Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee, Wyoming House of Representatives
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The Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee is a standing committee of the Wyoming House of Representatives.
Per the House Rules, Wyoming House of Representatives committees are assigned by the Speaker of the House after conferring with the Majority Leader and Minority Leader. All standing committees consist of nine members except for the Appropriations, Journal, and Rules and Procedure committees, which consists of seven, two, and thirteen members, respectively. Membership is apportioned as nearly as possible to reflect the percentage of elected members of the majority and minority parties. All committee meetings are open to the public unless called into executive session by the chair.[1]
See rules: Combined House and Senate Rules
Function
According to the Wyoming State Legislature's website:
“ | Standing committees meet during legislative sessions to review bills, hear testimony and recommend action on legislation for the consideration of the full body of the ... House. These committees meet before and after the daily floor sessions and during Noon recess. These committees generally consist of nine members in the House ... All legislation being considered during session is assigned by the presiding officer in the ... House to one of these committees for review and recommendation before being considered on the floor by the entire body of the ... House.[2][3] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
House Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee, 2025-2026 |
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Democratic members (1) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
House Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (2) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(1) |
2019-2020 legislative session
House Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee, 2019-2020 |
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Democratic members (1) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members(0) |
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Roy Edwards (R) left this committee on November 02, 2020.
- Note: Roy Edwards died on November 2, 2020.[4]
2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (1) | Republican members (8) | |||
• James Byrd | • Dan Zwonitzer, Chair | |||
• Jim Blackburn | ||||
• Roy Edwards | ||||
• Danny Eyre | ||||
• Dan Furphy | ||||
• Tyler Lindholm | ||||
• Lars Lone | ||||
• Patrick Sweeney |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (1) | Republican members (8) | |||
• James Byrd | • David Zwonitzer, Chair | |||
• Jim Blackburn | ||||
• Roy Edwards | ||||
• Gerald Gay | ||||
• Mark Jennings | ||||
• Dan Kirkbride | ||||
• Tyler Lindholm | ||||
• Jerry Paxton |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (1) | Republican members (8) | |||
• James Byrd | • Rosie Berger, Chair | |||
• Gregg Blikre | ||||
• Gerald Gay | ||||
• Matt Greene | ||||
• Dan Kirkbride | ||||
• Jerry Paxton | ||||
• Ruth Ann Petroff | ||||
• Dan Zwonitzer |
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (2) | Republican members (7) | |||
• James Byrd | • Peter Illoway, Chair | |||
• Jim Roscoe | • Gregg Blikre | |||
• Allen Jaggi | ||||
• Kendell Kroeker | ||||
• John Patton | ||||
• Lisa Shepperson | ||||
• Tim Stubson |
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (3) | Republican members (6) | |||
• Bernadine Craft | • Kermit Brown | |||
• Ross Diercks | • Peter Illoway | |||
• Mary Hales | • Thomas E. Lubnau, II | |||
• David Miller | ||||
• Tim Stubson | ||||
• Dan Zwonitzer |
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ State of Wyoming Legislature, "Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives," accessed Feb. 21, 2021
- ↑ Wyoming State Legislature, "About Committees," accessed Feb. 23, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Casper State Tribune, "Gillette Republican lawmaker dies a day before the election," November 2, 2020