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Wyoming State Senate

Wyoming State Senate
Wyoming State Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
New session started
January 10, 2017
Leadership
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
Senate diagram 2014 State of Wyoming.svg
Political groups
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.


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