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A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution

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Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

WY Scorecard 2024

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Wyoming’s Legislature in 2024 and ranks their house of representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

Senate
House of Representatives

Senate

1. Con Con

Good Vote: No

SJ4 Con Con (Failed to introduce 17 to 14 on February 15, 2024). Requests Congress to call a convention for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution as specified.

2. Repeal Gun Free Zones

Good Vote: Yes

HB125 Repeal Gun Free Zones (Passed 22 to 8 on 3/7/2024). Allows individuals with state-issued concealed carry permits to carry weapons in most public places. It criminalizes denying entry to lawfully concealed carry permit holders in specified locations. 

3. Broadband Grants

Good Vote: No

HB71 Broadband Grants (Passed 19 to 12 on 2/28/2024). Authorizes the use of the broadband development subaccount funds to provide the state's share of matching funds required to receive federal funds under any federal broadband program.

4. Carbon Standards

Good Vote: No

SF42 Carbon Standards (Passed 18 to 12 on 3/8/2024). Amends Wyoming's low-carbon electricity generation standards originally set in 2020, now requiring public utilities serving more than 10,000 customers to meet these standards by 2033.

5. Education Savings Accounts

Good Vote: No

HB166 Education Savings Accounts (Passed 28 to 3 on 3/8/2024). Establishes Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) in Wyoming, allowing students to use funds for preschool, K-12 private schools, and educational expenses.

6. Prohibit Transgender Surgeries for Minors

Good Vote: Yes

SF99 Prohibit Transgender Surgeries for Minors (Passed 28 to 2 on 3/7/2024). Prohibits physicians and healthcare providers in Wyoming from performing certain medical procedures related to transitioning a child's biological sex or affirming a child's gender perception, if different from their biological sex.

Legislator Scores
[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote
Name Party District Score 123456
Jim Anderson R SD-028 33% +----+
Fred Baldwin R SD-014 33% +----+
Eric Barlow R HD-003 33% -+---+
Bo Biteman R SD-021 67% -+++-+
Brian Boner R SD-002 50% -++--+
Anthony Bouchard R SD-006 83% ++++-+
Evie Brennan R SD-031 60% -++.-+
Cale Case R SD-025 33% --+-+-
Ed Cooper R SD-020 33% -+---+
Wendy Schuler R SD-015 33% ----++
Dan Dockstader R SD-016 50% ++---+
Ogden Driskill R SD-001 33% -+---+
Affie Ellis R SD-008 25% +.---.
Tim French R SD-018 67% -+++-+
Dan Furphy R SD-010 33% +----+
Mike Gierau D SD-017 33% +----+
Larry Hicks R SD-011 50% -+-+-+
Lynn Hutchings R SD-005 83% ++++-+
Robert Ide R SD-029 100% ++++++
Stacy Jones R SD-013 33% -+---+
Dave Kinskey R SD-022 50% -+-+-+
John Kolb R SD-012 67% -+++-+
Bill Landen R SD-027 50% ++---+
Dan Laursen R HD-025 50% -+-+-+
Troy McKeown R SD-024 83% ++++-+
Tara Nethercott R SD-004 33% -+---+
Stephan Pappas R SD-007 17% -----+
Chris Rothfuss D SD-009 17% +-----
Tim Salazar R SD-026 67% -+++-+
Charles Scott R SD-030 50% ++---+
Cheri Steinmetz R SD-003 83% ++++-+

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party Score
Republican 51.1%
Democrat 25%