TITLES OF BILLS Prepared for Wyoming State Legislature 2001 General Session

Full copies of Legislative Bills may be seen at COUNTY LIBRARIES as well as the offices of COUNTY

CLERKS and DISTRICT JUDGES. If you desire the complete text of a particular bill, address your request to

the BILL ROOM, State Capitol, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002.

S.F. No. 0002 State parking garage appropriation-2.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Massie

AN ACT relating to persons with disabilities; expanding current provisions accommodating persons with

disabilities; modifying provisions for the use of guide dogs to allow for the use of service dogs; providing

definitions; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0005 Game and fish-duplicate licenses.

Sponsored by: EDUCATION

AN ACT relating to a technical correction to the teacher seniority adjustment of the school finance formula;

making the technical correction as specified; specifying implementation and codification procedures; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0011 Wyoming education trust fund.

Sponsored by: EDUCATION

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming education trust fund; clarifying disposition of specified revenues

available to the trust fund; accordingly transferring previous dispositions; and providing for an effective

date.

S.F. No. 0012 Game damage licenses.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Geis

AN ACT relating to game and fish; modifying game damage awards to landowners by authorizing the

issuance of hunting licenses instead of monetary payments; specifying procedure and delegating rulemaking

authority; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0013 National teacher certification program.

Sponsored by: EDUCATION

AN ACT relating to the national teacher certification incentive; modifying program reimbursement levels;

eliminating the delayed repeal of the program; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0014 Population data for redistricting-legislative declaration.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Devin

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Pharmacy Technician Act; amending requirements for pharmacy

technicians as specified; modifying supervision requirements as specified; amending a definition; repealing

definitions; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0017 Railroad regulation-amendments.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Geis

AN ACT relating to agriculture and animals; eliminating the inspection fee for the importation of bees into

this state; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0020 Life without parole.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Massie

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; adding life imprisonment without parole as an alternative penalty

for murder in the first degree; limiting commutation of a death sentence to a sentence of life without parole;

and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0021 State employee drug testing.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Hinchey

AN ACT relating to public employees; providing for random drug testing of state employees and

independent contractors holding specified positions; specifying certain procedures and minimum

requirements; authorizing rulemaking; providing for disciplinary action; providing for confidentiality;

providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0022 Firearms for hunting wild turkey.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Hinchey

AN ACT relating to game and fish; clarifying firearms permitted for hunting wild turkey; and providing for an

effective date.

S.F. No. 0023 Daylight savings time.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Hinchey

AN ACT relating to daylight savings time; exempting the state from daylight savings time change; providing

for observance of standard time; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0024 Physical therapy-repeal of prescription requirement.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Scott

AN ACT relating to physical therapy; repealing requirement that physical therapy be provided only under

authority of a physician or pursuant to a prescription; making conforming amendment; and providing for an

effective date.

S.F. No. 0025 Death penalty-aggravating circumstances.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Roberts

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; modifying aggravating circumstance for death penalty purposes;

and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0026 State law enforcement retirement-amendments.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Massie

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming State Highway Patrol, Game and Fish Warden and Criminal Investigator

Retirement Act; defining terms; clarifying contribution refunds; authorizing redeposit payments for

withdrawn contributions; providing for the purchase of service credits; providing for the designation of a

custodian for retirement monies; specifying application to existing employees; and providing for an effective

date.

S.F. No. 0027 Motor vehicles-open containers.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Roberts

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; prohibiting transportation and possession of alcoholic beverages in

motor vehicles as specified; providing definitions and exceptions; providing a penalty; and providing for an

effective date.

S.F. No. 0028 Insurance code amendments.

Sponsored by: CORPORATIONS

AN ACT relating to insurance; specifying requirements for accounting practices and procedures for financial

reporting by insurance companies and other insuring entities; modifying allowable assets and other

determinations relating to insurance companies' and other insuring entities' financial status by requiring

conformance with National Association of Insurance Commissioners' standards; authorizing the insurance

commissioner to receive and share confidential and privileged materials as specified; making conforming

amendments; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0029 Rule against perpetuities-amendments.

Sponsored by: CORPORATIONS

AN ACT relating to administration of government; clarifying and modifying provisions of the Uniform

Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act; specifying authority of governing bodies regarding budgets; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0031 Appropriation to the permanent mineral trust fund.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Youngbauer

AN ACT relating to administration of government; appropriating funds to the permanent Wyoming mineral

trust fund; specifying procedures for transferring funds; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0032 Controlled substances-marihuana.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Goodenough

AN ACT relating to controlled substances; reclassifying marihuana as a Schedule II controlled substance if

authorized as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0033 Natural diversity database-records.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Schiffer

AN ACT relating to the University of Wyoming; providing for the release of information contained in the

Wyoming natural diversity database as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0034 Public records-natural diversity database.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Schiffer

AN ACT relating to public records; providing that information obtained through the Wyoming natural

diversity database is exempt from the Public Records Act as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0035 University of Wyoming extension service health insurance.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Massie

AN ACT relating to health benefits of certain university extension service employees who also hold federal

civil service appointments; permitting all university extension service employees who hold federal civil

service appointments and who are required to participate in federal civil service retirement to continue to

elect to participate in the federal employees’ health insurance program; providing a statement of purpose;

and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0036 Minimum wage.

Sponsored by: LABOR

AN ACT relating to the state minimum wage; increasing the state minimum wage to be consistent with the

current federal minimum wage; providing exceptions as specified; repealing conflicting provisions; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0037 Mental Health Professions Practice Act-exemptions.

Sponsored by: LABOR

AN ACT relating to the Mental Health Professions Practice Act; providing exemptions to the act as

specified; limiting the services that are exempted as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0038 Medication aides.

Sponsored by: LABOR

AN ACT relating to medication aides and assistants; authorizing medication aides and assistants to perform

duties as specified; providing definitions; granting rule making authority to the board of nursing as

specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0039 Uniform Principal and Income Act.

Sponsored by: JUDICIARY

AN ACT relating to retention election of circuit judges; clarifying the electorate for retention election of

circuit judges; revising which magistrates are subject to a retention vote; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0041 Additional district judges.

Sponsored by: JUDICIARY

AN ACT relating to district courts; providing for additional district judges as specified; providing an

appropriation and authorizing additional positions; and providing effective dates.

S.F. No. 0042 Child Protection Act-amendments.

Sponsored by: JUDICIARY

AN ACT relating to the Child Protection Act; specifying requirements relating to reasonable efforts to

reunify families; providing for the filing of a petition for termination of parental rights in certain cases;

providing for periodic review of disposition orders; specifying procedures for service of process in

proceedings under the act; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0043 Department of transportation rulemaking.

Sponsored by: TRANSPORTATION

AN ACT relating to the department of transportation; granting rulemaking authority to the department;

eliminating obsolete language; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0044 Long-term care reform.

Sponsored by: LABOR

AN ACT relating to long-term care reform; requiring the department of health to determine adjustments to its

base formula for Medicaid reimbursement to nursing care facilities; authorizing the department of health to

conduct a case mix study for Medicaid reimbursement to nursing care facilities; requiring a report;

authorizing the department to apply for and implement a Medicaid waiver for reimbursement to assisted

living facilities as specified; requiring the department to expand the home and community based waiver as

specified; increasing funding for the personal needs allowance under Medicaid and the state supplemental

security income program; eliminating a restriction on the state supplemental security income program;

specifying long-term care topics to be studied; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0045 Industrial road program-amendments.

Sponsored by: TRANSPORTATION

AN ACT relating to the industrial road program; increasing the amount set aside for the program by the

transportation commission as specified; increasing the cap on county match for the program as specified;

providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0046 Nursing home bed limits-sunset date.

Sponsored by: LABOR

AN ACT relating to nursing homes; extending the expiration date of the statute limiting the construction or

expansion of nursing care facilities beds in the state as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0047 Omnibus water bill-construction.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Hawks

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; modifying the plan for de-earmarking of severance

taxes as specified; repealing a provision depositing specified severance taxes to the permanent Wyoming

mineral trust fund; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0049 Mineral severance taxes-distribution-2.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Hawks

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; ending the diversion of certain mineral severance tax money as

specified; amending diversions as specified; delaying the effective date of de-earmarking; providing for a

sunset date; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0050 De-earmarking of severance taxes-distribution-2.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Hawks

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; modifying the plan for de-earmarking of severance

taxes as specified;

S.F. No. 0051 Private prison operation.

Sponsored by: JUDICIARY

AN ACT relating to private correctional facilities; specifying requirements for operation of a private jail or

prison in this state; providing an exception; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0052 Partnership challenge loan program-amendments.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Hawks

AN ACT relating to the partnership challenge loan program; defining a term; providing for loans of state

funds to businesses under certain circumstances; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0053 Unemployment compensation.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Hawks

AN ACT relating to unemployment compensation; deleting an exclusion from the fund; providing for the

disposition of special rate funds collected; providing expenditures from the workforce development training

may be made without the advice of the Wyoming business council; providing for notification of

expenditures; providing for a reduction in the base rate for 2002; deleting the allocation of the adjustment

factor; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0054 Involuntary commitment procedures-authorized recordings.

Sponsored by: JUDICIARY

AN ACT relating to involuntary commitment proceedings; requiring commitment hearings to be recorded by

specified means; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0055 Preschool programs.

Sponsored by: LABOR

AN ACT relating to the creation of preschools; providing institutions which may establish a preschool;

providing funding for preschools; providing for a program assessment for a preschool; requiring a report;

providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0056 State employees' and officials' insurance reserve account.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Harris

AN ACT relating to state employees' and officials' group health insurance; creating a reserve account;

providing for interest from funds in the reserve account to be used to reduce state employees' and officials'

health insurance premiums; providing for funding of the account; appropriating funds; and providing for an

effective date.

S.F. No. 0057 State minimum wage repeal.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Scott

AN ACT relating to the state minimum wage; repealing provisions relating to the state minimum wage; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0058 School capcon-capital lease grant payments.

Sponsored by: CORPORATIONS

AN ACT relating to insurance; adopting insurance producer licensing model act; specifying conditions and

requirements for licensure generally; modifying provisions relating to licensure of persons engaged in the

insurance business and requirements related to resident and nonresident licensees; modifying, repealing and

rearranging insurance licensing statutes generally; repealing solicitor licensing provisions; making

conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0060 Insurance-privacy regulations.

Sponsored by: CORPORATIONS

AN ACT relating to insurance; authorizing rules governing the disclosure of financial and health information

of insurance consumers; specifying restrictions on rules; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0061 Criminal records-confidentiality.

Sponsored by: JUDICIARY

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Criminal History Record Act; defining criminal history record information

subject to the act; authorizing the release of specified inmate information by the department of corrections;

providing for the filing of clemency documents with the secretary of state; and providing for an effective

date.

S.F. No. 0062 Law enforcement measures.

Sponsored by: JUDICIARY

AN ACT relating to crimes and law enforcement; prohibiting the interception of communications and acts

related to the interception of communications; authorizing communication interception by law enforcement

and others under specified conditions; authorizing pen registers and trap and trace devices in specified

conditions; requiring assistance in authorized pen registers, trap and trace devices and communications

interceptions as specified; authorizing the attorney general subpoena power in specified conditions;

providing criminal penalties; authorizing civil actions; repealing previously enacted statutes relating to

communication interception; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0063 New political party petition signatures.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Mockler

AN ACT relating to elections; repealing restriction counting an elector's signature on only one petition for

the formation of new political parties; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0064 Railroad train crews.

Sponsored by: TRANSPORTATION

AN ACT relating to commercial vehicles; providing for a fee for commercial trailers as specified; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0066 Cities and towns-election of police chief.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Goodenough

AN ACT relating to officers of cities and towns; providing for the election of the chief of police; specifying

circumstances when election is required; conforming provisions; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0067 Alien land conveyances.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Goodenough

AN ACT relating to property and conveyances; repealing prohibitions on nonresident alien land

conveyances and related provisions; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0068 Communication interception.

Sponsored by: JUDICIARY

AN ACT relating to communication interception; repealing and recreating existing provisions concerning

communication interception; prohibiting interception of certain communications; providing for exceptions

and criminal penalties; providing for forfeiture of equipment used for interception of communications;

establishing a procedure for peace officers to obtain authority to intercept communications regarding

specified offenses; providing for procedures subsequent to interception of communications, including

notification and reporting; authorizing civil actions and providing for damages; and providing for an

effective date.

S.F. No. 0069 State board of parole-compensation.

Sponsored by: JUDICIARY

AN ACT relating to the state board of control; increasing compensation paid to parole board members as

specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0070 Select committee on telecommunications.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Miller, C.

AN ACT relating to public utilities; creating a select committee to review telecommunications regulation;

requiring a report; providing an appropriation; providing for termination of the committee; and providing for

an effective date.

S.F. No. 0071 Improvement and service district-condemnation.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Geis

AN ACT relating to improvement and service districts; granting the power of eminent domain to

improvement and service districts; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0072 State high school graduation requirements.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Massie

AN ACT relating to public schools; modifying state high school graduation requirements as specified; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0073 Outdoor lighting.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Case

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; authorizing municipalities and counties to restrict outdoor

lighting; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0074 Special malt beverage permit-university.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Devin

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages and authorized special malt beverage permit for the University of

Wyoming; amending the number of authorized dispensing room locations; authorizing additional areas

within the student union where consumption may take place; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0075 Park rangers-peace officer status.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Roberts

AN ACT relating to peace officers; expanding peace officer authority of state park rangers and park

superintendents as specified; specifying that such persons are peace officers for purposes of the criminal

code; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0076 Highway right of way-permitted use.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Case

AN ACT relating to state highway right of way use; authorizing the transportation commission to grant

licenses to use controlled access highway rights of way as specified; providing for disposition of fees;

expanding reference to corporate entities; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0077 Insurance-uniform prescription drug identification cards.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Case

AN ACT relating to state lands; eliminating maximum term limit on industrial, commercial and recreational

leases; authorizing residential leases; modifying rental value determinations as specified; and providing for

an effective date.

S.F. No. 0079 Merger of transportation and aeronautics commissions.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Geis

AN ACT relating to boards and commissions; eliminating the aeronautics commission and placing duties

with the transportation commission; amending requirements for appointment to the transportation

commission to include some aeronautics expertise as specified; conforming provisions; requiring a report;

repealing obsolete provisions; specifying applicability to current commissioners' terms; and providing for

effective dates.

S.F. No. 0080 Retirement-EMT pension fund.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Geis

AN ACT relating to emergency medical technicians; creating a volunteer emergency medical technician

pension fund as specified; providing for administration; providing an appropriation as specified; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0081 Publication of county and municipal salaries.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Larson

AN ACT relating to local governments; requiring cities, towns, counties and school districts to include

fringe benefits when publishing salaries of public officials and employees; and providing for an effective

date.

S.F. No. 0082 Library districts.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Devin

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Pharmacy Act; amending and clarifying provisions with respect to

dispensing of drugs; amending examination fees as specified; repealing conflicting provisions; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0084 Retirement system-amendments 2.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Job

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming retirement system; expanding covered employers; providing for electronic

reporting by employers; requiring monthly payment of employer contributions; modifying interest imposed

upon delinquent payments and specifying location of recovery actions initiated by the board; modifying

requirements for the purchase of prior service credits; extending time requirements for the redeposit of

withdrawn contributions prior to retirement; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0085 School starting date.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Cathcart

AN ACT relating to public schools; requiring schools to begin the school year the day after Labor Day; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0086 State fair-school cocurricular activity.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Cathcart

AN ACT relating to school districts; requiring districts to excuse students participating in the state fair from

school attendance; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0087 Retirement-Wyoming air guard firefighters.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Job

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming retirement system; establishing additional benefits and contributions for

Wyoming air national guard firefighter members as specified; defining and specifying eligibility; clarifying

retirement system provisions accordingly; conditioning additional benefit implementation and payment upon

timely contribution payments as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0088 Driving under the influence-blood alcohol content.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Geis

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; lowering the threshold level of blood alcohol concentration for purposes

of convictions for driving a vehicle or operating watercraft while under the influence of alcohol as specified;

conforming provisions; amending an obsolete reference; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0089 Electioneering-amendments.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Meier

AN ACT relating to electioneering; providing a penalty for the untimely release by news media of the results

of polls conducted by the news media; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0091 Fire suppression account.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Geis

AN ACT relating to public lands; providing for county and other entities participation in the emergency fire

suppression account; providing a definition; providing for assessments to participate in the account;

repealing provision regarding assessment when account exceeds certain amount; and providing for an

effective date.

S.F. No. 0092 Reading assessment and intervention.

Sponsored by: EDUCATION

AN ACT relating to public schools; requiring school districts to implement a reading assessment for first and

second grade students; requiring demonstration of proficiency; requiring remediation programs; imposing

duties on the state board of education; providing payments to districts from the foundation program

account; providing an appropriation; specifying application; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0093 Off road vehicles-fuel tax.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Youngbauer

AN ACT relating to fuel taxes; amending the time period for imposition of a separate two cent tax on fuel as

specified, thereby establishing exemptions on the two cent tax on fuel; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0094 Litter-delivery of written material.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Case

AN ACT relating to litter; providing for notification to publisher to terminate delivery of written material;

requiring publisher to maintain list of those terminating delivery of written material; requiring publisher to

terminate delivery to those on list; providing penalties; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0095 Merger of aeronautics and transportation commissions.

Sponsored by: TRANSPORTATION

AN ACT relating to boards and commissions; eliminating the aeronautics commission; creating an

aeronautics council as specified; amending requirements for appointment to the transportation commission

to include aeronautics expertise as specified and increasing the size of the commission; conforming

provisions; requiring a report; repealing an obsolete provision; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0096 Charter schools-amendments.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Devin

AN ACT relating to charter schools; establishing an application process for charter schools as specified;

eliminating petition requirements; establishing a separate application process for converting existing public

schools into charter schools; providing for conditional approval; providing for state board review of district

board action; prohibiting certain actions by district boards; clarifying charter school employee employment

status for salary, benefit and retirement purposes; clarifying application of district major maintenance

payments to charter school facilities; restricting foundation program amounts generated by charter school

attendance; granting rulemaking authority; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0097 Brand inspectors as peace officers.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Cathcart

AN ACT relating to peace officers; clarifying the definition of livestock board investigators and brand

inspectors as peace officers as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0098 Drug and alcohol testing act.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Goodenough

AN ACT relating to drug and alcohol testing; requiring a qualified testing program to comply with specific

criteria; specifying when an employer may perform a qualified drug or alcohol test; and providing for an

effective date.

S.F. No. 0099 Supervised medical use of marihuana.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Goodenough

AN ACT relating to public health; allowing supervised medical use of marihuana for seriously ill people;

excepting medical use of marihuana from prosecution; providing for a medical doctor's supervision;

reclassifying marihuana as a schedule II controlled substance; providing criminal penalties for fraudulent

representations; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0100 Campaign reporting-receipts and expenditure filings.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Case

AN ACT relating to elections; modifying requirements for filing campaign reports of receipts and

expenditures; modifying enforcement provisions; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0101 Game and fish-trapping license-3.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Harris

AN ACT relating to game and fish; authorizing use of owner identification numbers for licensed steel leg

hold traps as specified; specifying that identification numbers are not public record; and providing for an

effective date.

S.F. No. 0102 Game and fish public trust.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Harris

AN ACT relating to the game and fish commission; providing definitions; amending the authority of the

game and fish commission as specified; requiring that the commission control, propagate, manage, protect

and regulate all Wyoming wildlife as a public trust; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0103 Mental Health Professions Practice Act-requirements.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Scott

AN ACT relating to the Mental Health Professions Practice Act; providing an exemption from requirements

of the act as specified; establishing requirements for certification of addictions practitioner assistant;

providing a definition; amending requirements for issuance of a provisional license as specified; amending

requirements for granting of reciprocity; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0104 Adjutant general-disposition of real property.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Peck

AN ACT relating to defense forces and affairs; providing for disposition of certain real property by the

adjutant general as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0105 Hunting without permission.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Harris

AN ACT relating to game and fish violations; adding the element of knowingly to the offense of hunting,

fishing or trapping on private property without permission; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0106 Concealed firearms permits.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Harris

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; providing for permits to carry a concealed firearm as specified;

modifying provisions relating to a concealed firearm permit from another state; specifying information

relating to concealed weapons permits which is public record; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0107 Special districts-tax elections.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Case

AN ACT relating to special districts; requiring elections for tax levies as specified; repealing inconsistent

provisions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0108 Nuclear fuel rod storage.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Peck

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing for the taxation of a high-level radioactive waste storage

facility as specified; providing for negotiation of benefits as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0109 Reduction in penalties for speed limit violations.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Hinchey

AN ACT relating to speed limits; reducing penalties for speed limit violations as specified; repealing

conflicting provisions; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0110 Schools-professional development funding.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Job

AN ACT relating to public schools; authorizing the state superintendent to provide funds to school districts

to compensate teachers and administrators for attending summer professional development training;

imposing application requirements and prescribing payment conditions; providing an appropriation; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0111 Occupied buildings-distance from gas wells.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Erb

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; prohibiting the construction of a building near a natural gas

well as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0112 State employees group insurance reorganization.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Mockler

AN ACT relating to game and fish; modifying reduced price annual pioneer license qualifications; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0114 Catering permits.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Mockler

AN ACT relating to special permits and the sale of beverages by resort liquor license holders; authorizing

resort liquor license holders to obtain catering permits under specified conditions; and providing for an

effective date.

S.F. No. 0115 Severance tax distribution.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Mockler

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing for the distribution of a portion of severance taxes from

oil and gas as specified; repealing provision for the distribution of a portion of severance taxes from natural

gas produced from certain wells as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0116 Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Peck

AN ACT relating to administrative procedures; providing requirements for the adoption of a rule and its

compliance with state statutory requirements as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0118 Speeding conviction records.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Meier

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; modifying requirements with respect to reporting of convictions; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0119 Minor purchasing alcohol-license suspension.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Meier

AN ACT relating to department of environmental quality permits; providing for a petition for award of costs

and expenses for bad faith objections; providing for answer; providing for contents of the petition;

providing for award of costs and expenses; limiting circumstances under which award may be made; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0121 Pearl Harbor survivor license plates.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Erb

AN ACT relating to motor vehicle license plates; authorizing the surviving spouse of a Pearl Harbor survivor

to apply for and receive special license plates as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0122 Sales tax reduction.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Erb

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; repealing the additional state sales and use tax as specified; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0123 Civil penalty-electrical licensing provisions.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Erb

AN ACT relating to penalties for violations of electrical licensing provisions; allowing the electrical board to

establish a schedule of fines for violations of electrical installation and licensing statutes; authorizing the

board to act as the recommending agency to district attorneys or the attorney general for violations of

electrical licensing statutes; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0124 Wyoming deferred compensation program.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Scott

AN ACT relating to school districts; exempting district superintendents from certification requirements by

the Wyoming professional teaching standards board; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0127 Green River/Wind River water storage.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Massie

AN ACT relating to emergency detentions and involuntary commitments; providing for liability for costs of

emergency detentions and involuntary commitments as specified; providing an appropriation; and providing

for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0129 Credit unions-depositories for public funds.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Mockler

AN ACT relating to public funds; authorizing political subdivisions to deposit public funds in federal credit

unions and credit union certificates of deposit; specifying conditions; making conforming amendments; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0130 Voluntary remediation amendments.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Hawks

AN ACT relating to voluntary remediation of contaminated sites; providing that a remedy employing

alternate standards must meet certain requirements as specified; clarifying when a no further action letter

may be issued; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0131 Fuel tax-agricultural purposes definition.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Cathcart

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing for the definition of agricultural purposes for fuel taxes

as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0132 Property tax-amounts paid under protest.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Meier

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing for the payment of property taxes under protest as

specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0133 Prescription drug assistance program

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Scott

AN ACT relating to Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act; creating the prescription drug program

under the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act; specifying eligibility criteria; specifying which

drugs qualify for payment under the program; establishing procedures; limiting benefits as specified;

providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0134 Property tax relief-eligibility.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Peck

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing for the tax refund and property tax relief programs as

specified; amending qualification guidelines for both programs as specified; repealing conflicting provisions;

and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0135 Misdemeanor-length of probation.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Peck

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; authorizing extended probation in certain misdemeanor cases; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0136 North American industry classification system.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Harris

AN ACT relating to peace officers; amending the definition of peace officer to include Bureau of Indian

Affairs peace officers as specified; excluding such officers from waiver of governmental immunity under the

Wyoming Governmental Claims Act; excluding coverage for such officers under the state self_insurance

program; conforming related provisions; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0138 Partition fences.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Miller, C.

AN ACT relating to fences; imposing requirements for recovery of costs of construction or improvement of

partition fences from adjoining landowner; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0139 Child abuse-crimes in presence of child.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Goodenough

AN ACT relating to child abuse; prohibiting commission of specified acts of violence in the presence of a

child; defining elements; imposing penalties; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0140 Sex offender registration amendments.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Miller, C.

AN ACT relating to sex offender registration; modifying required offender hearings; modifying registration

offenses and penalties; making registration information public record; requiring electronic publication of

records; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0141 Real estate agents-errors and omissions insurance.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Miller, C.

AN ACT relating to real estate agents; authorizing the commission to obtain errors and omissions insurance;

providing agents are not required to carry the insurance; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0142 County clerk fees-increase.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Job

AN ACT relating to county clerk fees; increasing fees as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0143 Sales & use tax distribution-2.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Larson

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing for distribution of sales and use tax distribution as

specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0144 Eminent domain compensation.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Schiffer

AN ACT relating to eminent domain; modifying compensation requirements for court orders permitting entry

prior to condemnation; expanding fair market value-based just compensation determinations as specified;

and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0145 Election code-write-in votes.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Goodenough

AN ACT relating to the election code; amending necessary votes for nominating write-in candidates as

specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0146 Solid waste disposal.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Kinnison

AN ACT relating to solid waste disposal rates; removing authority of political subdivisions and other

entities to set landfill rates; providing for rate setting by the public service commission; providing

definitions; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0147 Oil and gas severance tax collections.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Miller, C.

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing for payment of ad valorem taxes on mineral production

as specified; providing for liens; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0148 State revenue diversions.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Mockler

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; consolidating specified state accounts; transferring

funds; ending the diversion of certain mineral severance tax money as specified; amending and repealing

various diversions; amending related provisions; clarifying provisions; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0149 Water and sewerage systems.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Kinnison

AN ACT relating to systems of water, water works and sanitary sewerage services; removing authority of

political subdivisions; providing for rate setting by the public service commission; providing definitions;

and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0150 Wyoming horizons student scholarship program.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Massie

AN ACT relating to unemployment compensation; providing for coverage of services performed for Indian

tribes as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0152 Municipal annexations.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Larson

AN ACT relating to cities and towns; modifying and clarifying requirements for municipal annexations;

removing exception to required annexation report; specifying additional report requirement; and providing

for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0153 TANF block grant funds.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Kinnison

AN ACT relating to joint power boards; authorizing the power of eminent domain for condemnation;

specifying conditions; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0156 Minimum wage-2.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Goodenough

AN ACT relating to the state minimum wage rates; increasing the state minimum wage rate for tipped

employees as specified; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0157 Real estate subdivision requirements.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Miller, C.

AN ACT relating to real property and real estate agents; providing definitions; providing for disclosure of

property conditions by the seller to the buyer; providing for conditions; providing for penalties; providing

for civil actions; providing for exceptions; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0159 Schools-physical fitness initiative.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Meier

AN ACT appropriating funds to the governor for the governor's council on physical fitness and sports;

specifying expenditure; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0160 Fishing bait.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Roberts

AN ACT relating to game and fish; eliminating license fees for seining and trapping fish; and providing for

an effective date.

S.F. No. 0161 County sheriffs-appointment option.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Case

AN ACT relating to county sheriffs; providing for appointment or election of county sheriffs; specifying

circumstances when election is required; conforming provisions; providing for continuity of the terms of

current elected county sheriffs; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0162 School districts-building fund.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Goodenough

AN ACT relating to manufactured housing; providing for installation standards; providing for registration of

installers; providing penalties for failure to register; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0164 Low income energy assistance program.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Schiffer

AN ACT relating to low income energy assistance; authorizing the department of family services to

administer the low income energy assistance program as specified; establishing eligibility criteria; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0165 Sales and use tax exemptions-propane.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Meier

AN ACT relating to sales and use tax; providing an exemption from sales and use tax for sales of propane

during certain periods of time; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0166 Genetic testing information.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Scott

AN ACT relating to genetic information protection; prohibiting the use of genetic information to deny any

person employment or to change provisions of insurance coverage as specified; requiring the insurance

commissioner to sanction an insurer who violates the provisions of this act as specified; providing a

definition; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0167 School capital construction select committee.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Cathcart

AN ACT relating to school capital construction; establishing a select committee on capital construction as

specified; prescribing duties; requiring a report; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective

date.

S.F. No. 0168 Education program standards.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Schiffer

AN ACT relating to public schools; modifying and clarifying responsibilities for student performance

standards and the assessment of student performance as specified; imposing conditions on rules and

regulations prescribing student performance standards; prescribing legislative purpose; and providing for an

effective date.

S.F. No. 0169 Peace officers-retirement credentials.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Miller, C.

AN ACT relating to real estate brokers and salesmen; requiring real estate brokers, associate brokers and

salesmen to submit proof of errors and omissions insurance; providing for exceptions; authorizing

rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0171 Public funds-prohibited use.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Erb

AN ACT relating to elections; prohibiting the use of public funds in certain circumstances; providing for

exceptions; providing for criminal offenses; providing for penalties; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0172 School finance-external cost adjustment-3.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Job

AN ACT relating to school finance; modifying the amount of and basis for computing the external cost

adjustment; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0173 Water & sewer district board-compensation.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Cathcart

AN ACT relating to water; increasing the compensation for members of a water and sewer district board; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0174 Consensus revenue estimating group.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Scott

AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing for the energy assistance tax rebate program as

specified; providing for administration; granting rulemaking authority; providing definitions; providing an

appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0177 Supplemental energy assistance program-2.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Roberts

AN ACT relating to a supplemental energy assistance program; creating a state supplemental energy

assistance program; establishing eligibility criteria; providing definitions; providing an appropriation; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0178 Utility rate adjustments-gas.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Kinnison

AN ACT relating to utilities; establishing an earmarked revenue fund account for relief of gas consumers as

specified; providing for deposits of certain sales and use taxes into the account as specified; providing for

expenditures from the account as specified; providing rulemaking authority; providing repealers; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0179 Utility rate adjustments-electric.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Kinnison

AN ACT relating to utilities; establishing an earmarked revenue fund account for relief of electric consumers

as specified; providing for deposits of certain sales and use taxes into the account as specified; providing

for expenditures from the account as specified; providing rulemaking authority; providing repealers; and

providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0180 Wyoming endowment challenge program.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Schiffer

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming endowment challenge program; establishing the endowment fund;

providing for separate accounts for the University of Wyoming and each Wyoming community college;

defining terms; establishing a matching fund program administered by the state treasurer based upon gifts

received by each institution's foundation; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0181 State miner's hospital board-2.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Youngbauer

AN ACT relating to miners; creating the state miner's hospital board; providing for membership and duties;

creating a special account to address miner's health issues; providing for funding; creating a legislative

oversight committee; requiring a report; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0182 University endowment fund.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Larson

AN ACT relating to the University of Wyoming endowment challenge program; establishing the endowment

account; defining terms; establishing a matching program administered by the state treasurer as specified;

providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

S.F. No. 0183 Telecommunications-local exchange certificates.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Youngbauer

AN ACT relating to energy development; establishing the Wyoming energy commission to facilitate the

development, production, transportation and use of Wyoming's coal, hydro, natural gas, oil, uranium and

wind resources; providing for reporting; providing for an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.