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SENATE Bill Digest FIRST DAY GENERAL SESSION OF THE SENATE SIXTY-THIRD STATE LEGISLATURE January 13, 2015 Senate Chamber The Senate convened at 12:00 p.m. Senator Ross announced that the hour, set by the Constitution and the statutes of the State of Wyoming for the convening of the 63rd Legislature of Wyoming, has arrived and asked the Senators and Senators-Elect to be in order. The colors were presented by Cheyenne East High School ROTC followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Senator Ross asked Father Spaulding to give the invocation. Majority Floor Leader Bebout moved Ellen Thompson be appointed temporary Chief Clerk of the Senate. The motion carried. The Chief Clerk called the roll of the Senate. ROLL CALL Ayes: Senator(s) Anderson, J.D.(SD02), Anderson, J.L.(SD28), Barnard, Bebout, Burns, Case, Christensen, Coe, Cooper, Craft, Dockstader, Driskill, Emerich, Esquibel, F., Geis, Hastert, Hicks, Johnson, Kinskey, Landen, Meier, Nicholas, Pappas, Perkins, Peterson, Ross, Rothfuss, Scott, Von Flatern and Wasserburger Ayes 30 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflict 0 Senator Ross announced that Dave Kinskey was appointed to fill the unexpired term occasioned by the passing away of Senator John Schiffer, Senate District 22. Majority Floor Leader Bebout moved that a Committee of four on Credentials be appointed. Motion carried. The following were appointed to serve on the Credentials Committee: Senator Coe, Chairman and Senators Dockstader, Craft and Esquibel. The Senate stood at ease, subject to the call of the Chair to await the report of the Committee on Credentials. Senator Ross asked the Senate to come to order. The chair recognized Senator Coe. Senator Coe stated that the Committee on Credentials respectfully reports back that the following named persons shown by the Certificate from the Secretary of State are duly elected members of the Senate of the 63rd Legislature of the State of Wyoming, for a four-year term beginning the first Monday in January, A.D. 2015. STATE OF WYOMING OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE I, Max Maxfield, Secretary of the State of Wyoming, do hereby certify that the attached is a full, true and correct list of the members of the Sixty-third Legislature of the State of Wyoming, duly elected at the General Election held on the fourth day of November 2014 according to the Certificates of the State Canvassing Board as filed in this office. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Wyoming. Done at Cheyenne, the Capital, this 18th day of November A.D., 2014. 1 Max Maxfield Secretary of State By: Peggy Nighswonger Chief Election Officer STATE SENATORS Senate District 1 Senator Ogden Driskill Senate District 3 Senator Curt Meier Senate District 5 Senator Fred Emerich Senate District 7 Senator Stephan Pappas Senate District 9 Senator Chris Rothfuss Senate District 11 Senator Larry Hicks Senate District 13 Senator John Hastert Senate District 15 Senator Paul Barnard Senate District 17 Senator Leland Christensen Senate District 19 Senator Ray Peterson Senate District 21 Senator Bruce Burns Senate District 23 Senator Jeff Wasserburger Senate District 25 Senator Cale Case Senate District 27 Senator Bill Landen Senate District 29 Senator Drew Perkins Senator Coe moved the report of the Committee on Credentials be adopted and the committee be discharged. The motion carried by voice vote. Senator Ross moved that a committee of two be appointed to wait upon the Honorable Chief Justice Burke, and request his presence in the Senate chamber to administer the oath. Senator Ross asked the Senate to come to order and rise. Will the newly elected Senators please come forward to be sworn in. Chief Justice Burke administered the oath of office. Majority Floor Leader Bebout moved the Senate proceed with the nomination and election of permanent officers. The motion carried. Majority Floor Leader Bebout nominated Senator Phil Nicholas, of Senate District Number 10 as President of the Senate. Senator Chris Rothfuss seconded the nomination and asked that his election is made unanimous, dispensing with the roll call. The motion carried. Chief Justice Burke administered the oath of office to President Nicholas. Senator Ross nominated Senator Drew Perkins for Vice President. President Nicholas announced that it had been moved and seconded that Senator Drew Perkins be unanimously elected Vice President of the State Senate of the 63rd Legislature of Wyoming. The motion carried. Chief Justice Burke administered the oath to Senator Perkins. VICE PRESIDENT DREW PERKINS OPENING REMARKS Thank you to the members, for your vote of confidence and trust. It is a humbling and awesome responsibility that you have given to me. I would like to recognize my wife, Kristie, and her mother, my mother-in-law, Marline Dittburner. While mother-in-law jokes can be funny, thankfully they are inapplicable between Marline and me. Thank you to my Mom, Representative Dorothy Perkins, who served for 16 years in the House, and with some of you. She was always an inspiration to me, a 2 great Mom, and I believe she is interested in all of this and is watching some of this today. I hope she is proud. Thank you to my wife, the love of my life, Kristie Perkins, she hates any personal recognition, but as you know, this is a team effort. I may be elected, but she bears much of the brunt of the inconveniences and emotional costs that come from this public service. I couldn't and wouldn't do this without her support. Fellow Senators, honored guests, what looks worst when it's working best? Answer – the Legislature, which is not supposed to look good. We’ve all heard the analogy to sausage making. The legislature's job is to resolve conflicts and set priorities, one way or the other, in the allocation of the state's resources and in creating and maintaining the laws we are to live by. In that regard, if you ask any 5 members of this senate how to prioritize and accomplish those purposes, you will get 5 different opinions. "Democracy is a process, not a product." (former Congressman Lee Hamilton). To many in modern culture, appearance can mean everything. But Hollywood has it wrong. In this respect, the institution of the legislature is at a distinct disadvantage. It is, by its design, disorganized, inefficient and unpredictable, which are all quite unappealing traits. For some of us, the constitution created one chamber too many – the body at the other end of the hall. Of course, many there may feel the same way about this end of the Capitol. Those newly elected to the legislature often have doubts about the process. Some have actually run against the institution with a campaign promise that "if you elect me, I will straighten this mess out." The legislative system is easy to blame – it doesn't defend itself. As I begin my 9th legislative session, I am still looking for the backroom where all the deals between senators and special interest are brokered. You know, the backroom deals some of our constituents talk about. The legislature is made up of 90 individuals, 30 of whom serve in the Senate, who all represent diverse individuals from across Wyoming. Individuals who have both divergent and common interests. While many will agree with Frank Lloyd Wright's statement, that "there is nothing more uncommon than common sense," I suspect that the senate would fail to reach consensus on what makes sense in any specific instance, much less achieve consensus on whether it constituted "common sense." The legislature is the engine that drives our representative form of democracy. To do its job – balancing the power of the executive – the legislature has to maintain itself as a healthy institution. The job of maintaining that health is the obligation and responsibility of each member. That does not mean that we should not change or not try to improve the institution and its processes. It does not mean that each senator should be very careful not to abuse the institution or use of for his or her own political ends. When things don't go as hoped in a tight political battle about a bill or an amendment, it is easy to blame the system, but I believe that is wrong. We must always remember that while we may be entrenched foes on one bill, we will also be, in a moment's time, fast allies on the next. Cheap shots by senate members themselves can only add harm to the institution and the rule of law, creating fodder for what we now see so often in the media – the increasing perception that the representative democracy we enjoy in this country has run its course or is a failed experiment. The Senate is an institution that will provide and does provide us, its members, with gratification for having made a difference in terms of people and policy. It causes the adrenaline to surge and, at times, tempers to flair. But it also gives each of us the opportunity to work with colleagues 3 with whom we develop deep relationships and who have or will become lifelong friends. I love the Wyoming Senate. I am humbled to represent my constituents and you in the capacity of Vice President. I pledge to work hard to preserve the institution of the Senate and the legislative process; to increase transparency of the process among us, particularly of the budget and its infamous footnotes; and to protect and ensure that the Wyoming Senate is a true deliberative body. In this age of distractions, multitasking and unparalleled access to information, and public access to each of us through texts, emails, Tweets and Instagram, access that is available in nearly real-time, such that you can be asked to vote, or assisted in debate, by those listening over the web as though they were sitting in this senior chamber, from full participation in deliberative process which we are engaged.
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