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HB 218: LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE - 1997 General Session
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Baker (R-H28, Thermopolis); co-sponsors Rep. Denny Smith (R-H25, Powell), Rep. Harry Tipton (R-H33, Lander)
In the 1994 election, Wyoming voters approved a constitutional amendment to create a penalty of life imprisonment without parole.
Attempts to enact legislation creating a penalty of life imprisonment without parole were defeated in 1995 and 1996. HB 218 constituted the third attempt to carry out the will of the people.
Like the earlier bills, HB 218 would have added life imprisonment without parole as an alternative penalty for first-degree murder to Wyoming's statutes.
The bill also limited commutation of a death sentence to a sentence of life without parole.
Proponents of the amendment and implementing legislation included both death penalty opponents who saw the life imprisonment without parole sentence as an alternative to the death penalty, and those who felt it would be appropriate to add life imprisonment without parole to Wyoming's statutes as another sentencing option.
Opponents of HB 218 also came from two different camps: Supporters of the death penalty who thought life imprisonment without parole would effectively abolish the death penalty, and those who feared the Legislature would add the life imprisonment without parole sentencing option to a whole gamut of crimes other than first-degree murder.
HB 218 passed the House, 45-14-1 excused, but failed in the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 2-3 vote.
The votes listed are the House third reading (final passage) vote and the Senate Judiciary Committee vote.
A YES vote means the legislator supported establishing a penalty of life imprisonment without parole.
A NO vote means the legislator opposed establishing a penalty of life imprisonment without parole.
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BIG HORN BASIN LEGISLATORS |
Vote |
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H24 |
Rep. Peg Shreve (R) |
Yes |
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H50 |
Rep. Pat Childers (R) |
Yes |
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H25 |
Rep. Denny Smith (R) |
Yes |
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H26 |
Rep. Chas. Hessenthaler (R) |
Yes |
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H27 |
Rep. Ray Harrison (R) |
Yes |
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H28 |
Rep. Mike Baker (R) |
Yes |
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CASPER-AREA LEGISLATORS |
Vote |
|
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H35 |
Rep. Dorothy Perkins (R) |
Yes |
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H36 |
Rep. Bruce Hinchey (R) |
Yes |
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H56 |
Rep. Pat Nagel (R) |
Yes |
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H57 |
Rep. Bob Tanner (R) |
Yes |
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H37 |
Rep. Rick Tempest (R) |
Yes |
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H59 |
Rep. Nancy Berry (D) |
No |
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H38 |
Rep. Carolyn Paseneaux (R) |
Yes |
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H58 |
Rep. Ann Robinson (D) |
Excused |
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CHEYENNE-AREA LEGISLATORS |
Vote |
|
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H7 |
Rep. Tony Ross (R) |
No |
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H41 |
Rep. Mac McGraw (D) |
Yes |
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H8 |
Rep. Larry Meuli (R) |
Yes |
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H42 |
Rep. John Hanes (R) |
Yes |
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H9 |
Rep. Wayne Johnson (R) |
Yes |
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H10 |
Rep. Pete Anderson (R) |
Yes |
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H11 |
Rep. Wayne Reese (D) |
Yes |
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H43 |
Rep. Kathryn Sessions (D) |
No |
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H12 |
Rep. Leo Garcia (D) |
Yes |
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H44 |
Rep. Floyd Esquibel (D) |
Yes |
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GILLETTE-AREA LEGISLATORS |
Vote |
|
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H31 |
Rep. John Hines (R) |
Yes |
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H52 |
Rep. George McMurtrey (R) |
Yes |
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H32 |
Rep. Jeff Wasserburger (R) |
Yes |
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H53 |
Rep. Nick Deegan (D) |
Yes |
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LANDER/RIVERTON-AREA LEGISLATORS |
Vote |
|
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H33 |
Rep. Harry Tipton (R) |
Y |
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H54 |
Rep. Cale Case (R) |
Yes |
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H34 |
Rep. Frank Philp (R) |
No |
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H55 |
Rep. Eli Bebout (R) |
Yes |
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NORTHEAST/EAST CENTRAL WYOMING LEGISLATORS |
Vote |
|
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H1 |
Rep. Marlene Simons (R) |
No |
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H2 |
Rep. Ross Diercks (D) |
No |
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H5 |
Rep. Jim Hageman (R) |
No |
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H6 |
Rep. Jim Anderson (R) |
Yes |
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H3 |
Rep. Bill Stafford (R) |
Yes |
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H4 |
Rep. Roger Huckfeldt (R) |
No |
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SHERIDAN-AREA LEGISLATORS |
Vote |
|
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H29 |
Rep. Rick Badgett (R) |
Yes |
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H51 |
Rep. Bruce Burns (R) |
Yes |
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H30 |
Rep. Bill Bensel (D) |
Yes |
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H40 |
Rep. Douglas Osborn (R) |
Yes |
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SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING LEGISLATORS |
Vote |
|
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H13 |
Rep. Mike Massie (D) |
Yes |
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H45 |
Rep. Wende Barker (D) |
No |
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H14 |
Rep. Phil Nicholas (R) |
No |
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H46 |
Rep. Tom Rardin (R) |
Yes |
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H15 |
Rep. Tony Rose (R) |
Yes |
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H47 |
Rep. Teense Willford (R) |
Yes |
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SOUTHWEST WYOMING LEGISLATORS |
Vote |
|
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H16 |
Rep. Kenilynn Zanetti (D) |
No |
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H48 |
Rep. Jack Steinbrech (R) |
Yes |
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H17 |
Rep. Fred Parady (R) |
Yes |
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H60 |
Rep. Louise Ryckman (D) |
No |
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H18 |
Rep. John Eyre (R) |
Yes |
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H39 |
Rep. Chris Boswell (D) |
No |
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H19 |
Rep. Wayne Morrow (D) |
No |
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H49 |
Rep. Ken Decaria (D) |
Yes |
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WEST CENTRAL WYOMING LEGISLATORS |
Vote |
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H20 |
Rep. Louie Tomassi (R) |
Yes |
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H21 |
Rep. Randall Luthi (R) |
Yes |
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H22 |
Rep. Budd Betts (R) |
Yes |
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H23 |
Rep. Clarene Law (R) |
Yes |
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SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE |
Vote |
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Sen. April Brimmer Kunz, Chair (R-S4, Cheyenne) |
Yes |
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Sen. Keith Goodenough (D-S28, Casper) |
No |
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Sen. Carroll Miller (R-S19, Shell) |
Yes |
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Sen. Greg Phillips (D-S15, Evanston) |
No |
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Sen. Vince Picard (R-S9, Laramie) |
No |
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