HJ 1 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

Amending Wyoming's act of admission for earnings.

Wyoming's HJ 1 is a joint resolution requesting Congress to amend the state's 1890 Act of Admission. It seeks to update specific sections to replace outdated terms like "interest" and "income" with "earnings" in provisions governing the permanent school fund. This change would allow Wyoming to use all investment returns - including capital gains - from the fund, which now exceeds $4 billion, directly for public schools. The resolution does not create new funding but aligns legal language with current investment practices to better apply existing resources.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Signed Feb 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Enrolled · 3 edits · Feb 24, 2025
MINOR
This bill was enrolled and finalized after passing both legislative chambers. The substantive policy content remains unchanged from the introduced version, with only formatting, pagination, and certification language added to reflect its official status as an enrolled joint resolution.
TECHNICAL

Added official enrollment headers, page numbering, and certification language indicating the bill has passed both chambers and is ready for transmission to Congress.

Updated the fund value in the WHEREAS clause from four billion dollars to five billion six hundred million dollars to reflect current fund status.

Reorganized text formatting and removed draft-style markup indicators (like 1...1) used during the legislative process.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 20, 2025 · House Feb 6, 2025

How they voted

310
Passed
Total votes 31
Feb 20, 2025
D Democratic2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican29
29 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Feb 24, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEJR No. 0001
legislature
Feb 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
H Concur:Passed 55-0-7-0-0
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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