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2006 Budget Session
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SF 5 defined certain communications between legislators and legislative staff as confidential, which will allow these communications to be kept secret unless the legislator waived the secrecy privilege.
Specifically, communications between a legislator and legislative staff will be confidential if they relate to a request for research or advice, drafting of legislation or amendments, anything being considered by a legislative committee (not including what happens in public meetings), or development of the legislator's position on legislation.
Confidentiality will also apply to communication on these same topics between a legislator and a contractor or consultant retained by the legislature (not including what happens in public meetings), and to private communications between a legislator and his or her constituents.
The confidentiality provisions will apply to all documents and electronic records.
Supporters of SF 5 said the confidentiality language in the bill simply represents what legislators already do, and the bill only puts into statute the Legislature's traditional method of operation.
The Wyoming Press Association, the League of Women Voters, and the Equality State Policy Center all argued against SF 5, instead urging legislators to keep the public process as open to citizen participation as possible.
The Senate passed SF 5 unanimously. The House passed SF 5, 36-22 (2 excused).
Governor Freudenthal vetoed SF 5, but the House and Senate both voted to override the Governor's veto, so the bill became law.
The votes listed below are the House and Senate third reading (final passage) votes, and the House and Senate votes to override the Governor's veto. A YES vote means the legislator wanted to declare that draft legislation and all communications regarding development of legislation would be confidential from the public. A NO vote means the legislator did not favor making development of legislation confidential.
| House Rules and Procedure Committee | SF 5 3/1/06 |
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| H 21 | Randall Luthi (R - Lincoln - chairman) | Yes |
| H 10 | Rodney "Pete" Anderson (R - Laramie) | Yes |
| H 3 | Deborah Alden (R - Platte) | No |
| H 35 | Roy Cohee (R - Natrona) | Yes |
| H 42 | Pete Illoway (R - Laramie) | Yes |
| H 48 | Marty Martin (D - Sweetwater) | Yes |
| H 40 | Douglas D. Osborn (R - Johnson) | Yes |
| H 34 | Frank Philp (R - Fremont) | Yes |
| H 11 | Wayne Reese (D - Laramie) | No |
| H 58 | Ann Robinson (D - Natrona) | No |
| H 24 | Colin Simpson (R - Park) | Yes |
| H 60 | Bill Thompson (D - Sweetwater) | Yes |
| H 32 | Jeff Wasserburger (R - Campbell) | Yes |
| Bighorn Basin Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/20/06 | House 3rd 3/7/06 | House Veto Override | Senate Veto Override |
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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 | Ray Peterson (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 25 | Alan Jones (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 26 | Elaine Harvey (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 20 | Gerald E. Geis (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 27 | Debbie Hammons (D) | No | No | ||
| H 28 | Lorraine Quarberg (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Casper-Area Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/20/06 | House 3rd 3/7/06 | House Veto Override | Senate Veto Override |
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| S 27 | John Barrasso (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 35 | Roy Cohee (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 36 | Gerald Gay (R) | No | Yes | ||
| S 28 | Kit Jennings (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 56 | Tom Walsh (R) | No | Yes | ||
| H 57 | Thomas A. Lockhart (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 29 | Bill Hawks (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| 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 | Senate 3rd 2/20/06 | House 3rd 3/7/06 | House Veto Override | Senate Veto Override |
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| S 4 | Tony Ross (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 7 | Doug Samuelson (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 | Wayne H. Johnson (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 9 | Bryan Pedersen (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 10 | Rodney "Pete" Anderson (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 7 | Kathryn Sessions (D) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 11 | Wayne Reese (D) | No | Excused | ||
| H 43 | Dan Zwonitzer (R) | No | No | ||
| S 8 | E. Jayne Mockler (D) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 12 | Layton Morgan (D) | No | Excused | ||
| H 44 | Floyd Esquibel (D) | No | No | ||
| Gillette-Area Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/20/06 | House 3rd 3/7/06 | House Veto Override | Senate Veto Override |
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| S 23 | John Hines (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 31 | Thomas E. Lubnau II (R) | No | Yes | ||
| H 52 | Burke Jackson (R) | Excused | Excused | ||
| S 24 | Michael Von Flatern (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 32 | Jeff Wasserburger (R) | No | Yes | ||
| H 53 | Erin Mercer (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Lander/Riverton-Area Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/20/06 | House 3rd 3/7/06 | House Veto Override | Senate Veto Override |
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| S 25 | Cale Case (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 33 | W. Patrick Goggles (D) | No | No | ||
| H 54 | Del McOmie (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| 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 | Senate 3rd 2/20/06 | House 3rd 3/7/06 | House Veto Override | Senate Veto Override |
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| S 1 | C.L. Townsend (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 1 | Mark Semlek (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 2 | Ross Diercks (D) | No | 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) | No | No | ||
| H 4 | Edward A. Buchanan (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| Sheridan-Area Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/20/06 | House 3rd 3/7/06 | House Veto Override | Senate Veto Override |
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| S 21 | Bruce Burns (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 29 | Jerry Iekel (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 51 | Rosie Berger (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 22 | John Schiffer (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 30 | Jack Landon (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 40 | Doug Osborn (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| South Central WY Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/20/06 | House 3rd 3/7/06 | House Veto Override | Senate Veto Override |
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| S 9 | Mike Massie (D) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 13 | Jane Warren (D) | No | No | ||
| H 45 | Kevin A. White (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 10 | Phil Nicholas (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 14 | Kermit C. Brown (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 46 | James Slater (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 11 | Bill Vasey (D) | Yes | No | ||
| H 15 | George Bagby (D) | No | No | ||
| H 47 | Kurt Bucholz (R) | Excused | Yes | ||
| Southwest WY Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/20/06 | House 3rd 3/7/06 | House Veto Override | Senate Veto Override |
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| S 12 | Rae Lynn Job (D) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 48 | Marty Martin (D) | Yes | No | ||
| H 16 | Pete Jorgensen (D) | No | No | ||
| S 13 | Tex Boggs (D) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 17 | Stephen Watt (R) | No | Yes | ||
| H 60 | Bill Thompson (D) | No | No | ||
| S 14 | Stan Cooper (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 18 | Mick Powers (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 39 | John Hastert (D) | No | No | ||
| S 15 | Ken Decaria (D) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 19 | Owen Petersen (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 49 | Bruce Barnard (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| West Central WY Legislators | Senate 3rd 2/20/06 | House 3rd 3/7/06 | House Veto Override | Senate Veto Override |
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| S 16 | Pat Aullman (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 20 | Kathy Davison (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 21 | Randall Luthi (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| S 17 | Grant Larson (R) | Yes | Yes | ||
| H 22 | Monte Olsen (R) | No | Yes | ||
| H 23 | Keith Gingery (R) | No | Yes | ||
See Southwest Region for H 16 and S 12 | |||||