The Chamber

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/05/1996
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Karen; 4 Children: Joe, Nate, Lella, John
Birth date: 03/16/1955
Birthplace: Lander, WY
Home City: Laramie WY
Religion: Catholic

Profession

Corthell and King, 1982-1992 Wyoming Assistant Attorney General, 1980-1982 Attorney, Anthony, Nicholas, Goodreich and Tankerman Law Offices

Education

JD, University of Wyoming, 1979 BS, Microbiology, Oregon State University, 1976

Committees

Appropriations
Medicaid Options Study - Augmented Advisory Committee
Rules and Procedures
Select Committee on Statewide Education Accountability

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: Yea

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: Nay

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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: Yea

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: Nay

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

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

HB 120 Open Public Meetings
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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

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: Nay

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: Yea

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

SF 100 Cruelty to Animals
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SJ 5 Definition of Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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

SF 47 Firearm Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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: Nay

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

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: Yea

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

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

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

HB 73 Increasing DUI Penalties
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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: Nay

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

SF 101 Sex Offender Tracking
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 118 Homicide During Pregnancy
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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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