The Chamber

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/03/1992
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Patricia; 2 Children: Meredith, Alexandra
Birth date: 05/02/1942
Birthplace: El Paso, TX
Home City: Cheyenne WY
Religion: Presbyterian

Profession

Planner/Grants Coordinator, Laramie County, 1989-2001 State Librarian/Library Business Manager, State of Wyoming, 1978-1989 Administrator, Library, State of Wyoming, 1973-1989 Consultant, OMEC, 1971-1973 Petty Officer Third Class, United States Coast Guard, 1960-1964

Education

MLS, Library Science, University of Oklahoma, 1973 MPA, Public Administration, University of Colorado, 1970 BS, History, Utah State University, 1969

Committees

Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions
Select Committee on Legislative Technology and Process
Select Committee on Tribal Relations
Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs

SF 25 Defining Access to Public Records
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 82 Requires drug testing of certain welfare recipients
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SF 59 Limits Cost-of-Living Adjustments to State Employee Retirement Plans
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 57 Amending Wyoming Accountability in Education Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 74 Prohibiting Recognition of Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

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SF 25 Defining Access to Public Records
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 82 Requires drug testing of certain welfare recipients
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SF 59 Limits Cost-of-Living Adjustments to State Employee Retirement Plans
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 57 Amending Wyoming Accountability in Education Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 74 Prohibiting Recognition of Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 204 Patriotism in the Classroom
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 29 Mandatory Testing for Suspected DUI Offenders
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 120 Open Public Meetings
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 29 Mandatory Testing for Suspected DUI Offenders
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 39 Funding for Lawsuit Against Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 74 Prohibiting the Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SF 52 Repealing Teacher Tenure
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 140 Kindergarten Attendance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 52 Repealing Teacher Tenure
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 106 School Finances
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SJ 2 Health Care Decisions for Citizens
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 100 Cruelty to Animals
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJ 5 Definition of Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 51 Seat Belt Law Violations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 47 Firearm Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 51 Seat Belt Law Violations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 27 Establishing a Process for Citizen Complaints Relating to Government Competition
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 93 Increasing Penalties for Workplace Safety Violations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 101 Wind-Generated Electricity Tax
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 64 Increasing Seat Belt Violation Fine
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 67 Taxing Moist Snuff Tobacco Based on Weight
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 18 Expanding Workers Compensation Coverage to Include Mental Injury
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 65 Ban on Texting While Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 12 Increasing Campaign Contribution Limit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 137 Deadly Force in Self Defense
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 73 Increasing DUI Penalties
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 9 Limitations on Campaign Contributions
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SF 46 Water Discharge from Methane Gas Wells
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

1SHB 213 Grey Wolf Population Control
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 95 Quality Childcare
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

1SHB 97 Hathaway Scholarship Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 101 Sex Offender Tracking
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 118 Homicide During Pregnancy
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 13 Same Sex Marriages
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 104 Sexual Abuse of Minors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 87 Board of Education Membership Expansion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 84 Wyoming Pipeline Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 36 Open Containers of Alcohol in Vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 50 Health Care Information Technology
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 36 Open Containers of Alcohol in Vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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