The House of Representatives convened Jan. 15, 2025, conducted roll call and moved through a consent sequence of first readings and committee referrals for 13 bills before accepting two committee reports and adjourning until 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

The most consequential formal actions were committee reports recommending passage for two bills. Committee number 9 (minerals, business and economic development) reported back on House Bill 14, titled "solid waste municipal cease and transfer funding," recommending that the bill "do pass." Representative Heiner, identified in the report as chairman, read the committee's recommendation and listed members who voted in the affirmative. Committee number 10 (labor, health and social services) reported that House Bill 82, "provider enrollment standards," be recommended to the full House with a "do pass" recommendation; Representative Rodriguez Williams is recorded as the committee chairman for that report.

Separately, the House conducted first readings and assigned the following measures to committees as announced on the floor: House Joint Resolution 2 (sponsored by Agriculture) — assigned to committee 5 (Agriculture); House Bill 93, "Protect Wyoming's Lands Act" — committee 5, Agriculture; House Bill 69 (sponsored by Corporations), "Foreign adversary ownership or control of business entities" — committee 7, Corporations; House Bill 79 (Rep. Stivar), "Bond elections, voter threshold requirement" — committee 7, Corporations; House Bill 122 (Rep. Connolly), "Senior Citizen Service Districts, authorization and renewal" — committee 7, Corporations; House Bill 24 (Transportation), "Alternative fuel tax, electricity amendments" — committee 8, Transportation; House Bill 25 (Transportation), "Vehicle accident reporting amendments" — committee 8, Transportation; House Bill 28 (Transportation), "Commercial driver's licenses, revisions" — committee 8, Transportation; House Bill 30 (Transportation), "Driver's licenses and IDs, revisions" — committee 8, Transportation; House Bill 34 (Transportation), "Department of Transportation Efficiency Study" — committee 8, Transportation; House Bill 76 (Rep. Brown Landon), "Prior authorization amendment" — committee 10, Labor; House Bill 96 (Rep. McCann), "Prohibiting mask, vaccine, and testing discrimination" — committee 10, Labor; and House Bill 135 (Rep. Guggenmoss), (transcript text: "On the logus or direct blood donations") — committee 10, Labor. Where bill titles or text in the record were unclear, the transcript phrasing is reported here and noted in clarifying details.

Committee and scheduling announcements followed the readings. Committee number 8 (Transportation) and committee number 2 (House Revenue) announced specific meeting times and bill dockets for follow-up consideration. Several chairs announced planned markup sessions for state and K-12 capital construction (committee 2) and hearings on bills including severance tax distribution and sales tax revisions (committee 8). The House rules committee and subsequent whole-house caucus were also scheduled post-adjournment for internal rule adjustments and leadership selection.

A motion to adjourn was made by the majority floor leader and carried by voice vote; the motion set the next session for 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. The record noted 60 members present and two excused during the roll call earlier in the session.

Why it matters: first readings and committee referrals set the procedural path for bills to receive hearings, markups and votes; committee "do pass" reports advance measures to the floor for possible enactment. The announcements set the calendar for committee review and leadership organization during the opening days of the 68th Legislature.

Upcoming: The House returns Jan. 16 at 10 a.m., with committee meetings scheduled earlier in the day and a full calendar of bills expected for consideration.