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Sen. Shane Morigeau said killing the bill sends a “chilling message” to Native youth. “It says our lives don’t matter. Our lives aren’t equal. Our opinions aren’t valued.”
There will continue to be limitations on when a game warden can issue a trespassing ticket to hunters in Wyoming, as a house committee voted down a bill that would have changed the law.Currently, game wardens are somewhat limited in issuing trespassing tickets. If they catch someone in the act of hunting on private property they can issue a ticket, but they cannot write a ticket if they catch someone trespassing prior or post hunting. That is because the person is only trespassing, so it is not in the warden’s jurisdiction.
A bill that would ban the teaching of scientific theories like gravity and evolution, was tabled in committee Monday. The Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee voted unanimously to table the bill, meaning it likely won't move forward.