen, Lindholm, Loucks, MacGuire, Miller, Piiparinen, Salazar, Simpson, Styvar, Tass, Washut, Western and Winter

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the legislature; amending provisions relating to the selection of a management council member at large; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 28
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8
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102(a) is amended to read:

28
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102.

Management council; membership; vacancies; meetings; rules and regulations; quorum; officers.

(a)

Activities of the office shall be directed by a management council composed of the president, vice
president, majority and minority floor leaders or their respective designees of the senate, plus two (2) senators selected at large
;

not more than one (1) of which shall be from the same political party as the president;
and the speaker, speaker pro tempore, majority and minority floor leaders or their respective designees of the house plus two (2) representatives selected at large, not more than one (1) of which shall be from the same political party as the speaker. The two (2) senators selected at large shall be selected
by caucus of the two (2) major political parties in the senate, meeting separately,
by a majority vote of all members of the senate
and the
two
(2) representatives selected at large shall be selected by caucus of the two (2) major political parties of the house, meeting separately. These twelve (12) members shall select one (1) additional member
at large
from the house of which the chairman of the management council is not a member.
The
Beginning January 1, 2021, this additional
member
at large
shall not be from the same party as the chairman of the management council
if the membership of a minority party is greater than thirty percent (30%) of the membership of the house of which the chairman is not a member
. Chairmanship
of the management council shall be rotated between the house and senate after each two (2) year session so that the chairman shall not be from the same house as the chairman who served for the preceding legislative term. The members of the management council shall be the legislative representatives in directing the day
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to
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day functions of the office and the entire membership of the legislature shall have the ultimate control and supervision over policy of the office.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2020
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