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2003 General Session
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HB 183 would have raised the fee that the Wyoming Department of Transportation charges on shipments of radioactive materials that are transported across the state.
Under current Wyoming law, each shipment of radioactive materials is charged a fee of $200, and the money is deposited in an emergency response fund, to be used for training and for emergency response procedures if and when a transportation accident occurs.
HB 183 would have raised the fee to $1,500 per shipment.
Supporters noted that the number of shipments of radioactive materials across Wyoming will dramatically increase in the very near future, and the likelihood of an accident involving dangerous radioactive waste correspondingly will increase. Supporters viewed HB 183 as an essential way for Wyoming to prepare for such an emergency when it occurs, and argued that it was an important public safety measure. Supporters noted that the emergency response fund now contains $132,000, which is not nearly enough to fund needed training along the Interstate 80 corridor and respond to an emergency spill when one occurs.
Some opponents felt that the fee increase was too high, and some were worried that the fee increase might somehow impact truckers, even though supporters explained that the fees would be paid by whoever was responsible for the materials being shipped (usually the federal government) and not by the transporters.
HB 183 passed the House 42-17. It passed the Senate Transportation Committee but died on General File in the Senate when Senate Majority Floor Leader Grant Larson (R-S17, Jackson) did not schedule the bill for floor debate.
The votes listed below are Third Reading (final passage) votes in the House.
A YES vote means the representative supported raising the fee for transportation of radioactive materials across Wyoming from $200 to $1500 per shipment.
A NO vote means the representative did not support raising the transportation fee.
| Bighorn Basin Legislators | House 3rd 2/6/03 |
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| S 18 | Hank Coe (R) | |
| H 24 | Colin Simpson (R) | Yes |
| H 50 | Pat Childers (R) | Yes |
| S 19 | Laness D. Northrup (R) | |
| H 25 | Alan Jones (R) | No |
| H 26 | Elaine Harvey (R) | Yes |
| S 20 | Gerald E. Geis (R) | |
| H 27 | Jane Wostenberg (R) | No |
| H 28 | Micheal Baker (R) | No |
| Casper-Area Legislators | House 3rd 2/6/03 |
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| S 27 | John Barrasso (R) | |
| H 35 | Roy Cohee (R) | Yes |
| H 36 | Liz Gentile (D) | Yes |
| S 28 | Keith Goodenough (D) | |
| H 56 | Tom Walsh (R) | Yes |
| H 57 | Thomas A. Lockhart (R) | Yes |
| S 29 | Bill Hawks (R) | |
| H 37 | Steve Harshman (R) | Yes |
| H 59 | Mary Gilmore (D) | Yes |
| S 30 | Charles K. Scott (R) | |
| H 38 | Bob Brechtel (R) | No |
| H 58 | Ann Robinson (D) | Yes |
| Cheyenne-Area Legislators | House 3rd 2/6/03 |
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| S 4 | April Brimmer Kunz (R) | |
| H 7 | Tony Ross (R) | Yes |
| H 41 | Becket Hinckley (R) | Yes |
| S 5 | John Hanes (R) | |
| H 8 | Larry Meuli (R) | Yes |
| H 42 | Pete Illoway (R) | Yes |
| S 6 | Rich Cathcart (D) | |
| H 9 | Wayne Johnson (R) | Yes |
| H 10 | Rodney "Pete" Anderson (R) | No |
| S 7 | Kathryn Sessions (D) | |
| H 11 | Wayne Reese (D) | No |
| H 43 | Ed Prosser (R) | Yes |
| S 8 | E. Jayne Mockler (D) | |
| H 12 | Layton Morgan (D) | Yes |
| H 44 | Floyd Esquibel (D) | Yes |
| Gillette-Area Legislators | House 3rd 2/6/03 |
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| S 23 | John Hines (R) | |
| H 31 | Jene Jansen (R) | Yes |
| H 52 | George McMurtrey (R) | No |
| S 24 | Richard A. Erb (R) | |
| H 32 | Jeff Wasserburger (R) | Yes |
| H 53 | Frank Latta (R) | Yes |
| Lander/Riverton-Area Legislators | House 3rd 2/6/03 |
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| S 25 | Cale Case (R) | |
| H 33 | Harry Tipton (R) | Yes |
| H 54 | Del McOmie (R) | Yes |
| S 26 | Robert A. Peck (R) | |
| H 34 | Frank Philp (R) | Excused |
| H 55 | David Miller (R) | No |
| Northeast/East Central WY Legislators | House 3rd 2/6/03 |
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| S 1 | Bill Barton (R) | |
| H 1 | Mark Semlek (R) | No |
| H 2 | Ross Diercks (D) | Yes |
| S 2 | Jim Anderson (R) | |
| H 5 | James C. Hageman (R) | No |
| H 6 | Dave Edwards (R) | Yes |
| S 3 | Curt Meier (R) | |
| H 3 | Deborah Alden (R) | No |
| H 4 | Edward A. Buchanan (R) | Yes |
| Sheridan-Area Legislators | House 3rd 2/6/03 |
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| S 21 | Bruce Burns (R) | |
| H 29 | Jerry Iekel (R) | Yes |
| H 51 | Rosie Berger (R) | Yes |
| S 22 | John Schiffer (R) | |
| H 30 | Jack Landon (R) | No |
| H 40 | Doug Osborn (R) | Yes |
| South Central WY Legislators | House 3rd 2/6/03 |
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| S 9 | Mike Massie (D) | |
| H 13 | Jane Warren (D) | Yes |
| H 45 | Lorna Johnson (D) | Yes |
| S 10 | Irene Devin (R) | |
| H 14 | Phil Nicholas (R) | Yes |
| H 46 | James Slater (R) | Yes |
| S 11 | Bill Vasey (D) | |
| H 15 | George Bagby (D) | Yes |
| H 47 | Kurt Bucholz (R) | No |
| Southwest WY Legislators | House 3rd 2/6/03 |
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| S 12 | Rae Lynn Job (D) | |
| H 48 | Marty Martin (D) | Yes |
| H 16 | Pete Jorgensen (D) | No |
| S 13 | Tex Boggs (D) | |
| H 17 | Fred Parady (R) | No |
| H 60 | Bill Thompson (D) | Yes |
| S 14 | Larry Caller (D) | |
| H 18 | Mick Powers (R) | Yes |
| H 39 | Chris Boswell (D) | Yes |
| S 15 | Ken Decaria (D) | |
| H 19 | Owen Petersen (R) | Yes |
| H 49 | Saundra Meyer (D) | Yes |
| West Central WY Legislators | House 3rd 2/6/03 |
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| S 16 | Delaine Roberts (R) | |
| H 20 | Stan Cooper (R) | Yes |
| H 21 | Randall Luthi (R) | No |
| S 17 | Grant Larson (R) | |
| H 22 | Monte Olsen (R) | No |
| H 23 | Clarene Law (R) | Yes |
See Southwest Region for H 16 and S 12 | ||