Did you know that the Wyoming Legislature overwhelmingly passed a two-year 25% property tax cut to all Wyoming homeowners?
The Legislature also passed a bill that would have eliminated dangerous gun free zones.
The body also forwarded a bill to regulate abortion mills in Wyoming, which currently operate with impunity.
Legislators also approved a bill to push back against the Biden Administration’s 30x30 Plan, and another that would allow our Wyoming beef producers to sell directly to Wyoming consumers without big-state interference and intermeddling.
Each of these measures was approved by the Wyoming Legislature with solid, veto-proof majorities.
Gov. Gordon, a self-proclaimed “Republican,” vetoed all of them.
The Wyoming Legislature is constitutionally empowered with the ability to override vetoes – so why didn’t we?
Legislative leaders adjourned early with three days left in the bank, allowing the governor to issue vetoes without the possibility for the legislature to check and balance the flagrant swishes of his pen.
Why Didn't We Convene?
The Wyoming Legislature is also constitutionally empowered with the ability to convene a targeted special legislative session – so why didn’t we?
Thirty-five members of the Wyoming House decided that it’s not worth it to reconvene – even virtually, for only four days– to complete the work of the people.
These 35 representatives stood in the way of property tax relief – even though they supported it just one short month ago.
They blocked your Second Amendment rights – even though they cast an "aye" vote to protect those rights on the House floor.
They gave a thumbs-up to the murder of innocent, pre-born children – even though they proclaimed to stand for life in Cheyenne last month.
They voted against convening a strategic, short, and targeted special session because they claimed it wasn’t urgent enough to deliver on the things they deemed worthy only when the Governor’s veto pen waited at the other end of their feigned support.
I urge the people of Wyoming to be discerning when election season kicks off. When your lawmaker knocks on your door and boasts of his vote to defend the Second Amendment, ask how he voted on the Special Session.
When a slick flier lands in your mailbox proclaiming the pro-life bona fides of your rep, check to see what she did when presented with a real opportunity to stand strong for the preborn.
A vote against the special session is a vote AGAINST property tax relief, AGAINST the Second Amendment, AGAINST protecting pre-born babies, FOR Biden’s 30x30 land grab, and FOR an all-powerful governor who operates in the absence of checks and balances.
The public special session vote tally may be found below:
Representatives
Allemand: Aye
Allred: Nay (or no ballot received)
Andrew: Aye
Angelos: Aye
Banks: Aye
Bear: Aye
Berger: Nay (or no ballot received)
Brown: Nay (or no ballot received)
Burkhart: Nay (or no ballot received)
Byron: Nay (or no ballot received)
Chadwick: Nay (or no ballot received)
Chestek: Nay (or no ballot received)
Clouston: Nay (or no ballot received)
Conrad: Aye
Crago: Nay (or no ballot received)
Davis: Aye
Eklund: Nay (or no ballot received)
Haroldson: Aye
Harshman: Nay (or no ballot received)
Heiner: Aye
Henderson: Nay (or no ballot received)
Hornok: Aye
Jennings: Aye
Knapp: Aye
Larsen, Lloyd: Nay (or no ballot received)
Larson, JT: Nay (or no ballot received)
Lawley: Nay (or no ballot received)
Locke: Aye
Neiman: Aye
Newsome: Nay (or no ballot received)
Nicholas: Nay (or no ballot received)
Niemiec: Nay (or no ballot received)
Northrup: Nay (or no ballot received)
Oakley: Nay (or no ballot received)
Obermueller: Nay (or no ballot received)
O’Hearn: Nay (or no ballot received)
Olsen: Nay (or no ballot received)
Ottman: Aye
Pendergraft: Aye
Penn: Aye
Provenza: Nay (or no ballot received)
Rodriguez-Williams: Aye
Sherwood: Nay (or no ballot received)
Singh: Aye
Slagle: Aye
Smith: Aye
Sommers: Nay (or no ballot received)
Stith: Nay (or no ballot received)
Storer: Nay (or no ballot received)
Strock: Aye
Styvar: Aye
Tarver: Aye
Truillo: Aye
Walters: Nay (or no ballot received)
Ward: Aye
Washut: Nay (or no ballot received)
Western: Nay (or no ballot received)
Winter: Aye
Wylie: Nay (or no ballot received)
Yin: Nay (or no ballot received)
Zwonitzer, Dan: Nay (or no ballot received)
Zwonitzer, Dave: Nay (or no ballot received)
Senators:
Anderson: Nay (or no ballot received)
Baldwin: Nay (or no ballot received)
Barlow: Nay (or no ballot received)
Biteman: Aye
Boner: Aye
Bouchard: Aye
Brennan: Aye
Case: Nay (or no ballot received)
Cooper: Nay (or no ballot received)
Dockstader: Aye
Driskill: Nay (or no ballot received)
Ellis: Nay (or no ballot received)
French: Aye
Furphy: Nay (or no ballot received)
Gierau: Nay (or no ballot received)
Hicks: Aye
Hutchings: Aye
Ide: Aye
Jones: Nay (or no ballot received)
Kinskey: Aye
Kolb: Aye
Landen: Nay (or no ballot received)
Laursen, Dan: Aye
McKeown: Aye
Nethercott: Nay (or no ballot received)
Pappas: Nay (or no ballot received)
Rothfuss: Nay (or no ballot received)
Salazar: Aye
Schuler: Nay (or no ballot received)
Scott: Aye
Steinmetz: Aye
Rep. Jeremy Haroldson represents House District 4 and has been in the Legislature since 2021.
Rep. Chris Knapp represents House District 53 and has been in the Legislature since 2020.
Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams represents House District 50 and has been in the Legislature since 2021.
