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Numeric List Accountability Health & Human Services Justice System Education State Employees Taxation & Revenue Wildlife & Environment Worker & Public Safety Tribal Affairs Senior Citizens	HB 45: Business Council - Repeal of Sunset 2003 General Session Sponsor: Rep. Pete Illoway (R-H42, Cheyenne); cosponsors Reps. Pete Anderson (R-H10, Pine Bluffs); Pat Childers (R-H50, Cody); Dave Edwards (R-H6, Douglas); Clarene Law (R-H23, Jackson); Tom Lockhart (R-H57, Casper); Saundra Meyer (D-H49, Evanston); Tony Ross (R-H7, Cheyenne); Colin Simpson (R-H24, Cody); Sens. John Hanes (R-S5, Cheyenne); Bill Hawks (R-S29, Casper); Robert Peck (R-S26, Riverton) Legislator votes by regions Big Horn Basin Casper-Area Cheyenne-Area Gillette-Area Lander/Riverton-Area Northeast/East Central Sheridan-Area South Central Southwest West Central          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. Vote to Override the Veto          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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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