Wyoming Legislature

House leaders killed both bills on Monday by not bringing them up for first reading by the end of the day.

But the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday added language to the bill making a second offense under the bill a felony.

Jared Olsen [R-Laramie County], the bill's primary sponsor, said that in voting for the measure "I'll be voting for liberty, I'll be voting for access to medicine.''

Both House Bill 82 and House Bill 209 are slated for discussion by the Wyoming House Judiciary Committee in a meeting slated for 8 a.m. Friday.

The final committee vote was 4-1 in favor, with Senators Cooper, Nethercott, French, and Kolb voting yes, and Senator R.J. Kost voting "no for now."

The same bill passed the legislature in 2020 but was vetoed by Gov. Mark Gordon.

The state legislature is scheduled to reconvene in Cheyenne on March 1 for roughly a month-long general session.

In the film, a former slave serves as the sheriff of an all-white town.

Forty Wyoming legislators have signed off on a bill to repeal the death penalty in the state.

Several death-penalty repeal bills have failed to win final approval in the legislature in recent years.

The bill would require a waiting period of three business days for all handgun purchases in Wyoming except those involving a trade.

Clem began serving in the Wyoming Legislature in 2015. The Wyoming Legislature website lists his occupation as being a pastor.