Statutory standing committees-federal review.

24LSO-0309
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0309
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0129

Statutory standing committees-federal review.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Pendergraft, Allemand, Angelos, Bear, Hornok, Jennings, Locke, Neiman, Penn, Trujillo and Ward and Senator(s) Ide and Laursen, D

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the legislature; establishing joint and standing committees for the senate and house of representatives; providing for the appointment of members to joint and standing committees, creating the joint and standing committee on federal review; establishing powers and duties of the joint and standing committee on federal review; specifying the date for appointment of members to the joint and standing committee on federal review; 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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119 and 28
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801 are created to read:

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119.

Joint and standing committees of the legislature.

(a)

The following joint and standing committees in both the senate and house of representatives of the state of Wyoming legislature are hereby established:

(i)

Judiciary;

(ii)

Appropriations;

(iii)

Revenue;

(iv)

Education;

(v)

Agriculture, state and public lands and water resources;

(vi)

Travel, recreation, wildlife and cultural resources;

(vii)

Corporations, elections and political subdivisions;

(viii)

Transportation, highways and military affairs;

(ix)

Minerals, business and economic development;

(x)

Labor, health and social services;

(xi)

Federal review;

(xii)

Journal;

(xiii)

Rules and procedure.

(b)

The president of the senate and the speaker of the house, after conferring with the majority and minority leaders, shall appoint members to the respective standing committees in accordance with the rules of each body.

(c)

All standing committees except those created by paragraphs (xii) and (xiii) of subsection (a) of this section shall function as joint interim committees as provided by W.S. 28
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104(b).

CHAPTER 11
STANDING AND SELECT COMMITTEES

ARTICLE 8
FEDERAL REVIEW STANDING COMMITTEE

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Powers and duties; reporting; definition.

(a)

The senate and the house of representatives federal review joint and standing committee shall:

(i)

Review any federal actions, as approved by the management council pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, to determine if the sovereignty of the state of Wyoming and the powers, rights and liberties of its citizens, as legally defined during the ratification debates of the several states in ratifying the United States Constitution of 1787, are being infringed upon or diminished;

(ii)

Determine and make findings as to which federal actions are not consistent with the enumerated roles, responsibilities and powers of the United States government in the United States constitution.

This duty shall be exercised without regard for any United States supreme court or other judicial decisions that attempt to interpret federal actions;

(iii)

Report to and submit recommendations to the legislature, including sponsoring legislation, consistent with any determinations and findings made by the committee concerning the constitutionality of federal actions.

(b)

The management council shall approve specific studies of federal actions under subsection (a) of this section upon the committee's request and in accordance with W.S. 28
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(c)

For purposes of this section, "federal action" means all new and existing federal laws, resolutions, rules, regulations, decrees, orders, mandates, executive orders and any other federal dictate having the force and effect of law.

Section 2.

The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint members to the federal review joint and standing committee not later than January 6, 2025.

Section 3.

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

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