Photos from the first day of the 65th state legislative session in Cheyenne.
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Rep. Tyler Lindholm, R-Crook, reads over documents as he waits for the morning's proceedings to begin Tuesday during the first day of the 65th Wyoming legislative session in Cheyenne. Lindholm voted in favor of a bill to open up mail-in ballots in Wyoming. The bill failed to make it out of committee.
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Members of the public crowd the gallery of the house of representatives chambers during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Jan. 8. Rep. Richard Tass, R-Buffalo, and Rep. Scott Clem, R-Gillette, are sponsoring two bills that seek tighter restrictions on abortion.
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Secretary of State Edward Buchanan addresses the Wyoming House of Representatives during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Rep. Steve Harshman, R-Natrona, addresses the Wyoming House of Representatives in his opening speech as speaker of the house during the first day of the 2019 legislative session in Cheyenne.
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Speaker Steve Harshman addresses the Wyoming House on Jan. 8. At the rate the House is working through bills, Harshman told Senate President Drew Perkins, at least 100 Senate files could die without being debated on the floor.
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John Black, an employee of the Wyoming Senate, listens in on first day speech as he guards the side door to the senate chambers during during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. Black has worked for the senate for six years and served as the press secretary to Gov. Stanley Hathaway in the 70s.
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Rep. Eric Barlow, R-Campbell, addresses the Wyoming House of Representatives in his opening speech during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Re. Charles Pelkey, D-Albany, glances around a fellow representative to see the Natrona County choir better during their singing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Rep. Tyler Lindholm, R-Crook, sports a pair of panda socks during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Rep. Cathy Connolly, D-Albany, addresses the Wyoming House of Representatives in her opening speech as the minority leader during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Natrona County choir students line up next to the wall of the senate chambers before singing the national anthem during the opening of general house session on the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Rep. Eric Barlow, R-Campbell, addresses the Wyoming House of Representatives in his opening speech during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Rep. Mike Yin stands with the rest of the Wyoming House of Representatives for an opening prayer Tuesday, the first day of the 65th legislative session.
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Rep. Cathy Connolly, D-Albany, addresses the Wyoming House of Representatives in her opening speech as the minority leader during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Jan. 8. A bill Connolly sponsored to raise the state's minimum wage to $8.50 and hour failed on its first reading 36-23.
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Members of the public crowd the gallery of the house of representatives chambers during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Rep. Chuck Gray, R-Natrona, pins his name tag back onto his jacket before the afternoon general session reconvened during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Sen. Eli Bebout, R-Fremont, laughs during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Jan. 8.
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Members of the Wyoming Senate take their seats during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Jan. 8.
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Rep. Hank Coe, R-Park, listens to a speech during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Sen. Ogden Driskill, R-Crook/Weston/E. Campbell, swears in as the Wyoming Senate's vice president during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Rep. Cathy Connolly, D-Albany, addresses the Wyoming House of Representatives in her opening speech as the minority leader during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Rep. Jim Roscoe, an Independent freshman lawmaker from Lincoln County, folds his hands while listening to a speech Tuesday during the formal opening of the legislative session.
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Rep. Hank Coe, R-Park, listens to a speech during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Rep. Cathy Connolly, D-Albany, grins at Tyler Lindholm, R-Crook, as they clap following a speech by house speaker Rep. Steve Harshman, R-Natrona, during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Rep. Sara Burlingame claps following a speech Tuesday in Cheyenne. Burlingame, a freshman, had experience with the legislative process as director of an LGBTQ advocacy group.
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A note on Rep. Steve Harshman's, R-Natrona, desk during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Rep. Art Washut of Casper sits at his desk in the Wyoming House of Representatives chambers Tuesday during the opening of the 65th legislative session. Washut is serving his first term in the Legislature.
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Sen. Lynn Hutchings, R-Laramie, talks with Sen. Ogden Driskill, R-Crook/Weston/E. Campbell, during a recess during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Rep. Sara Burlingame, D-Laramie, claps following Rep. Cathy Connolly's, D-Albany, speech during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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The Wyoming House of Representatives welcome the Natrona County High School choir during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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A man takes a photo of the Senate during the first day of the legislative session. The House and Senate were more than $70 million apart on their separate budget bills at the close of business Feb. 1.
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Andy Schwartz, D-Teton, and Cathy Connolly, D-Albany, look at a frame of photos of members from the forty-second legislature in 1973 during recess on the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Sen. Cale Case, R-Fremont, talks with a fellow senator during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Rep. Steve Harshman, R-Natrona, talks with representatives Albert Sommers, R-Sublette; Tyler Lindholm, R-Crook; and Art Washut, R-Natrona; while in recess during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Rep. Andy Schwartz, D-Teton, and Rep. Cathy Connolly, D-Albany, look at a frame of photos of members from the forty-second legislature in 1973 during recess on the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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Rep. Cathy Connolly addresses the Wyoming House of Representatives on Jan. 8. Connolly is backing three bills meant to address the state's gender wage gap.
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Secretary of State Edward Buchanan addresses the Wyoming House of Representatives during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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The water bottle of Rep. Sara Burlingame, D-Laramie, on her desk in the Wyoming House of Representatives chambers during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
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House Speaker Rep. Steve Harshman, R-Natrona, goes over bills during the first day of the sixty-fifth legislative session Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.
