Chris Rothfuss
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WY Senate — Chris Rothfuss
D · WY Senate · WY-9 · WY state · bioguide WY-LEG-S-1971
- Office
- P O Box 1791
Laramie, WY 82073 - Phone
- (307) 399-3556
- Chris.Rothfuss@wyoleg.gov
Bills sponsored or cosponsored (19)
- cosponsor · 2026-03-09 — SJ 9 — A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress recognize the protection of Wyoming's freedom of access to public lands, to allow responsible development of resources, recreation, agriculture, hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation under multiple‑use frameworks, to protect local participation in land management decisions, and to keep public lands available to the people of Wyoming.
- sponsor · 2026-03-07 — SF 54 — AN ACT relating to banks, banking and finance; providing for the conversion of special purpose depository institutions into state banks; providing for the conversion of state banks into special purpose depository institutions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
- sponsor · 2026-03-07 — SF 55 — AN ACT relating to banks, banking and finance; amending special purpose depository institution initial capital stock requirements; amending requirements for special purpose depository institutions to commence business as specified; amending requirements for the application to charter special purpose depository institutions as specified; amending the timeline special purpose depository institutions must commence business; authorizing appeals of decisions of the commissioner; amending the appealable court for decisions relating to special purpose depository institutions; creating a special purpose depository institution resolution fund account; specifying authorized expenditures and the investment of funds in the account; requiring a portion of supervisory fees to be paid to the account; repealing the requirement that special purpose depository institutions maintain a contingency account; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
- cosponsor · 2026-03-07 — HB 120 — AN ACT relating to administration of the government; providing duties for the Wyoming energy authority; providing for the establishment of industrial sovereign zones to encourage the production of value-added manufactured products using natural gas; authorizing a board of county commissioners to nominate an area as an industrial sovereign zone; providing for certification of value-added manufactured processes; providing for an expedited licensing and permit process; providing tax exemptions; making conforming amendments; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.
- cosponsor · 2026-03-06 — HB 75 — AN ACT relating to trade and commerce; providing for the operation of virtual currency kiosks as specified; providing definitions; providing penalties; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
- cosponsor · 2026-03-03 — SF 104 — AN ACT relating to higher education; providing funding for specified research projects at the University of Wyoming; allocating revenue generated by research as specified; specifying conditions and permitted uses for appropriated funds; authorizing fundraising to support research projects; requiring nonstate matching funds as specified; creating an account; requiring reports; providing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.
- cosponsor · 2026-03-03 — SF 124 — AN ACT relating to tourism; providing an appropriation; specifying distribution and requirements for the appropriation; requiring reporting; and providing for an effective date.
- cosponsor · 2026-03-03 — SF 111 — AN ACT relating to the legislature; creating the select committee on gaming; providing for the appointment of members; specifying duties; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.
- sponsor · 2026-03-03 — SF 19 — AN ACT relating to public health and safety; authorizing the administration of epinephrine through the use of auto-injectors, nasal sprays and any other federally approved device or method; amending definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
- cosponsor · 2026-02-23 — HB 91 — AN ACT relating to administration of the government; prohibiting government entities from using artificial intelligence to calculate and assign social scores; prohibiting government entities from using artificial intelligence to identify persons using biometric data or gathering of images; providing exceptions; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.
- cosponsor · 2026-02-13 — HB 166 — AN ACT relating to public health and safety; amending provisions related to the scheduling and use of marijuana; repealing a conflicting provision; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.
- cosponsor · 2026-02-13 — HB 138 — AN ACT relating to abortion; creating the Reproductive Freedom Act; specifying the public policy of the state concerning reproductive rights; prohibiting the state from denying or interfering with a person's right to have an abortion before viability of the fetus or to protect the person's life or health; prohibiting unauthorized abortions; specifying a penalty; providing definitions; repealing conflicting provisions; and providing for an effective date.
- cosponsor · 2026-02-13 — HB 149 — AN ACT relating to education; providing that a person convicted of certain offenses shall not administer a home-based educational program; establishing limitations on home-based educational programs for persons under investigation for child neglect or abuse; providing penalties; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
- cosponsor · 2026-02-13 — HB 181 — AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; prohibiting governmental entities from using biometric data to identify a person or verify a person's identity; prohibiting governmental entities from using geolocation data to identify the location of a person or motor vehicle; prohibiting governmental entities from using automatic license plate reader systems to identify motor vehicles or collect fees on highways; prohibiting governmental entities from contracting with third party vendors to use biometric data, geolocation data and automatic license plate reader systems; requiring governmental entities to adopt policies as specified; providing exceptions; providing a civil cause of action; amending the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
- cosponsor · 2026-02-13 — HB 183 — AN ACT relating to property tax; amending who may apply for the property tax refund program; making legislative findings; making conforming changes; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.
- cosponsor · 2026-02-11 — HB 139 — AN ACT relating to public utilities; specifying that the retail sale of electricity by specified persons to specified customers is exempt from regulation by the public service commission; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
- cosponsor · 2026-02-11 — HB 74 — AN ACT relating to school districts; requiring school districts to provide feminine hygiene products in restrooms as specified; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.
- cosponsor · 2026-02-11 — HB 37 — AN ACT relating to elections; providing for the nonpartisan nomination and election of candidates for specified county elected offices; modifying the procedure to fill vacancies for nonpartisan county elected offices; providing for the order of offices on nonpartisan election ballots; specifying the form of election ballots; making conforming amendments; repealing a conflicting provision; and providing for an effective date.
- cosponsor · 2026-02-10 — HB 40 — AN ACT relating to education; requiring suicide prevention education; and providing for an effective date.
Voting record (50)
Latest 50 votes on this dossier — full history at /votes?member=WY-LEG-S-1971
- WY Senate #532, 2026 · · yea on SF 101
- WY Senate #531, 2026 · · nay on SF 119
- WY Senate #529, 2026 · · nay on SF 1
- WY Senate #528, 2026 · · yea on SF 1
- WY Senate #527, 2026 · · yea on SF 1
- WY Senate #526, 2026 · · yea on SF 1
- WY Senate #525, 2026 · · nay on SF 1
- WY Senate #524, 2026 · · yea on SF 1
- WY Senate #523, 2026 · · nay on SF 1
- WY Senate #522, 2026 · · yea on HB 78
- WY Senate #521, 2026 · · yea on SF 123
- WY Senate #520, 2026 · · nay on SF 106
- WY Senate #519, 2026 · · yea on HB 69
- WY Senate #518, 2026 · · yea on SF 69
- WY Senate #516, 2026 · · yea on SF 121
- WY Senate #515, 2026 · · yea on SF 101
- WY Senate #514, 2026 · · yea on SF 99
- WY Senate #513, 2026 · · yea on SF 84
- WY Senate #512, 2026 · · nay on HB 83
- WY Senate #511, 2026 · · nay on HB 178
- WY Senate #510, 2026 · · yea on HB 145
- WY Senate #509, 2026 · · yea on HB 120
- WY Senate #508, 2026 · · nay on HB 92
- WY Senate #507, 2026 · · yea on HB 44
- WY Senate #506, 2026 · · yea on HB 102
- WY Senate #505, 2026 · · yea on HB 98
- WY Senate #504, 2026 · · nay on HB 96
- WY Senate #503, 2026 · · nay on HB 83
- WY Senate #502, 2026 · · yea on HB 80
- WY Senate #501, 2026 · · yea on HB 43
- WY Senate #500, 2026 · · yea on HB 41
- WY Senate #499, 2026 · · yea on HB 39
- WY Senate #498, 2026 · · yea on HB 16
- WY Senate #496, 2026 · · yea on SF 66
- WY Senate #495, 2026 · · yea on SF 81
- WY Senate #494, 2026 · · yea on SF 61
- WY Senate #493, 2026 · · yea on SF 57
- WY Senate #492, 2026 · · yea on SF 23
- WY Senate #491, 2026 · · yea on HB 36
- WY Senate #490, 2026 · · yea on HB 111
- WY Senate #489, 2026 · · yea on HB 45
- WY Senate #488, 2026 · · nay on SF 28
- WY Senate #485, 2026 · · nay on HB 10
- WY Senate #486, 2026 · · nay on HB 157
- WY Senate #484, 2026 · · yea on HB 130
- WY Senate #483, 2026 · · nay on HB 130
- WY Senate #482, 2026 · · nay on HB 126
- WY Senate #481, 2026 · · yea on HB 122
- WY Senate #480, 2026 · · nay on SF 88
- WY Senate #479, 2026 · · yea on SF 45
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Committee assignments
Committee assignments
- Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology (Chair)
- Energy Council
- Joint Committee on Education
- Joint Committee on Minerals, Business & Economic Development
- Joint Committee on Rules & Procedure
- Management Audit Committee
- Select Committee on Legislative Facilities, Technology and Process
- Select Committee on School Facilities
- Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration
Congressional staff (offices this person hires)
STOCK Act trades
Timeline
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; the inline strip under the row shows the counterpart's own context (a bill's latest action, a hearing's chamber + date, a filing's form type + filed date, a clip's source + excerpt) so the timeline reads like a Wikipedia citation rail.
- 2026-05-25 · joined committee Energy Council · wy-leg-committee
- 2026-05-25 · joined committee Select Committee on School Facilities · wy-leg-committee
- 2026-05-25 · joined committee Select Committee on Legislative Facilities, Technology and Process · wy-leg-committee
- 2026-05-25 · joined committee Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology (chair) · wy-leg-committee
- 2026-05-25 · joined committee Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration · wy-leg-committee
- 2026-05-25 · joined committee Management Audit Committee · wy-leg-committee
- 2026-05-25 · joined committee Joint Committee on Rules & Procedure · wy-leg-committee
- 2026-05-25 · joined committee Joint Committee on Minerals, Business & Economic Development · wy-leg-committee
- 2026-05-25 · joined committee Joint Committee on Education · wy-leg-committee
Connected on the graph
9 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 9 outbound, grouped by type.
member of committee (9)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Energy Council | — | MEMBER | wy-leg-committee |
| — | → | Select Committee on School Facilities | — | MEMBER | wy-leg-committee |
| — | → | Select Committee on Legislative Facilities, Technology and Process | — | MEMBER | wy-leg-committee |
| — | → | Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology | — | CHAIR | wy-leg-committee |
| — | → | Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration | — | MEMBER | wy-leg-committee |
| — | → | Management Audit Committee | — | MEMBER | wy-leg-committee |
| — | → | Joint Committee on Rules & Procedure | — | MEMBER | wy-leg-committee |
| — | → | Joint Committee on Minerals, Business & Economic Development | — | MEMBER | wy-leg-committee |
| — | → | Joint Committee on Education | — | MEMBER | wy-leg-committee |
Aliases (1)
| source | id | name at source | jurisdiction | confidence | linked by | linked at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wy-leginfo | WY-LEG-S-1971 | Chris Rothfuss | WY | gold | sync_canonical_entities |