Senate File 103 now faces three readings in the Wyoming Senate. If the Senate signs off on the legislation, it would then move on to the Wyoming House of Representatives.
As the hearing ran out of time, Chair Senator Charles Scott [R-Natrona County] said he wasn't sure that when the committee takes up the issue again it will continue to take testimony.
Rock Springs businessman Wing Lew noted that while newspapers and media websites run arrest photos, they rarely follow up with information that people have been cleared of the charges.
The proposal would have needed a 2/3 majority vote for introduction, or 40 members of the 60 member house. But it was defeated by a margin of 37-21 with two members absent.
House Speaker Eric Barlow said Tuesday “I consider the question of Rep. Zwonitzer’s qualifications to serve in the 66th House of Representatives to be resolved."