Some Gave All: Lex Anteinternet: The 2021 Wyoming Legislative Session, Part II

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Lex Anteinternet: The 2021 Wyoming Legislative Session, Part II

Lex Anteinternet: The 2021 Wyoming Legislative Session, Part II:

The 2021 Wyoming Legislative Session, Part II

February 10, 2021

Governor Gordon signed the first crop of 2021 bills yesterday, so this is a good place to start a new thread.

Governor Mark Gordon Signs 20 Bills on Tuesday February 9

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon signed 20 bills into law on Tuesday, February 9. He has now taken action on all legislation passed by the Wyoming Legislature during the eight-day virtual session.

The Governor signed the following bills into law today:

Bill No.	Enrolled Act #	Bill Title
HB0008	HEA0006	Consumer credit amendments
HB0018	HEA0007	Military training memorials
HB0025	HEA0008	Tribal vehicle registration exemption implementation
HB0035	HEA0009	Theft statute-amendment
HB0045	HEA0010	Changes to water right - notice requirements for hearing
HB0030	HEA0013	Public utility assessment
HB0009	HEA0015	Short time compensation program
HB0027	HEA0016	Business code revisions
HB0013	HEA0017	Alcoholic beverage regulation
HB0015	HEA0018	Department of transportation communication facilities
HJ0001	HEJR0001	Traumatic brain injury and post traumatic stress treatments
SF0057	SEA0005	School finance-dates for fund transfers
SF0014	SEA0007	Credit for reinsurance
SF0032	SEA0008	Water permit notice requirements
SF0060	SEA0009	Monthly ad valorem tax revisions-2
SF0029	SEA0010	Revised uniform law on notarial acts
SF0054	SEA0011	Statewide health information exchange-codification
SF0026	SEA0012	Animal abuse statutes reorganization and update
SF0018	SEA0013	Universal occupational licensure
SF0053	SEA0014	Ground ambulance service provider assessment act

What of those bills?

Well, a lot probably don't draw that much attention, but some will. The one that will draw the most notice is the change in liquor laws, which is the third major overhaul in as many years. Home delivery by full license holders will now be allowed.

The Military Training Memorials bill is interesting in that it allows for memorials to military members who died in training accidents. It's text provides:

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL NO. HB0018

ENROLLED ACT NO. 7, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2021 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to honoring military members; authorizing the creation of memorials to military members who died in training accidents in Wyoming; authorizing expenditure of nonstate funds; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1. The department of state parks and cultural resources in cooperation with the Wyoming military department and appropriate nongovernmental organizations, may design and create memorials to honor United States military personnel who died in military training accidents in Wyoming during United States involvement in overseas wars and conflicts. The department shall consult with the Wyoming department of transportation to identify the placement of the memorials in appropriate locations accessible to the public along public roads, highways or parking areas to honor the known crash sites located at Shirley Basin, Edgerton and Bomber Peak. The adjutant general of the Wyoming national guard shall approve the design of each memorial prior to the creation of the memorial. The department may accept donations of private funds or funds from other nonstate entities for the design and placement of memorials under this section and shall not use state funds for purposes of this section.

Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

This is an interesting bill and I think a good idea. Those who died in training in the service, died in the service of their country.

In contrast, SF00018, which allows for temporary licensure for military spouses in licensed professions, is a bad idea.

Accommodating the spouses of service members makes sense, but Wyoming has been working on eroding the protection to the citizenry that holding a license means already. This is one more step to licenses meaning absolutely nothing. There's no reason to believe that because a professional is married to a service member, they're automatically competent in their profession.

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Some Gave All is one of a series of our blogs which are basically photographic in nature. The main blog, the "hub", is Holscher's Hub, which is a general photo site. The general blog that we have that receives the most viewing attention is Lex Anteinternet, which started off, and which also remains, a blog for the study of historical topics of the 1890-1920 time frame, but which also deals with about everything else. Our daily Wyoming history blog is Today In Wyoming's History.

We also have four specific photograph blogs with dedicated topics, those being Churches of the West, Courthouses of the West, Railhead and Painted Bricks. Those blogs are dedicated to photographs of the topics their title indicates (more or less). This blog, while a history minded one, fits into the latter category. It depicts monuments, mostly war memorials, that we've run across in our travels.

Many of these photos, indeed probably all of them, were taken as the opportunity arose. It'd be rare here to find a photo in which we had gone out specifically to photograph the memorial. Because of that, they will not have a professional quality, as we have to take the monument, including the light, weather, and other conditions, as we find them. Still, that serves the purpose, which is to record monuments and memorials that otherwise would likely be missed by most people.