| 1 | 1 | | 2025 |
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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-07591 |
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| 4 | 4 | | SJ0007 |
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| 5 | 5 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. SJ0007 |
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| 6 | 6 | | NCSL 50th Anniversary. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Sponsored by: Senator(s) Pappas, Anderson, Barlow, Biteman, |
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| 8 | 8 | | Case, Cooper, Crum, Dockstader, Driskill, |
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| 9 | 9 | | Landen, Nethercott, Rothfuss and Schuler and |
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| 10 | 10 | | Representative(s) Brown, L, Chestek, Larsen, |
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| 11 | 11 | | L, Nicholas and Yin |
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| 12 | 12 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 13 | 13 | | for |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1 A JOINT RESOLUTION to recognize and commend the National |
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| 15 | 15 | | 2 Conference of State Legislatures on the 50th anniversary of |
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| 16 | 16 | | 3 its founding in 2025. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | 5 WHEREAS, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) |
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| 19 | 19 | | 6 was founded in 1975 and has evolved during the past half- |
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| 20 | 20 | | 7 century to become the premier organization solely dedicated |
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| 21 | 21 | | 8 to serving state and territorial legislators and legislative |
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| 22 | 22 | | 9 staff; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 11 WHEREAS, NCSL was created from the merger of three (3) |
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| 25 | 25 | | 12 organizations that served or represented state legislatures 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0759 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SJ0007 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 and that shared the belief that legislative service is one of |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2 democracy's worthiest pursuits; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4 WHEREAS, NCSL is a bipartisan organization with three (3) |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5 objectives: to advance the effectiveness, independence and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6 integrity of state legislatures; to foster interstate |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7 communication and cooperation; and to ensure states have a |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8 strong, cohesive voice in the federal system; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10 WHEREAS, our nation's state legislatures are America's |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11 laboratories of democracy and have continually shown that |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12 they are the bodies best able to tackle emerging challenges; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13 and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15 WHEREAS, state legislatures are where people from different |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16 backgrounds and representing different communities can come |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17 together and find common ground; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 19 WHEREAS, NCSL has facilitated the exchange of ideas, provided |
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| 47 | 47 | | 20 critical research and information and encouraged a rigorous |
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| 48 | 48 | | 21 review of complex issues confronting our communities, states |
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| 49 | 49 | | 22 and nation; and |
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| 50 | 50 | | 23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0759 |
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| 51 | 51 | | SJ0007 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 1 WHEREAS, NCSL strives to strengthen the bonds between |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2 America's legislatures and the international community. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | 7That the members of the Wyoming Legislature |
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| 60 | 60 | | 8 recognize and commend the National Conference of State |
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| 61 | 61 | | 9 Legislatures on the 50th anniversary of its founding in 2025 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 10 and for their superb leadership and commitment to the |
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| 63 | 63 | | 11 legislative institution. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 12 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 13That the Secretary of State of Wyoming |
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| 66 | 66 | | 14 transmit copies of this resolution to Wyoming's Congressional |
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| 67 | 67 | | 15 Delegation and to the Chief Executive Officer of the National |
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| 68 | 68 | | 16 Conference of State Legislatures. |
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| 69 | 69 | | 17 |
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| 70 | 70 | | 18 (END) |
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