Rumors that the Wyoming Legislature would add extra days were dashed when leaders of both chambers decided they had enough on Thursday afternoon. The 37-day 2025 session ended with 165 bills passed, five veto overrides and 534 omelets eaten.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
By Leo Wolfson<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s all folks, the 2025 Wyoming legislative session is complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 37 days, the Legislature passed 165 bills, overrode five of Gov. Mark Gordon\u2019s seven vetoes and on the Senate side, consumed 534 omelets, said Sen. President Bo Biteman, R-Ranchester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Biteman and House Speaker Chip Neiman, R-Hulett, confirmed the session would be coming to an end in a joint statement issued Thursday afternoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There had been rumors swirling around the Capitol on Thursday that the Legislature was considering adding two days to override a potential veto from Gordon on Senate File 196. SF 196 aims to protect Wyoming residents from federal firearm orders and laws and builds on a similar existing law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although Biteman and Neiman reiterated their support for this bill Thursday, they both kicked the proverbial can down the road rather than taking a hard stance to keep the bill alive right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBoth the House and the Senate are committed to adopting SF 196 exactly as passed this year,\u201d the leaders said in their statement. \u201cIf the governor sees fit to veto SF 196, as is his prerogative, then the Legislature will take this issue up immediately as we convene for the 2026 session and send it to the governor first.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Neiman and Biteman said they will consider any concerns the governor brings up in his potential veto letter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s no guarantee the governor will or will not veto SF 196 as he traditionally does not say he will veto a bill before doing so. In 2022, Gordon signed the current Second Amendment Protection Act into law without objection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Gordon gave his sign-off speech to both chambers Thursday afternoon, he spoke broadly and made no references to specific bills, but did offer some advice for the Legislature to chew on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe should stop looking backwards, we should think about our future, we should think about our kids,\u201d he said. \u201cThe state I grew up in, the state I love and have fought for every way that I can, is that one that engages with our youth and makes sure better days are ahead. I know we can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Senate and House both passed SF 196 with large majorities but originally disagreed about some of the exceptions in their versions of the bill. They eventually settled out those differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In their statement, Neiman and Biteman stressed that they are firmly pro-Second Amendment and pointed to the passage of a bill banning gun free zones<\/u><\/a> in Wyoming earlier in the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUnfortunately, the governor is working through a significant amount of legislation, and timing may result in SF 196 not passing this year,\u201d the statement read. \u201cThe good news is that President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, and the threat from the Federal government is small for now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Gov.](\"https:\/\/cowboystatedaily.imgix.net\/Gordon-end-of-sesson-3.6.25.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress\")
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