On Tuesday, January 11, the 58th Wyoming State Legislature convened for the 2005 General Session. While a General Session is permitted to last up to 40 days, this year the Legislature completed its work in a 37-day session and adjourned on March 3.
      Again this year, the ESPC provided its 2005 edition of the daily, online LAP* Book that included Daily 2005 Session Reports and Votes on Key Legislation, accessible through the link to the left of this page.
      Votes on key legislation gave detailed information on the bills the ESPC and its member groups believed were the most important legislation of the 2005 General Session. Detailed descriptions of each bill of interest included an explanation of its intent, who sponsored it, and committee and floor votes in both chambers with voting charts showing how each legislator voted on the bill.
      The 2005 Session LAP* Book also links to Legislator Profiles and Campaign Contributions, which provides information on legislators and how they financed their most recent campaigns for election.
      A vital component of Wyoming's legislative process is interim committee meetings, which occur throughout the year between legislative sessions. Much work is done during the interim committee meetings each year to prepare for the next year's legislative session. To learn about the interim studies on which committees are currently working, click on the Legislative Interim Studies link below. To discover when and where interim committee meetings are scheduled, click on the Legislative Calendar link below. And to learn more about the interim committees, including membership, meeting notices, past meeting minutes, etc., click on the Interim Committee Information link below.