Rustin Burr

The 65th Wyoming Legislature only has 5 days remaining in the 2019 General Session. Sheridan Media’s Rustin Burr is in the state’s Capital and provided a report from his first day.

As the 2019 General Session nears the end of the road, at least one local member of the 65th Wyoming Legislature would like to see committee sponsored bills make it to the finish line.

Senate File 118 was recently passed by a unanimous vote through the House Revenue Committee.

A bill that would change the way the Wyoming judicial system treated substance abuse cases has made its way almost to fruition in the state legislature.

The legislation that would place a veterans skilled nursing facility in Buffalo, Sheridan, or Casper has gone through a rocky road. There have been several attempts to switch the location from the committee recommended placement of Buffalo but as of yet, those amendments have all been unsuccessful.

The National Retail Fairness Act has passed the Wyoming House and is now in the Senate Corporations Committee. Local Representative Mark Kinner explains what House Bill 220 would do.

Before the Wyoming House of Representatives passed their version of the 2019 Supplemental Budget on third reading, Local Representative Cyrus Western added an amendment to appropriate $100,000 to Sheridan County School District 2.

Local Senator Dave Kinskey is the Sponsor of Senate File 147 and it passed the Senate on 3rd reading by a unanimous vote.

Although it is not the main item of the 2019 General Session of the 65th Wyoming Legislature, the supplemental budget bill has received a lot of attention from legislators in both the House and the Senate.