Can you imagine having your travel, hotel and meal expenses paid to speak at a standing committee hearing at the WY State Capitol?
Can you imagine walking into a standing committee hearing and the legislators warmly smile and call you by your first name?
Can you imagine emailing committee members the amendments you would like on a bill and they take you quite seriously?
These are just some of the perks of being a lobbyist in Wyoming.
Do the voices of Wyoming Citizens carry farther than lobbyists, carry just as far as lobbyists, or are they barely heard at all? I guess we will find out very soon.
2021 Special Session Lobbyists
Oct 26, 2021 House Judiciary Committee on HB1002 Federal COVID vaccine mandates-prohibition and remedies.
Stephen Johanson, Interim director for WY Dept of Health
Eric Boley, President of the Wyoming Hospital Association
Tamsin Johnson, Executive Director for Wyoming AFL-CIO
Katie Legerski, Associated General Contractors of Wyoming
Bob Bonnar, Wyoming Press Association
Oct 26, 2021 House Minerals Committee on HB1001 COVID-19 vaccine employer mandates.
Mary Lynne Shickich, Banner Health (Emailed the amendments they would like to see in the bill.)
Lance Porter, CEO of Banner Wyoming Medical Center
Dr. Andy Dunn, Chief of Primary Care at Wyoming Medical Center
Andie Summerville, Executive Director WY Association of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers
Tony Gagliardi, Wyoming State Director for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
Jeff Storey, Assistant CMO of Cheyenne Regional Center
Oct 26, 2021 House Labor Committee on HB1006 Vaccine requirements-limitations.
Grady Hutcherson, President of the Wyoming Education Association (WEA)
Tate Mullen, Government Relations Director for the Wyoming Education Association (WEA)
Brian Warren, Biotechnology Innovation Organization
Janet Farmer, School Nurse with the Laramie County School District #1
Oct 26, 2021 House Appropriations Committee on HB1001 COVID-19 vaccine employer mandates; HB1002 Federal COVID vaccine mandates-prohibition and remedies-2; HB1009 COVID-19 response. (Audio is missing for first five minutes of meeting; none of these lobbyists introduced themselves, and none were asked to.)
Alexia Harrist, WY State Health Officer, State Epidemiologist Wyoming Department of Health
Renny McKay, Governor’s Office
Stephen Johanson, Interim director Wyoming Department of Health
Jason Wolfe, Wyoming Workforce Services
Robin Cooley, Wyoming Workforce Services
Oct 26, 2021 Senate Corporations Committee on SF1004 COVID-19 vaccinations-employer prohibition-2.
Josh Hannes, Wyoming Hospital Association
Eric Connell, CEO North Bighorn Hospital
Oct 26, 2021 Senate Corporations Committee on SF1019 Wyoming gaming commission-scrivener error correction.
Senator Affie Ellis, Wyoming State Legislature
