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2006 Budget Session
HJ 5 proposed an amendment to the Wyoming Constitution that would have authorized the Legislature to give surplus tax money to Wyoming citizens and business entities.
If at least three of the statewide elected officials (the Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Auditor and State Superintendent of Public Instruction) agreed that an emergency existed, and if both houses of the Legislature each agreed by a two-thirds majority, then tax money in excess of the amount necessary to support the operations of government or required by law to be held in trust could be distributed to the citizens and business entities of the state to mitigate the emergency.
Proponents thought this was a good idea.
Opponents wondered what sort of emergency would trigger the action, and were highly skeptical of the whole concept.
HJ 5 failed the vote for introduction in the House by a wide margin, with only 11 representatives voting in favor. The votes listed below are the House votes for introduction. A YES vote means the representative wanted to consider amending the Wyoming Constitution to authorize the Legislature to give surplus tax money to citizens and business entities. A NO vote means the representative did not want to consider this constitutional amendment.
| Bighorn Basin Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 18 | Hank Coe (R) | |
| H 24 | Colin Simpson (R) | No |
| H 50 | Pat Childers (R) | Yes |
| S 19 | Laness D. Northrup (R) | |
| H 25 | Alan Jones (R) | No |
| H 26 | Elaine Harvey (R) | No |
| S 20 | Gerald E. Geis (R) | |
| H 27 | Debbie Hammons (D) | Yes |
| H 28 | Lorraine Quarberg (R) | No |
| Casper-Area Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 27 | John Barrasso (R) | |
| H 35 | Roy Cohee (R) | No |
| H 36 | Gerald Gay (R) | No |
| S 28 | Kit Jennings (R) | |
| H 56 | Tom Walsh (R) | No |
| H 57 | Thomas A. Lockhart (R) | No |
| S 29 | Bill Hawks (R) | |
| H 37 | Steve Harshman (R) | No |
| H 59 | Mary Gilmore (D) | Yes |
| S 30 | Charles K. Scott (R) | |
| H 38 | Bob Brechtel (R) | No |
| H 58 | Ann Robinson (D) | No |
| Cheyenne-Area Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 4 | Tony Ross (R) | |
| H 7 | Doug Samuelson (R) | No |
| H 41 | Becket Hinckley (R) | Yes |
| S 5 | John Hanes (R) | |
| H 8 | Larry Meuli (R) | No |
| H 42 | Pete Illoway (R) | No |
| S 6 | Wayne H. Johnson (R) | |
| H 9 | Bryan Pedersen (R) | No |
| H 10 | Rodney "Pete" Anderson (R) | Yes |
| S 7 | Kathryn Sessions (D) | |
| H 11 | Wayne Reese (D) | No |
| H 43 | Dan Zwonitzer (R) | No |
| S 8 | E. Jayne Mockler (D) | |
| H 12 | Layton Morgan (D) | No |
| H 44 | Floyd Esquibel (D) | No |
| Gillette-Area Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 23 | John Hines (R) | |
| H 31 | Thomas E. Lubnau II (R) | No |
| H 52 | Burke Jackson (R) | Excused |
| S 24 | Michael Von Flatern (R) | |
| H 32 | Jeff Wasserburger (R) | No |
| H 53 | Erin Mercer (R) | No |
| Lander/Riverton-Area Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 25 | Cale Case (R) | |
| H 33 | W. Patrick Goggles (D) | No |
| H 54 | Del McOmie (R) | No |
| S 26 | Robert A. Peck (R) | |
| H 34 | Frank Philp (R) | No |
| H 55 | David Miller (R) | No |
| Northeast/East Central WY Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 1 | C.L. Townsend (R) | |
| H 1 | Mark Semlek (R) | No |
| H 2 | Ross Diercks (D) | No |
| S 2 | Jim Anderson (R) | |
| H 5 | James C. Hageman (R) | Yes |
| H 6 | Dave Edwards (R) | No |
| S 3 | Curt Meier (R) | |
| H 3 | Deborah Alden (R) | Yes |
| H 4 | Edward A. Buchanan (R) | No |
| Sheridan-Area Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 21 | Bruce Burns (R) | |
| H 29 | Jerry Iekel (R) | No |
| H 51 | Rosie Berger (R) | No |
| S 22 | John Schiffer (R) | |
| H 30 | Jack Landon (R) | No |
| H 40 | Doug Osborn (R) | No |
| South Central WY Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 9 | Mike Massie (D) | |
| H 13 | Jane Warren (D) | No |
| H 45 | Kevin A. White (R) | Yes |
| S 10 | Phil Nicholas (R) | |
| H 14 | Kermit C. Brown (R) | No |
| H 46 | James Slater (R) | No |
| S 11 | Bill Vasey (D) | |
| H 15 | George Bagby (D) | No |
| H 47 | Kurt Bucholz (R) | No |
| Southwest WY Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 12 | Rae Lynn Job (D) | |
| H 48 | Marty Martin (D) | No |
| H 16 | Pete Jorgensen (D) | No |
| S 13 | Tex Boggs (D) | |
| H 17 | Stephen Watt (R) | No |
| H 60 | Bill Thompson (D) | No |
| S 14 | Stan Cooper (R) | |
| H 18 | Mick Powers (R) | No |
| H 39 | John Hastert (D) | No |
| S 15 | Ken Decaria (D) | |
| H 19 | Owen Petersen (R) | No |
| H 49 | Bruce Barnard (R) | No |
| West Central WY Legislators | House Intro 2/16/06 |
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| S 16 | Pat Aullman (R) | |
| H 20 | Kathy Davison (R) | Yes |
| H 21 | Randall Luthi (R) | Yes |
| S 17 | Grant Larson (R) | |
| H 22 | Monte Olsen (R) | Yes |
| H 23 | Keith Gingery (R) | No |
See Southwest Region for H 16 and S 12 | ||