Wyoming § 28-1-113 Joint meetings of legislative standing
committees; introduction and passage of budget bill

Wyoming Statutes

§ 28-1-113 — Joint meetings of legislative standing committees; introduction and passage of budget bill

Wyoming § 28-1-113

Title 28Legislature

Ch. 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

This text of Wyoming § 28-1-113 (Joint meetings of legislative standing committees; introduction and passage of budget bill) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Wyoming primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 28-1-113 (2026).

Text

(a)The joint appropriations committee shall sit in open sessions while considering the budget and shall begin meetings not less than twenty (20) days prior to the convening of the budget session. The joint committee may cause the attendance of the heads or responsible representatives of the departments, institutions and all other agencies of the state to furnish information and answer questions as the joint committee requires.

(b)All persons interested in the estimates under consideration shall be admitted to the meetings and may be allowed the right to be heard. The governor, or his representatives, and members of the legislature have the right to sit at these public hearings and be heard on all matters coming before the joint committee.

(c)The joint committee shall cause the general a

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(a) The joint appropriations committee shall sit in open
sessions while considering the budget and shall begin meetings
not less than twenty (20) days prior to the convening of the
budget session. The joint committee may cause the attendance of
the heads or responsible representatives of the departments,
institutions and all other agencies of the state to furnish
information and answer questions as the joint committee
requires.
(b) All persons interested in the estimates under
consideration shall be admitted to the meetings and may be
allowed the right to be heard. The governor, or his
representatives, and members of the legislature have the right
to sit at these public hearings and be heard on all matters
coming before the joint committee.
(c) The joint committee shall cause the general
appropriation bill or bills known as budget bills, to be
introduced in whole or in part in the house of representatives
or the senate, or both. When a budget bill has passed the house
of origin, the bill shall be referred to the standing
appropriations committee of the opposite house which shall meet
and consider those amendments to the budget bill which were
adopted by the house of origin and shall not propose other
amendments to any original joint appropriations committee budget
bill.
(d) To the extent not inconsistent with any enacted law or
clear expression of legislative intent to the contrary, each
agency's budget request as recommended by the governor to the
joint appropriations interim committee, any other budgetary
explanatory material submitted to the joint appropriations
interim committee by the governor and the budget hearings before
the joint appropriations interim committee shall guide the
interpretation and implementation of appropriations and related
language contained within the general appropriations bill or
bills appropriating funds to be expended for the operation of a
state agency, including programs, purposes and number of
employees specified within each agency.