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2003 General Session
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The Wyoming Business Council (WBC) was established in 1998. Parts of the former Commerce Department, a variety of advisory boards and the Department of Agriculture's promotion and marketing division were transferred to the new agency. Specifically, the functions and authorities of the old Commerce Divisions of Tourism and State Marketing, Economic and Community Development, and Science, Technology and Energy Authority, along with Agriculture Marketing were transferred.
In addition to the recombination of responsibilities, the Legislature gave the WBC a quasi-"public-private" structure with different pay scales and benefits than other state agencies. The Legislature set a sunset date of 2003 to evaluate the new structure and the agency's work.
To learn more about the WBC, please read the ESPC's in-depth report on the Council: ESPCs Report on the Wyoming Business Council.
During the 2002 session, an attempt was made to repeal the sunset date (HB 44). Rather than repeal the sunset date, the Legislature chose to extend it to 2008, on the grounds the evaluation should still take place, but the new ideas should be given more time.
HB 45 again proposed a repeal of the sunset date altogether. This time, the bill passed. The House vote was 45-15, and the Senate vote was 17-13.
Governor Freudenthal issued his first veto of the 2003 legislative session when the bill reached his desk. To override a veto requires a two-thirds vote by both the House and the Senate.
The House mustered just enough votes to override the Governor's veto, 40-19 (one excused), but the Senate voted not to override the veto, 12-18.
The first votes listed below are Third Reading (final passage) votes in the House and Senate, followed by the votes to override the Governor's veto.
On the Third Reading votes, a YES vote means the legislator supported repealing the sunset date for the Wyoming Business Council.
A NO vote means the legislator did not support repealing the sunset date.
The votes listed below are the veto override votes of the House and Senate.
A YES vote means the legislator wanted to overturn the Governor's veto of HB 45.
A NO vote means the legislator did not want to overturn the Governor's veto.
| Bighorn Basin Legislators | House 3rd 1/22/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 | House Veto Override 2/24/03 | Senate Veto Override 2/25/03 |
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| S 18 | Hank Coe (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 24 | Colin Simpson (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 50 | Pat Childers (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 19 | Laness D. Northrup (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 25 | Alan Jones (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 26 | Elaine Harvey (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 20 | Gerald E. Geis (R) | Yes | No | ||
| H 27 | Jane Wostenberg (R) | No | No | ||
| H 28 | Micheal Baker (R) | Yes | No | ||
| Casper-Area Legislators | House 3rd 1/22/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 | House Veto Override 2/24/03 | Senate Veto Override 2/25/03 |
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| S 27 | John Barrasso (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 35 | Roy Cohee (R) | No | Yes | ||
| H 36 | Liz Gentile (D) | No | Excused | ||
| S 28 | Keith Goodenough (D) | No | No | ||
| H 56 | Tom Walsh (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 57 | Thomas A. Lockhart (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 29 | Bill Hawks (R) | Yes | No | ||
| H 37 | Steve Harshman (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 59 | Mary Gilmore (D) | No | No | ||
| S 30 | Charles K. Scott (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 38 | Bob Brechtel (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 58 | Ann Robinson (D) | No | No | ||
| Cheyenne-Area Legislators | House 3rd 1/22/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 | House Veto Override 2/24/03 | Senate Veto Override 2/25/03 |
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| S 4 | April Brimmer Kunz (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 7 | Tony Ross (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 41 | Becket Hinckley (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 5 | John Hanes (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 8 | Larry Meuli (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 42 | Pete Illoway (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 6 | Rich Cathcart (D) | No | No | ||
| H 9 | Wayne Johnson (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 10 | Rodney "Pete" Anderson (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 7 | Kathryn Sessions (D) | Yes | No | ||
| H 11 | Wayne Reese (D) | Yes | No | ||
| H 43 | Ed Prosser (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 8 | E. Jayne Mockler (D) | No | No | ||
| H 12 | Layton Morgan (D) | No | No | ||
| H 44 | Floyd Esquibel (D) | No | No | ||
| Gillette-Area Legislators | House 3rd 1/22/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 | House Veto Override 2/24/03 | Senate Veto Override 2/25/03 |
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| S 23 | John Hines (R) | No | No | ||
| H 31 | Jene Jansen (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 52 | George McMurtrey (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 24 | Richard A. Erb (R) | No | No | ||
| H 32 | Jeff Wasserburger (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 53 | Frank Latta (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Lander/Riverton-Area Legislators | House 3rd 1/22/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 | House Veto Override 2/24/03 | Senate Veto Override 2/25/03 |
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| S 25 | Cale Case (R) | No | No | ||
| H 33 | Harry Tipton (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 54 | Del McOmie (R) | No | No | ||
| S 26 | Robert A. Peck (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 34 | Frank Philp (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 55 | David Miller (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Northeast/East Central WY Legislators | House 3rd 1/22/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 | House Veto Override 2/24/03 | Senate Veto Override 2/25/03 |
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| S 1 | Bill Barton (R) | No | Yes | ||
| H 1 | Mark Semlek (R) | No | Yes | ||
| H 2 | Ross Diercks (D) | Yes | No | ||
| S 2 | Jim Anderson (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 5 | James C. Hageman (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 6 | Dave Edwards (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 3 | Curt Meier (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 3 | Deborah Alden (R) | Yes | No | ||
| H 4 | Edward A. Buchanan (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Sheridan-Area Legislators | House 3rd 1/22/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 | House Veto Override 2/24/03 | Senate Veto Override 2/25/03 |
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| S 21 | Bruce Burns (R) | No | No | ||
| H 29 | Jerry Iekel (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 51 | Rosie Berger (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 22 | John Schiffer (R) | No | No | ||
| H 30 | Jack Landon (R) | No | No | ||
| H 40 | Doug Osborn (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| South Central WY Legislators | House 3rd 1/22/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 | House Veto Override 2/24/03 | Senate Veto Override 2/25/03 |
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| S 9 | Mike Massie (D) | No | No | ||
| H 13 | Jane Warren (D) | Yes | No | ||
| H 45 | Lorna Johnson (D) | No | No | ||
| S 10 | Irene Devin (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 14 | Phil Nicholas (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 46 | James Slater (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 11 | Bill Vasey (D) | Yes | No | ||
| H 15 | George Bagby (D) | Yes | No | ||
| H 47 | Kurt Bucholz (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Southwest WY Legislators | House 3rd 1/22/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 | House Veto Override 2/24/03 | Senate Veto Override 2/25/03 |
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| S 12 | Rae Lynn Job (D) | No | No | ||
| H 48 | Marty Martin (D) | No | No | ||
| H 16 | Pete Jorgensen (D) | No | No | ||
| S 13 | Tex Boggs (D) | No | No | ||
| H 17 | Fred Parady (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 60 | Bill Thompson (D) | No | No | ||
| S 14 | Larry Caller (D) | Yes | No | ||
| H 18 | Mick Powers (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 39 | Chris Boswell (D) | No | No | ||
| S 15 | Ken Decaria (D) | No | No | ||
| H 19 | Owen Petersen (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 49 | Saundra Meyer (D) | Yes | No | ||
| West Central WY Legislators | House 3rd 1/22/03 | Senate 3rd 2/13/03 | House Veto Override 2/24/03 | Senate Veto Override 2/25/03 |
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| S 16 | Delaine Roberts (R) | Yes | No | ||
| H 20 | Stan Cooper (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 21 | Randall Luthi (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 17 | Grant Larson (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 22 | Monte Olsen (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 23 | Clarene Law (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
See Southwest Region for H 16 and S 12 | |||||