The Chamber

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/2004
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Margie; 2 Children: Michael, Travis
Birth date: 10/19/1954
Birthplace: New London, CT
Home City: Gillette WY
Religion: Catholic

Profession

Owner/President, Von's Welding, Incorporated, 1979-1997 Owner/President, Innovative Mining and Equipment, Limited Liability Company Pilot

Education

Diploma, Saint Bernard's High School, 1972

Committees

Air Transportation Liaison Committee
Appropriations
Medicaid Cost Study - Oversight Legislative Advisory Committee
Select Committee on Legislative Facilities

SF 25 Defining Access to Public Records
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 82 Requires drug testing of certain welfare recipients
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SF 59 Limits Cost-of-Living Adjustments to State Employee Retirement Plans
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 57 Amending Wyoming Accountability in Education Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 74 Prohibiting Recognition of Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

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SF 25 Defining Access to Public Records
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 82 Requires drug testing of certain welfare recipients
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SF 59 Limits Cost-of-Living Adjustments to State Employee Retirement Plans
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 57 Amending Wyoming Accountability in Education Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 74 Prohibiting Recognition of Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 204 Patriotism in the Classroom
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 29 Mandatory Testing for Suspected DUI Offenders
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 120 Open Public Meetings
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 29 Mandatory Testing for Suspected DUI Offenders
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 39 Funding for Lawsuit Against Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 74 Prohibiting the Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SF 52 Repealing Teacher Tenure
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 140 Kindergarten Attendance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 52 Repealing Teacher Tenure
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 106 School Finances
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SJ 2 Health Care Decisions for Citizens
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 100 Cruelty to Animals
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJ 5 Definition of Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 51 Seat Belt Law Violations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 47 Firearm Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 51 Seat Belt Law Violations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 27 Establishing a Process for Citizen Complaints Relating to Government Competition
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 93 Increasing Penalties for Workplace Safety Violations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 101 Wind-Generated Electricity Tax
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 64 Increasing Seat Belt Violation Fine
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 67 Taxing Moist Snuff Tobacco Based on Weight
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 18 Expanding Workers Compensation Coverage to Include Mental Injury
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 65 Ban on Texting While Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 12 Increasing Campaign Contribution Limit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 137 Deadly Force in Self Defense
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 73 Increasing DUI Penalties
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 9 Limitations on Campaign Contributions
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SF 46 Water Discharge from Methane Gas Wells
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

1SHB 213 Grey Wolf Population Control
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 95 Quality Childcare
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

1SHB 97 Hathaway Scholarship Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 101 Sex Offender Tracking
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 118 Homicide During Pregnancy
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 13 Same Sex Marriages
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 104 Sexual Abuse of Minors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 87 Board of Education Membership Expansion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SF 84 Wyoming Pipeline Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 36 Open Containers of Alcohol in Vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 50 Health Care Information Technology
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SF 36 Open Containers of Alcohol in Vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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