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Legislative Service Office Annual Report December 2019 200 West 24th Street Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 Table of Contents Creation ............................................................................................................ 1 Management Council Committee Members ................................................... 2 Legislative Service Office Staff....................................................................... 3 Bill Statistics .................................................................................................... 4 Appropriations and Expenditures Legislative Appropriations (2018 Senate File 2) ...................................... 6 Financial Reports ..................................................................................... 14 In-State Committee Meetings Meeting Payments by Legislator ............................................................. 21 Committee Meetings by Date/Location ................................................... 37 Out-of-State Meetings Expenditures of Legislators .................................................................... 41 Committee Meetings by Location ........................................................... 45 Interim Monthly Salaries ............................................................................... 47 Constituent Service Allowance..................................................................... 48 Interim Committee Activities......................................................................... 49 LEGISLATIVE SERVICE OFFICE ANNUAL REPORT January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019 CREATION The Legislative Service Office was created by an Act of the Forty-First Legislature, Chapter 113, Session Laws of Wyoming 1971. It commenced operations on March 1, 1971. The Office provides research and bill drafting services for legislative standing or interim committees and for individual legislators, including pre-filing and distribution of proposed legislation prior to legislative sessions; revision and recompilation of the laws of Wyoming; preparation of copy and contracting for the printing and publishing of all revisions, compilations, session laws, journals and digests; and accounting for all legislative expenditures, supplies and properties. In addition, members of the office staff prepare administrative rule reviews and reports for the Management Council, conduct program evaluations of executive agencies under the direction of the Management Audit Committee, and conduct fiscal studies and budget analysis for the Joint Appropriations Committee and other legislative committees. Policies, rules and regulations governing general operations of the Office and its relationship to legislative standing committees and individual legislators are made by a Management Council composed of thirteen legislators – six members from each house and one member elected at large. The Director is employed by and subject to the direction of the Management Council. The Director with the approval of the Management Council employs LSO employees. 1 MANAGEMENT COUNCIL Representative Steve Harshman, Chairman Senator Drew Perkins, Vice Chairman Senator Liisa Anselmi-Dalton Senator Dan Dockstader Senator Ogden Driskill Senator Mike Gierau Senator Bill Landen Senator Chris Rothfuss Representative Eric Barlow Representative Cathy Connolly Representative John Freeman Representative Mike Greear Representative Albert Sommers 2 LEGISLATIVE SERVICE OFFICE STAFF Director ...................................................................................................... Matt Obrecht Office of the Director Legislative Counsel ......................................................................... Tamara Rivale Special Projects Manager ............................................................. Wendy Madsen Fiscal Officer ..................................................................................... Kathy Barrett Executive and Fiscal Assistant............................................. Heather Kammerman Legal Services Division Legal Services Administrator .................................................................. Ian Shaw Senior Staff Attorney ...................................................................... Josh Anderson Staff Attorney ...................................................................................... John Brodie Staff Attorney ....................................................................................... Brian Fuller Staff Attorney ........................................................................................ Ted Hewitt Staff Attorney .............................................................................. David Hopkinson Staff Attorney .................................................................................. Heather Jarvis Staff Attorney .................................................................................. Kayla Spencer Legislative Editor ................................................................................ Sheri Briggs Legislative Editor ...................................................................... MaryBeth Oatsvall Legislative Editor ................................................................................ Jill Reinking Legislative Editor ............................................................................... Katie Talbott Budget and Fiscal Division Budget/Fiscal Administrator ............................................................. Don Richards Senior Fiscal Analyst ............................................................................ Polly Scott Senior Fiscal Analyst ..................................................................... Michael Swank Senior Fiscal Analyst ......................................................................... Dean Temte Senior School Finance Analyst ................................................. Matthew Willmarth Fiscal Analyst ......................................................................... Elizabeth Martineau Associate Fiscal Analyst ................................................................... Leanne Hoag Associate Fiscal Analyst ................................................................... Karsyn Lamb Legislative Editor ............................................................................ Karen Vaughn Research and Evaluation Division Research/Evaluation Administrator .......................................... Abigail Boudewyns Deputy Administrator .....................................................................Donna Shippen Research Analyst.............................................................................. Kelley Shepp Associate Research Analyst ......................................................... Danielle Creech Associate Research Analyst ............................................................ Eilish Hanson Senior Program Evaluator .................................................................... Karla Smith Associate Program Evaluator ....................................................... Amanda Freund Associate Program Evaluator .................................................. Jonathan Sandoval Operations Division Operations Division Administrator ................................................... Anna Mumford Legislative Support Services Manager ............................................. Anthony Sara Associate Legislative Information Officer .............................................. Ryan Frost Administrative Specialist ..................................................................... Lisa Helsing Information Technology Manager ................................................... Jamie Schaub Senior Application Developer ............................................................... Randi Todd Senior Application Developer ............................................................. Mark Wehde Information Technology Specialist .................................................... David Patrick Visitor Services Manager .............................................................. Riana Davidson Part-Time Employees Copy Machine Operator ...................................................................... Angie Parks Custodian .......................................................................................... Terry Hubka Intern Coordinator ......................................................................... Lavonda Kopsa 3 2019 GENERAL SESSION BILL STATISTICS 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2019 APPROPRIATIONS & EXPENDITURES 65th WYOMING LEGISLATURE 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 MEETING PAYMENTS BY LEGISLATOR INTERIM MEETINGS The following apply to the information contained in this list: 1. This list contains mileage, per diem and salary payments to legislators for participation in official legislative interim work. Official legislative interim work consists of meetings of interim and select committees of the legislature, plus other authorized legislative meetings. Legislators are also compensated ½ salary for preparation for each day an interim committee meets. In addition, legislators are compensated ½ salary for travel to and/or from an interim committee meeting. Travel salary is not paid for travel occurring on a day the member receives salary for the committee meeting. 2. Note that the number of meetings attended by a legislator is primarily a function of two factors: the number of committees to which that legislator has been appointed and the number of meetings during an interim that a committee meets. Some