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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	SF 48: Outdoor Lighting Tariffs SF 49: Outdoor Lighting 2003 General Session Sponsor: Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee 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          Both SF 48 and 49 dealt with outdoor lighting.          SF 48 required electric utilities to offer a rate for utility-provided outdoor lighting apparatus that is designed to minimize waste and maintain dark skies. The bill provided that rates for these apparatus could not be subsidized by revenue from other utility-provided services.          SF 49 clarified current law by specifying that towns, cities and counties have the authority to pass ordinances regulating the types, construction and use of outdoor lighting equipment.          Regulation of outdoor lighting could encompass requirements for low-wattage lights in well-shielded fixtures, time controls, or infrared spotlight sensors.          Proponents of the bills were concerned about gradually diminishing night sky viewing, as well as energy efficiency and cost savings. Satellite images dramatically reveal that roughly a third of the light used outdoors escapes upward into the night sky.          Opponents worried that if local governments required people to change light fixtures that were already installed, it might be too costly.          SF 48 passed the Senate 20-10, and passed the House 31-29.          SF 49 was defeated in the Senate on Third Reading on a 15-15 tie vote.          The first votes listed below are the Third Reading (final passage) votes in the House and Senate on SF 48.          A YES vote means the legislator supported requiring utilities to offer outdoor lighting fixtures that promote energy efficiency and dark night skies.          A NO vote means the legislators did not support requiring utilities to offer such outdoor lighting fixtures.          The next vote listed below is the Third Reading vote in the Senate on SF 49.          A YES vote means the senator supported allowing towns, cities and counties to pass ordinances to regulate outdoor lighting.          A NO vote means the senator did not support allowing local governments to pass such ordinances. Bighorn Basin Legislators SF 48 - S 3rd 1/27/03 SF 49 S3rd 2/5/03 SF 48 - H3 2/13/03 S 18 Hank Coe (R) No No H 24 Colin Simpson (R) Yes H 50 Pat Childers (R) No S 19 Laness D. Northrup (R) No No H 25 Alan Jones (R) No H 26 Elaine Harvey (R) Yes S 20 Gerald E. Geis (R) No No H 27 Jane Wostenberg (R) No H 28 Micheal Baker (R) No Casper-Area Legislators SF 48 - S 3rd 1/27/03 SF 49 S3rd 2/5/03 SF 48 - H3 2/13/03 S 27 John Barrasso (R) Yes No H 35 Roy Cohee (R) No H 36 Liz Gentile (D) Yes S 28 Keith Goodenough (D) Yes Yes H 56 Tom Walsh (R) No H 57 Thomas A. Lockhart (R) No S 29 Bill Hawks (R) Yes Yes H 37 Steve Harshman (R) Yes H 59 Mary Gilmore (D) No S 30 Charles K. Scott (R) Yes Yes H 38 Bob Brechtel (R) No H 58 Ann Robinson (D) Yes Cheyenne-Area Legislators SF 48 - S 3rd 1/27/03 SF 49 S3rd 2/5/03 SF 48 - H3 2/13/03 S 4 April Brimmer Kunz (R) No No H 7 Tony Ross (R) Yes H 41 Becket Hinckley (R) No S 5 John Hanes (R) Yes Yes H 8 Larry Meuli (R) Yes H 42 Pete Illoway (R) Yes S 6 Rich Cathcart (D) Yes No H 9 Wayne Johnson (R) No H 10 Rodney "Pete" Anderson (R) No S 7 Kathryn Sessions (D) Yes Yes H 11 Wayne Reese (D) Yes H 43 Ed Prosser (R) No S 8 E. Jayne Mockler (D) Yes Yes H 12 Layton Morgan (D) No H 44 Floyd Esquibel (D) Yes Gillette-Area Legislators SF 48 - S 3rd 1/27/03 SF 49 S3rd 2/5/03 SF 48 - H3 2/13/03 S 23 John Hines (R) No No H 31 Jene Jansen (R) No H 52 George McMurtrey (R) Yes S 24 Richard A. Erb (R) No No H 32 Jeff Wasserburger (R) Yes H 53 Frank Latta (R) Yes Lander/Riverton-Area Legislators SF 48 - S 3rd 1/27/03 SF 49 S3rd 2/5/03 SF 48 - H3 2/13/03 S 25 Cale Case (R) Yes Yes H 33 Harry Tipton (R) Yes H 54 Del McOmie (R) Yes S 26 Robert A. Peck (R) Yes Yes H 34 Frank Philp (R) No H 55 David Miller (R) No Northeast/East Central WY Legislators SF 48 - S 3rd 1/27/03 SF 49 S3rd 2/5/03 SF 48 - H3 2/13/03 S 1 Bill Barton (R) No No H 1 Mark Semlek (R) No H 2 Ross Diercks (D) No S 2 Jim Anderson (R) No No H 5 James C. Hageman (R) Yes H 6 Dave Edwards (R) Yes S 3 Curt Meier (R) Yes No H 3 Deborah Alden (R) No H 4 Edward A. Buchanan (R) No Sheridan-Area Legislators SF 48 - S 3rd 1/27/03 SF 49 S3rd 2/5/03 SF 48 - H3 2/13/03 S 21 Bruce Burns (R) Yes Yes H 29 Jerry Iekel (R) Yes H 51 Rosie Berger (R) Yes S 22 John Schiffer (R) Yes Yes H 30 Jack Landon (R) Yes H 40 Doug Osborn (R) Yes South Central WY Legislators SF 48 - S 3rd 1/27/03 SF 49 S3rd 2/5/03 SF 48 - H3 2/13/03 S 9 Mike Massie (D) Yes Yes H 13 Jane Warren (D) Yes H 45 Lorna Johnson (D) Yes S 10 Irene Devin (R) Yes No H 14 Phil Nicholas (R) Yes H 46 James Slater (R) No S 11 Bill Vasey (D) Yes No H 15 George Bagby (D) Yes H 47 Kurt Bucholz (R) No Southwest WY Legislators SF 48 - S 3rd 1/27/03 SF 49 S3rd 2/5/03 SF 48 - H3 2/13/03 S 12 Rae Lynn Job (D) Yes Yes H 48 Marty Martin (D) Yes H 16 Pete Jorgensen (D) Yes S 13 Tex Boggs (D) Yes Yes H 17 Fred Parady (R) Yes H 60 Bill Thompson (D) No S 14 Larry Caller (D) Yes Yes H 18 Mick Powers (R) No H 39 Chris Boswell (D) Yes S 15 Ken Decaria (D) Yes Yes H 19 Owen Petersen (R) Yes H 49 Saundra Meyer (D) No West Central WY Legislators SF 48 - S 3rd 1/27/03 SF 49 S3rd 2/5/03 SF 48 - H3 2/13/03 S 16 Delaine Roberts (R) No No H 20 Stan Cooper (R) No H 21 Randall Luthi (R) No S 17 Grant Larson (R) No No H 22 Monte Olsen (R) No H 23 Clarene Law (R) Yes See Southwest Region for H 16 and S 12