SF0090 • 2022

Capital financing select committee-membership.

AN ACT relating to the legislature; amending the number of house and senate members appointed to the select committee on capital financing and investments; amending requirements related to the distribution of party membership on the select committee; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Senator Hicks
Last action: 2022-03-08
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2022

Plain English Breakdown

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Changing Membership Rules for Capital Financing Committee

This act changes the number and party distribution rules for members appointed to the select committee on capital financing and investments in the Wyoming legislature.

What This Bill Does

Changes the number of senators and representatives appointed to the select committee from six to seven each.
Requires that appointments reflect the percentage of majority and minority parties in each house as closely as possible.
Limits the number of members from the same political party appointed by each presiding officer to five.

Who It Names or Affects

Members of the Wyoming Senate and House of Representatives
The select committee on capital financing and investments

Terms To Know

Select Committee: A special group within a legislature that deals with specific issues or tasks.
Presiding Officer: The person who leads the Senate (President) or House of Representatives (Speaker).

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify what happens if it's impossible to meet the party distribution requirements.
It did not pass in its session and is no longer active.

Amendments

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

SF0090HS001

Standing Committee • House Appropriations Committee

Filed

Plain English: The amendment changes the rules for selecting members of the select committee on capital financing and investments to ensure more balanced representation between majority and minority parties.

Removes the current limit that each presiding officer can appoint no more than five members from the same political party.
Adds a requirement that at least one member from each house must be from a minority party.

The amendment text does not specify how to handle situations where there are fewer than six minority party members available for appointment.

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Standing Committee • Senate Appropriations Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment removes specific details about the distribution of party membership on the select committee on capital financing and investments.

Removes the requirement for a balanced number of house members appointed to the select committee.

The exact new composition or requirements for the committee's membership are not specified in the amendment text, making it unclear how the committee will be structured after this change.

Bill History

2022-03-08 House
H COW:H Did not consider for COW
2022-03-04 House
H Placed on General File
2022-03-04 House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
2022-03-01 House
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
2022-02-28 House
H Received for Introduction
2022-02-25 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-2-0-0-0
2022-02-24 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2022-02-23 Senate
S COW:Passed
2022-02-22 Senate
S Placed on General File
2022-02-22 Senate
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-0-2-0-0
2022-02-17 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations 24-6-0-0-0
2022-02-15 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2022-02-14 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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22LSO-0020
2022
STATE OF WYOMING
22LSO-0020
ENGROSSED
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SENATE FILE NO. SF0090

Capital financing select committee-membership.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Hicks and Representative(s) Nicholas

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the legislature; amending the number of house and senate members appointed to the select committee on capital financing and investments; amending requirements related to the distribution of party membership on the select committee; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 28
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11
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201(a) is amended to read:

28
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11
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201.

Appointment of members; powers and duties.

(a)

Not later than March 31 following each general election, the president of the senate shall appoint
six (6)
seven (7)
members of the senate, and the speaker of the
house of representatives shall appoint
six (6)
seven (7)
members of the house to a select committee on capital financing and investments. Appointments to the committee by each presiding officer shall reflect as nearly as possible the percentage of the elected membership of the majority and minority parties of each house
.
, provided that not more than five (5) members appointed by each presiding officer shall be from the same political party.

Section 2
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This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become a law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution
.

(END)

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