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Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee, Wyoming House of Representatives
The Minerals, Business and Economic Development 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
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House Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (0) | Republican members (9) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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House Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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House Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (0) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(0) |
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Carl Loucks (R) left this committee on July 06, 2020.
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Minerals, Business and Economic Development Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (8) | |||
| • James Byrd | • Mike Greear, Chair | |||
| • Aaron Clausen | ||||
| • Thomas Crank | ||||
| • Danny Eyre | ||||
| • Chuck Gray | ||||
| • Bill Henderson | ||||
| • Tyler Lindholm | ||||
| • Carl Loucks | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Minerals, Business and Economic Development Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (8) | |||
| • James Byrd | • Thomas Lockhart, Chair | |||
| • Richard Cannady | ||||
| • Harlan Edmonds | ||||
| • Gerald Gay | ||||
| • Norine Kasperik | ||||
| • Lloyd Charles Larsen | ||||
| • Albert Sommers | ||||
| • Tom Walters | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Minerals, Business and Economic Development Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (8) | |||
| • James Byrd | • Thomas Lockhart, Chair | |||
| • Richard Cannady | ||||
| • Mike Greear | ||||
| • Norine Kasperik | ||||
| • Lloyd Charles Larsen | ||||
| • Tom Reeder | ||||
| • Albert Sommers | ||||
| • Nathan Winters | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Minerals, Business and Economic Development Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • James Byrd | • Thomas Lockhart, Chair | |||
| • Jim Roscoe | • Mike Greear | |||
| • Norine Kasperik | ||||
| • Glenn Moniz | ||||
| • Tim Stubson | ||||
| • Dan Zwonitzer | ||||
| • David Zwonitzer | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
| Minerals, Business and Economic Development Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • James Byrd | • Bob Brechtel | |||
| • Bernadine Craft | • Elaine Harvey | |||
| • Jim Roscoe | • Thomas Lockhart | |||
| • Glenn Moniz | ||||
| • Tim Stubson | ||||
| • David 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.
