HB35 Health Care Choices and Protection Act, Sponsored by Representatives Brechtel, Burkhart, Edmonds, Gay, Jaggi, Kroeker, Peasley, Quarberg, Semlek, and Teeters and Senators Jennings, Meier, and Nutting.

Amended and passed House third reading, and referred to Senate Labor Health and Social Services Committee.

Establishes the Health Care Choice and Protection Act and deems enforcement of federal Health Care Reform as a criminal offense.

HB39 Health Litigation Fund, Sponsored by Joint Labor Health and Social Services Interim Committee.

Amended, passed House third reading, passed Senate Labor Health and Social Services Committee, and rereferred to Senate Appropriations Committee.  

Provides funding to litigate issues relating to federal health care reform.

SJ2 Health Care Freedom, Sponsored by Senators Nutting, Case, Driskell and Jennings and Representatives Brechtel, Gay, Jaggi and Kroeker.

Amended, passed Senate third reading, passed House Judiciary Committee, and passed House Committee of the Whole.

Joint Resolution to amend state constitution to specify no federal or state law shall compel participation in any health care system by any person, employer or health care provider.

HB36 Cancer Control Act Amendments, Sponsored by Representatives K. Esquibel, Bonner, Botten, Childers, Goggles, and Pedersen and Senators Dockstader, Landen, Martin, Nutting and Peterson.

Passed House third reading and referred to Senate Labor Health and Social Services Committee.

Amends the Wyoming Cancer Control Act by allowing follow-up colorectal cancer screening when medically indicated.

HB49 Primary Care Support Program, Sponsored by Joint Labor Health and Social Services Committee.

Amended, passed Senate Labor Health and Social Services Committee, and rereferred to Senate Appropriations Committee.   

Creates the primary care support program, which would provide support to Wyoming primary care centers in need of immediate financial assistance. The intended result is to enhance delivery of services for underserved and vulnerable populations.  Community matching funds will be required to receive grant dollars to build or enhance new primary care facilities and services.

HB72 Teacher Merit Pay, Sponsored by Representatives Madden and Teeters and Senator Coe.

Amended, passed House, and referred to Senate Education Committee.

Requires the state superintendant of public instruction to develop recommendations regarding a teacher merit pay program.

HB85 Teacher Suspensions, Sponsored by Representatives McKim, Davison, Jaggi, McOmie and Teeters and Senator Dockstader.

Amended, passed House third reading, and referred to Senate Education Committee.

Changes the process for teacher suspension and requires an investigation.

SF52 Teacher Tenure, Sponsored by Senators Coe, Anderson, Jennings and Von Flatern and Representatives Buchanan, Childers, Lubnau, McOmie, Quarberg and Teeters.

Amended and failed to pass Senate third reading.

Removes continuing contract status from the Wyoming teacher employment law, meaning that both new and experienced teachers become at-will employees (voiding tenure) and are evaluated annually.

SF114 Teacher Evaluations, Sponsored by Senator Peterson and Representative Harshman.

Amended, failed to pass Senate Committee of the Whole, and indefinitely postponed.

This bill would have created an evaluation pilot program for teachers.

SF146 Teacher Accountability Action, Sponsored by Senators P. Nicholas, Anderson, Coe, Meier, and Rothfuss and Representatives Buchanan, Harshman, and Teeters.

Amended, passed Senate third reading, and referred to House Education Committee.

This bill ties teacher evaluations and contract determinations to student performance and achievement.

HB74 Validity of Marriage, Sponsored by Representatives Petersen, Brechtel, Buchanan, Gay, Hunt, Kroeker, Luna and Teeters and Senators Geis, Hicks and Nutting.

Amended, passed House third reading, and passed out of Senate Agriculture, Public Lands, and Water Resources Committee.

Makes any marriage that is not between a man and a woman (and only two parties) null and void and specifies that Wyoming courts have no jurisdiction over such void marriages.

SJ5 Defense of Marriage-Constitutional Amendment, Sponsored by Senators Meier, Cooper, Dockstader, Geis, Jennings, Nutting, Perkins, and Peterson and Representatives Brechtel, Buchanan, Davison, Jaggi, Kroeker, McKim, Petersen, Semlek, and Teeters.

Amended, passed Senate third reading, passed House Judiciary Committee, and placed on House General File.

Joint Resolution to amend the state constitution to specify marriage is between a man and a woman and is the only type of recognized legal union in Wyoming.

HB75 Victim Notification Amendments Sponsored by Representatives K. Esquibel, Brown, Buchanan, Connolly, Davison, Gingery, Lubnau, and Throne and Senators Anderson, F. Esquibel, Ross and Rothfuss.

Passed House third and passed Senate second reading.

This bill modifies provisions requiring medical examinations for sexually transmitted diseases of persons accused of sex offense and crimes involving exchange of bodily fluid.

HB80 Service of Process in Family Violence and Stalking Cases, Sponsored by Representatives Davison, Brown, Buchanan, Craft, Harvey, Jaggi, Lubnau and Throne and Senators Cooper and Dockstader.

Passed House third reading and referred to Senate Judiciary Committee.

Requires in-state and out-of-state service of specified documents in family violence and stalking cases.

HB118 Abortion-Available Information for Decision, Sponsored by Representatives Brechtel, McKim, and Peasley and Senators Dockstader, Jennings, Meier and Nutting.

Amended, failed House Committee of the Whole and indefinitely postponed.

Requires physicians to provide patients with specified information before certain nonemergency abortion procedure.

HB251 Abortion-Ultrasound Information, Sponsored by Representatives Brechtel, Edmonds, Eklund, Jaggi, Kroeker, Loucks, McKim, and Peasley and Senators Dockstader and Meier.

Amended, passed House third reading, and Senate received for introduction.

This bill requires physicians to provide patients with the right to view an ultrasound and hear the heartbeat before nonemergency abortions.

HB131 Tip Sharing, Sponsored by Representatives Stubson, Brown, Gingery and Dan Zwonitzer and Senators Christensen, Coe, Jennings and Perkins.

Amended, failed House Committee of the Whole and indefinitely postponed.

Allows employers to require employees to share tips and gratuities to the extent it is permissible under the Fair Labor and Standards Act.

HB142 Discrimination, Sponsored by Representatives Connolly, Bonner, Childers, Petroff, Shepperson, Wallis, Dan Zwonitzer and Senators Burns and Von Flatern.

Failed House Committee of the Whole and indefinitely postponed.

Prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

HB 184 Minimum Wage Statutes Repeal, Sponsored by Representatives Gingery, Brechtel, Peasley, Pedersen, Stubson and Dan Zwonitzer and Senators Case and Scott.

Passed out of House Labor Health and Social Services Committee and placed on House general file.

This bill repeals state minimum wage statutes.

HB198 Admissibility of Evidence in Sex Offense Cases, Sponsored by Representatives Burkhart and Krone. 

Amended, failed House Committee of the Whole, and indefinitely postponed.

This bill allows for admissibility of evidence of similar acts and offenses in criminal and civil cases involving sexual assault and child molestation.­­

HB244 Unemployment Insurance Amendments, Sponsored by Representative Connolly and Senator Hastert.

Amended, failed to pass House Committee of the Whole, and indefinitely postponed.

This bill would authorize compensation for people unemployed due to specified compelling family circumstances, due to a spouse's employment transfer, amends the amount of duration for benefits, and provides for an extension for those enrolled in training.

SF11 CHINS- Administrative Change of Placement, Sponsored by Joint Judiciary Interim

Committee.

Passed Senate and House.

Allows for the placement of children who are in need of supervision and are in state custody without a court hearing.

SF25 Long-term Services and Support, Sponsored by Senators Martin, Hastert, Landen, Scott, and Von Flatern and Representatives Connolly, Craft and Davison.

Amended, passed Senate third reading, and rereferred to House Appropriations.

 Authorizes a statewide network of aging and disability resource centers.

SF29 Developmental Disabilities Services, sponsored by Select Committee on Developmental/Intellectual Programs.

Amended, passed Senate third reading and referred to House Labor Health and Social Services Committee. 

Provides requirements for Medicaid reimbursement of home and community based waiver service providers, including enhanced reimbursement of certified

behavioral specialists, and provides for the development of a training and certification program for behavior specialists. 

SF93 Dietetics Licensure, Sponsored by Senators Martin and Landen and Representatives Bonner, Craft, and Pedersen.

Amended, passed Senate, and referred to House Labor Health and Social Services Committee.

This bill creates the dietetics licensure board.

SF115 DUI-Child Endangerment Fines, Sponsored by Senator Ross.

Passed Senate third reading and placed on House General File.

This bill provides an added fine for child endangerment while driving under the influence.

SF118 Career and Technical Training Grants, Sponsored by Senators Hastert, Cooper, Martin, Rothfuss, and Von Flatern and Representatives Connolly, Craft, Freeman, Krone and Loucks.

Amended, passed Senate third reading, and referred to House Education Committee.

This bill establishes a career and technical training scholarship program in the Dept. of Workforce Services. 

SF138 Child Custody Orders Abandonment, Sponsored by Senator Perkins and Representative B. Nicholas and Throne.

Passed Senate third reading and placed on House General File.

This bill would terminate parental rights if child has been left in the care of another person without the provision for the child's support and without communication from absent parent for a period of one year.

SF140 Kindergarten Attendance, Sponsored by Senator Barnard and Representative Bonner and Jaggi.

Amended and failed Senate third reading.

This bill would require completion of kindergarten before enrolling in first grade.

SF153 Health Education and Law Enforcement Prevention Grants, Sponsored by Senators Hastert and Nutting and Representative Barbuto.

Passed out of Senate Education Committee and placed on Senate general file.

This bill designates funding for health prevention grants to be administered by law enforcement to prevent bullying, cyberbullying, internet safety, prescription drug abuse, positive internet safety, prescription drug abuse, and positive healthy choices.