Wyoming State Senate

Wyoming State Senate
Wyoming State Legislature
Type
Type	Upper House
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 10, 2017
Leadership
President of the Senate	Eli Bebout (R) Since January 10, 2017
Vice President of the Senate	Michael Von Flatern (R) Since January 10, 2017
Majority Leader	Drew Perkins (R) Since January 10, 2017
Minority Leader	Chris Rothfuss (D) Since January 7, 2013
Structure
Seats	30
Political groups	Republican (27)   Democratic (3)
Length of term	4 years
Authority	Article 3, Wyoming Constitution
Salary	$150/day + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2016 (15 seats)
Next election	November 6, 2018 (15 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
State Senate Chamber Wyoming State Capitol Cheyenne, Wyoming
Website
Wyoming State Legislature

The Wyoming Senate is the upper house of the Wyoming State Legislature. There are 30 Senators in the Senate, representing an equal number of constituencies across Wyoming, each with a population of at least 17,000. The Senate meets at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne.

Members of the Senate serve four year terms without term limits. Term limits were declared unconstitutional by the Wyoming Supreme Court in 2004, overturning a decade-old law that had restricted Senators to three terms (twelve years).

Like other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the Wyoming Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to the state cabinet, commissions, boards, or justices to the Wyoming Supreme Court.

Wyoming, along with Arizona, Maine, and Oregon, is one of the four U.S. states to have abolished the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, a position which for most upper houses of state legislatures and indeed for the U.S. Congress (with the Vice President) is the head of the legislative body. Instead, a separate position of Senate President is in place, removed from the Wyoming executive branch.