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Sponsored / Co-Sponsored Bills:
Sponsored and co-sponsored bills will be posted here for the 2018 Legislative Session. I appreciate your input on Legislative issues as your Representative: If there are bills during the Legislative Sessions that are important to you, please let me know your thoughts and/or concerns. Contact me
Learn more about Cheri’s Sponsored Bills and Committees here:
House District 05: Representative Cheri Steinmetz
HB0069 – Impersonation through electronic means-spoofing.
Sponsored By: – Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
AN ACT relating to food and drugs; requiring placards designating the country of origin for beef sold to the public as specified; and providing for an effective date.
… Bill Status: H Received for Concurrence – S 3rd Reading:Passed – S President Signed HEA No. 0058 – Governor Signed HEA No. 0058
HB0090 – Country of origin recognition-USA beef.
Sponsored By: – Hunt – Co-Sponsored By: Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
AN ACT relating to food and drugs; requiring placards designating the country of origin for beef sold to the public as specified; and providing for an effective date.
… Bill Status: H Did Not Consider in CoW
HB0091 – Right to repair farm equipment.
Sponsored By: – Hunt – Co-Sponsored By: Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
AN ACT relating to farm and ranch operations; establishing provisions related to repairing farm equipment; requiring original farm manufacturers to make parts, documents and information available as specified; imposing other duties and prohibitions related to repairing farm equipment; providing definitions; providing a penalty; and providing for an effective date.
… Bill Status: H postponed indefinitely
HB0092 – Beef check-off penalty-repeal.
Sponsored By: – Hunt – Co-Sponsored By: Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
AN ACT relating to the beef council; repealing the crime and penalty for failing to pay monies due to the council; and providing for an effective date.
… Bill Status: H postponed indefinitely
HB0116 – State government manager/employee ratios-report.
Sponsored By: – Edwards – Co-Sponsored By: Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
AN ACT relating to the administration of government; requiring state agencies to prepare a report relating to managerial and nonmanagerial employee ratios as specified; and providing for an effective date.
… Bill Status: H Did Not Consider for Introduction Vote
HB0121 – Domestic abuse-adverse landlord actions and phone numbers.
Sponsored By: – Edwards – Co-Sponsored By: Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
AN ACT relating to game and fish; establishing a preference point system for the issuance of wild bison hunting licenses; prohibiting the issuance of complimentary wild bison licenses; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
… Bill Status: H Failed Introduction 24-36-0-0-0
HB0133 – Display of national motto.
Sponsored By: – Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
AN ACT relating to flags and symbols; requiring the display of the national motto and United States and Wyoming flags in state buildings, schools and the state capitol; and providing for an effective date.
… Bill Status: H 3rd Reading:Passed – S Did Not Consider in CoW
HB0137 – Wyoming Higher Education Free Speech Protection Act.
Sponsored By: – Biteman – Co-Sponsored By: Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
AN ACT relating to higher education; creating the Wyoming Higher Education Free Speech Protection Act; requiring the University of Wyoming and community college district boards of trustees to adopt a policy in accordance with this act; providing for disciplinary sanctions and hearings; requiring notice of the policy; permitting judicial relief; excluding applicability of the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act; conforming provisions; requiring reports; superseding and nullifying inconsistent rules, regulations and policies; and providing for an effective date.
… Bill Status: H Did Not Consider for Introduction Vote
HB0161 – Public reports-state spending and revenues.
Sponsored By: – Jennings – Co-Sponsored By: Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
AN ACT relating to administration of government; requiring public reports on state spending and revenues as specified; requiring the posting of state entity requests and contracts for supplies and services as specified; and providing for an effective date.
… Bill Status: H Did Not Consider for Introduction Vote
HB0168 – Stand your ground-2.
Sponsored By: – Salazar – Co-Sponsored By: Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
AN ACT relating to crimes and civil liability; revising provisions relating to the use of defensive force in response to injury or loss; providing immunity from criminal and civil liability for specified uses of defensive force; specifying that no duty to retreat generally exists; providing for an award of costs and fees in response to a civil lawsuit relating to the use of defensive force; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.
… Bill Status: H 3rd Reading:Passed 47-11-2-0-0 – S 2rd Reading:Passed – S President Signed HEA No. 0063 – HEA No. 0063 Became law without signature – Assigned Chapter Number 135
HB0187 – Management council membership.
Sponsored By: – Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
AN ACT relating to management council membership; amending a provision relating to the selection of a member at large; and providing for an effective date.
… Bill Status: H Failed Introduction 36-23-1-0-0
HJ0004 – State lands mineral royalties-constitutional amendment.
Sponsored By: – Hallinan – Co-Sponsored By: Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming Constitution to provide that all state mineral royalties earned from the lease of state school lands may be appropriated by the legislature for the support of the public schools for six years and providing a ballot statement.
… Bill Status: H Failed Introduction 25-34-1-0-0
HJ0009 – Public school funding.
Sponsored By: – Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming constitution to specify that the legislature determines the adequacy of public school funding and prohibiting courts from requiring funding beyond that prescribed by law.
… Bill Status: H Did Not Consider for Introduction Vote
SF0047 – Eminent domain-wind energy collector systems.
Sponsored By: – Case – Co-Sponsored By: Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
AN ACT relating to eminent domain; reimposing the moratorium on the exercise of the power of condemnation for wind energy collector systems for a period of time; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
… Bill Status: S Failed Introduction 14-15-1-0-0
SF0071 – Stand your ground.
Sponsored By: – Bouchard – Co-Sponsored By: Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
AN ACT relating to crimes and civil liability; establishing and modifying when defensive force can be used; establishing when the opportunity to retreat may be considered; providing immunity from criminal or civil liability for reasonable use of defensive force; providing for an award of costs if a civil lawsuit is filed as specified; providing a definition; and providing for an effective date.
… Bill Status: S 3rd Reading:Passed – H 3rd Reading:Passed – S postponed indefinitely
SF0092 – Electronic logging devices-enforcement.
Sponsored By: – Agar – Co-Sponsored By: Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
AN ACT relating to commercial vehicles; specifying that federal rules requiring electronic logging devices are not required under Wyoming law; preventing Wyoming officers from enforcing specified federal requirements; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.
… Bill Status: S 3rd Reading:Passed – H Did Not Consider for Introduction
SJ0002 – 150th Anniversary of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie.
Sponsored By: – Ellis – Co-Sponsored By: Steinmetz
…Introduced:
…Digest:
A JOINT RESOLUTION to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the signing of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie.
… Bill Status: S 3rd Reading:Passed – H Speaker Signed SEJR No. 0001 – Governor Signed SEJR No. 0001