A House committee advanced a bill that would allow Wyoming residents to gather shed antlers and horns of big game animals three days before the start of the collection season for nonresidents.

Lawmakers on the Wyoming Senate Labor, Health and Social Services committee voted 3–2 on Friday to advance a proposal which would criminalize providing gender-affirming care to children under 18 as felony child abuse, while doctors and mental health professionals throughout the state decried what they saw as fearmongering around a nonissue.

A group of state lawmakers and Wyoming’s new secretary of state are seeking to ban a tactic former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney’s campaign employed last year to promote absentee voting.

Lawmakers on the Wyoming Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee voted 4-1 on Wednesday to advance a measure banning abortion pills and other nonsurgical drugs used to end pregnancies, as Republicans in the legislature pursue multiple avenues to restrict access to abortion statewide.

The House on Wednesday advanced a bill that establishes a trust fund to finance around-the-clock in-state suicide prevention services, but lawmakers opted to not put money into this account right away.

The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would codify provisions in the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) as state law ahead of the Supreme Court’s impending deliberations about the constitutionality of the federal act.

If they want to receive a diploma, Wyoming’s high school graduates may soon need to pass a civics test. A bill making its way through the Wyoming Legislature would require all students to correctly answer at least 60% of the civics-related questions posed to new U.S. citizens.

CASPER, Wyo. — Though it’s been barely two weeks since Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) was officially sworn into office, Wyoming’s new Congresswoman was back in her home state this weekend to highlight her achievements to date.

If Wyoming legislators vote to pass House Bill 80 and enact Medicaid expansion, Wyomingites could benefit in numerous ways: they’ll see greater access to health care coverage, a short-term budgetary bump and an influx of federal dollars for years to come.

Sen. Dan Dockstader has compiled a “big thick binder” containing all the property tax proposals that have failed in the Wyoming Legislature in recent years. Some date back to 2006 and 2007, when property values shot up in two western counties but not as much in the rest of Wyoming.

Low income Wyomingites are one step closer to qualifying for government-funded health insurance, as Wyoming legislators on the House Revenue Committee voted Thursday to advance legislation expanding Medicaid access to the House floor.

A bill that would establish a trust fund as a sustainable means of financing in-state 24/7 suicide prevention services passed committee of the whole in the House on Thursday.

Two committees on Wednesday advanced bills that would lead to the review or codification of provisions outlined in the Indian Child Welfare Act as the federal law faces legal challenges in court.

Wyomingites interested in Washington politics may be focused on their new congresswoman, Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.), but one legislator serving in the upper congressional chamber seems intent not to be overlooked.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) announced Wednesday that she will serve on two “very important” committees in the U.S. House this Congress: Natural Resources and Judiciary.

A House committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that would set a minimum age for marriage in Wyoming.

The House Revenue Committee voted 6-3 for House Bill 7, or “Underage marriage-amendments,” which states that individuals getting married should be at least 18 years old with a few exceptions. It also forbids marriages involving those under the age of 16.

A proposed resolution expressing the support of the Wyoming State Legislature to ban the sale of electric vehicles throughout the state by 2035 died in committee Monday, as even some lawmakers who initially supported it declined to bring the measure up for a formal vote.

A House committee on Monday unanimously passed a bill that would ramp up Wyoming’s missing persons alert systems to include adults at risk and to help tribal nations create an emergency communications network, especially in light of missing and murdered Native Americans.

Two measures intended to address the crisis of suicide in Wyoming narrowly cleared a crucial hurdle on Monday after they were favorably reported out of the Labor, Health and Social Services committee.

Though his hold on the Republican party may have started to wane, former President Donald Trump’s love affair with Wyoming lives on — and in a new interview, he signaled his intent to continue remaking state politics in his image.