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The amendment created a new Section 38 within Article 1 of the Wyoming constitution entitled "Right of health care access". [4] Amongst other things, the amendment created the following line within the Wyoming Constitution: Each competent adult shall have the right to make his or her own health care decisions.
The Wyoming Rule is a proposal to increase the size of the United States House of Representatives so that the standard representative-to-population ratio would be that of the smallest state, which is currently Wyoming. [1] [2] [3] Under Article One of the United States Constitution, each state is guaranteed at least one representative. If the ...
The Bennett Amendment is a US labor law provision in the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, §703(h) passed to limit sex discrimination claims regarding pay to the rules in the Equal Pay Act of 1963. It says an employer can "differentiate upon the basis of sex" when it compensates employees "if such differentiation is authorized by" the ...
Soon after the Civil War, women gained the right to vote in Wyoming — even before the territory became the 44th state. But over the past 130 years, the state has continued to, ever so slowly ...
A constitutional amendment to prevent sheriffs from keeping fees collected in civil cases [4]: 23–24 Passed [14] 124,789 (81.11%) 29,054 (18.89%) Amendment 2 A constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to appoint a state examiner, geologist, and inspector of mines [4]: 23–24 Passed [14] 82,233 (55.73%) 65,317 (44.27%) Amendment 3
Wyoming's political history defies easy classification. The state was the first to grant women the right to vote and to elect a woman governor. [ 125 ] On December 10, 1869, John Allen Campbell , the first Governor of the Wyoming Territory, approved the first law in United States history explicitly granting women the right to vote.
CHEYENNE — In this year’s general election, Wyoming voters will decide whether to approve a constitutional amendment that would separate residential real property into its own class, separate ...
A trial began Monday over a sweeping Texas voting law that sparked a 38-day walkout by Democrats in 2021, part of Republican efforts across the U.S. to pass new voting restrictions following ...