Wyoming Governor Matt Mead has vetoed a genetic privacy bill approved by lawmakers because of concerns about an amendment that he says could cause some unintended results.

Senate File 31 would require informed consent for testing, disclosing, obtaining or retaining anyone's genetic information.

In a letter to Senate President Eli Bebout explaining why he vetoed the bill, the governor calls the bill's intent "an important goal and one I fully support."

But he says the amendment he objects to could prevent universities and other research or testing facilities from using a third party to store or back up genetic testing data.

It would take a 2/3 majority vote of both houses of the legislature to over-ride the veto. In his letter, the governor said the problem he saw with the bill "may be easily corrected next year." The 2017 legislative session is expected to wrap up on Friday, March 3.

The governor signed the following bills into law on March 1:

1.
SEA0019
SF0043
Alcoholic beverages revisions.
2.
SEA0020
SF0041
Enterprise technology services amendments. 
3.
SEA0021
SF0100
Limited liability companies.
4.
SEA0022
SF0059
Government ethics-clerks of the district courts.
5.
SEA0023
SF0052
Fund balance definition.
6.
SEA0024
SF0048
Farm loan program amendments.
7.
SEA0025
SF0047
State institution revenue accounts.
8.
SEA0026
SF0118
Food freedom act-sales locations.
9.
SEA0027
SF0102
Board of county commissioners designee-zoning certificates.
10.
SEA0028
SF0069
Small employer health reinsurance program amendments.
11.
SEA0029
SF0067
CHIP-program amendments.
12.
SEA0030
SF0027
State archives-amendments.
13.
SEA0031
SF0036
Education-leader evaluation and support.
14.
SEA0032
SF0056
Omnibus water bill-planning.
15.
SEA0033
SF0045
Liquor dispensing rooms.
16.
SEA0035
SF0051
Approval of water funds transfer.
17.
SEA0036
SF0015
Special district budget requirements.
18.
SEA0037
SF0126
Guides and outfitters-penalties.
19.
SEA0038
SF0133
Postmortem despoiling  and disposal penalties.
20.
SEA0039
SF0154
Sex offender registration-accessories.
21.
SEJR0001
SJ0002
Federal land wind and solar energy revenue-state share.
23.
HEA0033
HB0006
Principle based reserving.
24.
HEA0034
HB0035
Sponsorship of legislation.
25.
HEA0035
HB0060
State investment policy.
26.
HEA0036
HB0070
Occupational safety and health administration actions.
27.
HEA0037
HB0195
Quebec 1 transfer.
28.
HEA0038
HB0291
Department of health facilities.
29.
HEA0039
HB0082
Local optional sales and use taxes.
30.
HEA0040
HB0038
School finance-interfund borrowing.
31.
HEA0041
HB0019
Sales from remote sellers.
32.
HEA0042
HB0086
Omnibus water bill-construction.
33.
HEA0043
HB0128
Tribal license plates.
34.
HEA0044
HB0163
Elections-recount deposits.
35.
HEA0045
HB0074
Agent Orange Health Awareness Month.
36.
HEA0046
HB0183
Security for on deposit public funds.
37.
HEA0047
HB0044
Board of professional engineers and land surveyors.
38.
HEA0048
HB0023
Secretary of state's office-amendments.
39.
HEA0049
HB0221
Nonresident employer bonding requirements.
40.
HEA0050
HB0254
Public purpose investments.
41.
HEA0051
HB0026
Bark beetle-program funding.
42.
HEA0052
HB0111
County collective accounts.
43.
HEA0053
HB0164
Professional licensing boards-telemedicine/telehealth.
44.
HEJR0001
HJ0008
Federal responsibility for American Indian health care.

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