Legislative Report

The state House passed a bill on a 41-18 vote that would allow searches for University of Wyoming and state community college presidents to be closed to the public.

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The senate Judiciary Committee voted 4 to 1 to advance a bill that would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The bill now goes to the full senate for debate.

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A bill that calls for studying how the federal Health Care Exchange works and what actions the state might need to take received initial approval in the House, but just barely. The bill’s sponsor Representative Elaine Harvey (HD-26), Chairman of the house Labor,Health and Social Services Committee, says it's good to have the knowledge about the exchanges

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The House Minerals, Business and Economic Development committee voted 9-0 to send a bill to the full house that would allow searches for University of Wyoming and state community college presidents to be closed to the public

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A bill that makes major changes to the duties of the Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction has passed the legislature.The House passed the bill amended on a 39-20 vote and the Senate concurred with the changes made by the House.

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A judge in Laramie has ordered the University Board of Trustees to identify the finalists for university president after they get those names from a search committee. A proposed bill in the Wyoming House may change that decision.

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The Wyoming Senate is considering a bill that would try and reform the state's Medicaid program. Senator Charlie Scott, Chairman of the Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee,says that could be difficult because of the limitations put on the state's by the federal government

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Two weeks into the legislative session, several big issues have already made their way through at least one chamber.

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