Bill No. SF0143

Summary
Status
Sponsors
Texts
Votes
Amendments
Supplements
History
Summary

Bill ID

1672590

State

WY

Title

Wyoming freedom scholarship act-2.

Description

PFPS Summary: WY SF0143 establishes the "Wyoming Freedom Scholarship Program Account," a universal education savings account voucher program. Vouchers can be used for private school tuition and other private education expenses as well as for virtual learning programs. The maximum amount of a vouchers is $6,000, adjusted annually for the costs of inflation. If the number of applicants for the program exceeds the number of available vouchers, preference will be given to students who accepted a voucher in the previous school year and to their siblings. The amount of available scholarships is determined by separate appropriations by the legislature.

Bill Type

Bill

Category

ESAs, Universal Eligibility, New Program

Session

2023 General Session

Special Session

No Data Available

Status

Current Status

Failed

Status Last Updated

2023-02-24

Pending Committee

Calendar

Hearing
2023-01-30
07:30
State Capitol Room W110 & Online
Senate Education

Sponsors

Sponsors

R
Rep
Bill Allemand
HD-058
1
0
R
Rep
Ocean Andrew
HD-046
2
0
R
Rep
Abby Angelos
HD-003
3
0
R
Rep
Dalton Banks
HD-026
4
0
R
Rep
John Bear
HD-031
5
0
R
Rep
Robert Davis
HD-047
6
0
R
Rep
John Eklund
HD-010
7
0
R
Rep
Jeremy Haroldson
HD-004
8
0
R
Rep
Scott Heiner
HD-018
9
0
R
Rep
Ben Hornok
HD-042
10
0
R
Rep
Mark Jennings
HD-030
11
0
R
Rep
Christopher Knapp
HD-053
12
0
R
Rep
Martha Lawley
HD-027
13
0
R
Rep
Tony Locke
HD-035
14
0
R
Rep
Chip Neiman
HD-001
15
0
R
Rep
Tony Niemiec
HD-060
16
0
R
Rep
Kevin O'Hearn
HD-059
17
0
R
Rep
Pepper Ottman
HD-034
18
0
R
Rep
Ken Pendergraft
HD-029
19
0
R
Rep
Sarah Penn
HD-033
20
0
R
Rep
Rachel Rodriguez-Williams
HD-050
21
0
R
Rep
Daniel Singh
HD-061
22
0
R
Rep
Allen Slagle
HD-002
23
0
R
Rep
Scott Smith
HD-005
24
0
R
Rep
Clark Stith
HD-048
25
0
R
Rep
Tomi Strock
HD-006
26
0
R
Rep
Clarence Styvar
HD-012
27
0
R
Rep
Reuben Tarver
HD-052
28
0
R
Rep
Tamara Trujillo
HD-044
29
0
R
Rep
Jeanette Ward
HD-057
30
0
R
Rep
Art Washut
HD-036
31
0
R
Rep
John Winter
HD-028
32
0
R
Rep
Fred Baldwin
SD-014
33
0
R
Rep
Dennis Biteman
SD-021
34
0
R
Sen
Brian Boner
SD-002
35
0
R
Sen
Evie Brennan
SD-031
36
0
R
Sen
Edward Cooper
SD-020
37
0
R
Sen
Ogden Driskill
SD-001
38
0
R
Rep
Lynn Hutchings
SD-005
39
0
R
Sen
David Kinskey
SD-022
40
0
R
Rep
Dan Laursen
SD-019
41
0
R
Rep
Tim Salazar
SD-026
42
0
R
Rep
Cheri Steinmetz
SD-003
43
0

Texts

Texts

2023-01-20
Introduced
application/pdf
https://legiscan.com/WY/text/SF0143/id/2654767
2023-02-02
Engrossed
application/pdf
https://legiscan.com/WY/text/SF0143/id/2678722

Votes

Votes

2023-01-30
4
1
0
5
1
S
2023-01-31
3
2
0
5
1
S
2023-02-02
17
14
0
31
1
S

Amendments

Amendments

0
S
2023-01-30
Senate Committee Amendment SF0143SS001
Senate Education Committee
0
S
2023-01-30
Senate Floor Amendment SF0143SW001
Senator Brennan
0
S
2023-02-01
Senate Floor Amendment SF0143S2001
Senator Steinmetz

Supplements

Supplements

2023-01-20
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note

History

Progress

2023-01-24
Introduced
2023-01-30
Report Pass
2023-01-30
Refer
2023-01-31
Report Pass
2023-02-02
Engrossed
2023-02-24
Failed

History

2023-01-20
Bill Number Assigned
2023-01-24
Received for Introduction
S
2023-01-24
Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education
S
2023-01-30
S04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
S
2023-01-30
:Rerefer to S02 - Appropriations
S
2023-01-31
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0
S
2023-01-31
Placed on General File
S
2023-01-31
COW:Passed
S
2023-02-01
2nd Reading:Passed
S
2023-02-02
3rd Reading:Passed 17-14-0-0-0
S
2023-02-02
Received for Introduction
H
2023-02-24
Did not Consider for Introduction
H

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