The Wyoming Senate is the upper house of the Wyoming State Legislature. There are 31 Senators in the Senate, representing an equal number of constituencies across Wyoming, each with a population of at least 17,000. The Senate meets at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne.
Members of the Senate serve four-year terms without term limits. Term limits were declared unconstitutional by the Wyoming Supreme Court in 2004, overturning a decade-old law that had restricted Senators to three terms (twelve years).
Like other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the Wyoming Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to the state cabinet, commissions, boards, or justices to the Wyoming Supreme Court.
Composition of the Senate
Leadership
Wyoming, along with Arizona, Maine, and Oregon, is one of the four U.S. states to have abolished the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, a position which for most upper houses of state legislatures and indeed for the U.S. Congress (with the Vice President) is at least the nominal head of the legislative body. Instead, a separate position of Senate President is in place, removed from the Wyoming executive branch.
The current Senate President is Republican Bo Biteman of District 21 (Ranchester).
Members of the Wyoming Senate
*Senator was originally appointed
Current committees and members
Judiciary
Chairman
:Jared Olsen
Members
:Barry Crago
:Gary Crum
:Larry Hicks
:John Kolb
Appropriations
Chairman
:Tim Salazar
Members
:Ogden Driskill
:Mike Gierau
:Dan Laursen
:Darin Smith
Revenue
Chairman
:Troy McKeown
Members
:Cale Case
:Tim French
:Bob Ide
:Stephan Pappas
Education
Chairman
:Wendy Schuler
Members
:Evie Brennan
:Jared Olsen
:Chris Rothfuss
:Charles Scott
Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources
Chairman
:Tim French
Members
:Barry Crago
:Bob Ide
:Troy McKeown
:Laura Pearson
Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources
Chairman
:Bill Landen
Members
:Brian Boner
:Larry Hicks
:Stacy Jones
:Wendy Schuler
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
Chairman
:Cale Case
Members
:Brian Boner
:Dan Dockstader
:Bill Landen
:Cheri Steinmetz
Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs
Chairman
:Stephan Pappas
Members
:Jim Anderson
:Evie Brennan
:Ed Cooper
:John Kolb
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Chairman
:Jim Anderson
Members
:Ed Cooper
:Stacy Jones
:Tara Nethercott
:Chris Rothfuss
Labor, Health & Social Services
Chairman
:Eric Barlow
Members
:Gary Crum
:Lynn Hutchings
:Charles Scott
:Cheri Steinmetz
Journal
Chairman
:Gary Crum
Members
:Mike Gierau
Rules & Procedure
Chairman
:Bo Biteman
Members
:Mike Gierau
:Tara Nethercott
:Chris Rothfuss
:Tim Salazar
History
Women in the Senate
Past composition of the Senate
Recent composition
Historical composition
See also
Notes
References
External links