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 Uploading ....The State of the State is the constitutionally mandated report of the governor to the state legislature on the condition of the state and his recommendation of measures to be adopted by the legislature. [1] It is delivered at the beginning of each legislative season to a joint session in the House Chambers.
Full texts of the messages can be viewed by clicking on the year in the table below.
| Year | Date | Governor | Major Topics | | 1869 | November 20 | John Campbell | Territorial organization, 1st census, Indian raids and the militia, agriculture, mining, natural resources, trees, stock raising, immigration, education, railroad, game laws, land office, salary of the Judiciary, penitentiary, territorial library | | 1871 | November 9 | John Campbell | Grazing, minerals, agriculture, public lands, Indians, militia, the military, enforcement of laws, fees of county officers, penitentiary, intoxicating liquors, gambling houses, women's suffrage, judicial districts, notaries public/public notaries, charitable purposes, Territorial library, finances, general legislation. | | 1873 | November 6 | John Campbell | Finances, revenue law, county taxes, reports of the Auditor and Treasurer, immigration, irrigation, Indian raids, exploring expedition, public schools, elections, legislative apportionment, penitentiary, arms for militia, benevolent purposes, registration, women's suffrage, gambling houses, courts, justices of the peace, protection of timber and stock interests, timber tax, mining, territorial library, appropriations | | 1875 | November 4 | John M. Thayer | Finances, reports, reduce the burdens of the people, expenses of city governments, expenses of county governments, powers of county commissioners limited, bonds of officers, power of suspension and removal, personal accountability and responsibility, township government, organization of new counties, repeal of the act creating a Bureau of Immigration, assay office, timber tax, wanton destruction of game, protection against stock stealing, re-opening of the road to Montana, fish culture, the Centennial Exposition, amendment of imperfect statues, chattel mortgages, occupying claimants, lien of judgments, appeal bonds, the wife to convey real estate, testimony of husband and wife, admission of evidence, statues of limitation, corporations, apportionment, assignment of the judges, more justices of the peace, female suffrage, the school question, biennial election, inducement to capital for manufacturing purposes, agricultural resources, Wyoming pastoral grazing, stock raising, the western plains to furnish animal food, capital wanted for this purpose, stock raising profitable, Wyoming-mineral, coal, iron, the Indian question, liberality of the government to the Indians, failure of the Black Hills Commission, new policy with the red men, self sustaining, | | 1877 | November 7 | John M. Thayer | Reports, finances, keeping of prisoners, reduction of county expenses, amendment of statutes, change of venue, penalties, witnesses, service on juries, publication of the decisions of the supreme court, annual elections, tenure of office of county commissioners, stock raising, bringing our lands into market, agriculture, mining interests, coal, the subject of fish culture, the proposed formation of a new territory, Indian affairs | | 1879 | November 6 | John W. Hoyt | Super abundant legislation, special legislation, partial legislation, hasty legislation, past achievements, the assessed valuation of property, the official reports, the financial condition of the Territory, taxation, the various industries of the Territory, the grazing interest, embarrassment to the stock interest from the demands of the Crow Indians, the mining interest, agriculture, the manufacturing industry, use and protection of forests, the preservation of game and fish, the culture of fish, public improvements, Laramie County railway bonds, education, the Territorial library, the US penitentiary and the disposition of Territorial convicts, pardons, public charities, charity hospital, of the danger to life and property from road agents and Indians, in the matter of Indian raids, an efficient militia organization, apportionment, organization of new counties, land surveys, revision of the laws, election laws, boundary survey, the national park, service of civil process on Indian Reservations, | | 1882 | January 12 | John W. Hoyt | Property increase, reports of the auditor and treasurer, the assessment and collection of taxes, stock growing, mining, the manufacturing interest, agriculture, immigration, the lumber interest, fish culture, the protection of game, more in the way of public improvement, a wagon road from Fort Washakie to the Yellowstone National Park, the growth and spread of population, Johnson County, indemnity for losses of early settlers, supervision of the public health, education, the Territorial Library, local libraries, the Wyoming Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, care for public morals, public charities, penal institutions and laws, militia organization, revision of the revenue, criminal and certain other laws, the Washington Monument Association | | 1884 | January 6 | William Hale | Industries, Territorial Treasurer, Territorial Auditor, Territorial Veterinarian, Territorial Librarian, Penitentiary Commissioners, Territorial Geologist, Fish Commissioner, Denver Exposition, notaries public, elections, Yellowstone National Park, Indian affairs, fire arms, game, selection of juries, compilation of laws | | 1886 | January 18 | Francis E. Warren | Finances, penitentiary commissioners, law library, Superintendent of Public Instruction, insane, county poor, fish culture, insurance, banks, railroads, mines and mining, livestock, Territorial Veterinarian, prairie fires, width of county roads, county commissioners, assessment, levy and collection of Territorial and county revenue, Attorney General, juries, the Judiciary, compilation and revision of the laws, public lands, Indian reservations, irrigation, manufactories, agriculture and county fairs, Chinese, the enforcement of the law, militia, elections, registration, power to condemn property for public use, public buildings, expositions, Yellowstone National Park, immigration, university lands, school lands, deaf and dumb, selling liquor to minors and drunkards; gambling and Sunday laws, public documents, hasty legislation | | 1888 | January 10 | Thomas Moonlight | Revised statutes of 1887, taxation, the grand jury system of sixteen, county commissioners, county assessors, Board of Equalization, new counties, election of Legislative Assembly, Immigration Bureau, Fire Coroners, Arbor Day, aliens buying lands in the Territories, reports of officers and boards, Territorial Veterinarian, quarantine, Attorney General, Territorial Geologist, Fish Commissioner, Insurance Department, University Board of Visitors, Commissioner to locate University Lands, blind, deaf and dumb asylum, insane asylum, librarian, weights and measures, educational, Auditor, inspector of coal mines, Treasurer, penitentiary commission, Capitol Building, special legislation, | | 1890 |
| Francis E. Warren | Finance, Treasurer, Auditor, insurance, Live Stock Commissioners, Veterinarian, penitentiary, pardons, penitentiary building commissioners, dependent classes, insane, poor asylum, pharmacy, Attorney General, stenographer, immigration, fish culture, irrigation report of Territorial Engineer, coal mines, mineral resources, office of Geologist and Mine Inspector, museum, Capitol Building Commission, University, Law Library, Superintendent of Public Instruction, public schools, school and university lands, lieu lands, live stock, bounty on wild animals, game, buffalo, militia, volunteer signal stations, the World's Fair, Legislature in 1891, compensation of county officers, Natrona and other new counties, courts, court expenses and judicial districts, elections, public examiner, printing official reports, reduction of interest on public investments, interest on public deposits, compensation of disbursing officers, appropriations for public buildings and grounds, ex-officio Board of Control, economy, statehood-memorials to Congress | | 1891 |
| Amos Barber |
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| John E. Osborne | Our present condition, the recent disturbances, immigration and development, our United States Senator, Joint Memorial in behalf of new states, corrective legislature, class legislation must be avoided, the stock commission laws, election laws, State Veterinarian, apportionment, interest on state funds, game laws, revenue laws, water rights, probate procedure, etc., the World's Fair, Attorney General's report, communication from American Bar Association, the Rawlins state building, branch fish hatchery, the State Seal, reports of the state officers, pardon's granted | | 1895 | January 8 | William A. Richards | Finances, official reports, uniform accounts, state buildings, the Laramie penitentiary, Rawlins penitentiary, insane, the State Capitol Building, fish hatchery, the poor farm, university, the agricultural college, Miner's Hospital, the deaf, dumb and blind, juvenile delinquents, home for soldiers, State Library, revision of the laws, insurance, Live Stock Commission, the World's Fair exhibit, mining, Yellowstone National Park, the Big Horn Hot Springs, forest reservations, game protection, Indians, the state militia, common schools, state lands, State Engineer, Immigration, State Historical Society, county boundaries, Big Horn County, good roads, Board of Pardons, Attorney General's report, miscellaneous, United States Senators, pardon's granted by Governor Osborne | | 1897 | January 12 | William A. Richards | State finances, deficiency statement, the general fund, increased fees, corporation fees, notaries' commissions, taxation of insurance companies, collection of taxes, limitation of county indebtedness, funds received from the United States, report of the Live Stock Commission, Veterinarian, estimated revenue, state credit, revision of statutes, state boards and reports, Capitol Building Commission, State Board of Equalization, State Board of Control, Arid Land Board, Board of Charities and Reform, Report of State Engineers (progress of irrigation, advantages of the Wyoming law from the investor's point of view, its advantages from the settler's point of view, what it has accomplished, amendments to state law, nature of the problem, the grazing lands), state institutions (Deaf, dumb and blind, penitentiaries, the Laramie penitentiary, juvenile delinquents, pardoning power, insane, state university agricultural college, the Wyoming General Hospital, the National Guard, Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Fort McKinney Reservation, ceding jurisdiction to the U.S.), Fish and Game, State Examiner, pharmacy laws, World's Columbian Awards, expositions, beet sugar, libraries, Wyoming Historical Society, report of the Register of the Land Board, common schools, school lands, state lands, selection of lieu lands, coal mines, mines and mining, counties and county boards, wolf bounty, immigration, Attorney General's report, the Race Horse case | | 1899 | January 10 | DeForest Richards/William A. Richards | Intro by Gov D. Richards, majority by Gov. W. Richards. State finances, delinquent taxes, Secretary's report, Auditor's report, statistical tables, public schools, state university and agricultural college, Attorney General, State Examiner, official bonds, publication of official reports, State Engineer, state lands, school lands not leased, arid lands, coal, county boundaries, live stock, game and fish, state institutions (penitentiary building at Rawlins, State Hospital for the Insane, the Wyoming General Hospital, juvenile delinquents, the deaf, dumb and blind, pardons, commutations and restorations, Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Fort McKinney), State Library, the historical society, the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, beet sugar, wolf bounty, revision of the laws, relief of Johnson County, Land Office fees, the Big Horn Hot Springs, the National Guard, our part in the Spanish-American War, flags, Chief Justice Conaway | | 1901 | January 9 | DeForest Richards | State finances, delinquent state tax, report of the Secretary of State, the Revised Statutes, the Auditor's report, Superintendent of Public Schools, state lands, the Fort McKinney Reservation, Land Office fees, the arid lands, the Attorney General, the Adjutant General's report, the State Engineer's report, surveying ditches, the Board of Control, the State Examiner, state institutions (the Wyoming General Hospital, penitentiaries, hospital for the insane, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Big Horn Hot Springs, juvenile delinquents, deaf, dumb and blind, feeble-minded children), state libraries, the Miscellaneous State Library, the Wyoming Historical Society, state university and agricultural college, the National Guard, back pay for volunteers, expense of bringing troops home, medals for our volunteers, Fish and Game, the Capitol Building Commission, fish hatcheries, state coal mines, pardons, restorations and commutations, the wolf bounty, the State Board of Sheep Commissioners, the State Veterinarian, the Board of Live Stock Commissioners, claims against the general government, the Board of Equalization, State Board of Pharmacy, Arthur Richardson, State Geologist, outlaws and outlawery, expositions | | 1903 | January 13 | DeForest Richards | Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Auditor, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Board of Land Commissioners, arid lands, the State Board of Charities and Reform (the Wyoming Penitentiary, deaf, dumb and blind, juvenile delinquents, the Wyoming General Hospital, Wyoming Hospital for the Insane, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, the Thermopolis Hot Springs), state university, State Library, the State Engineer, the Board of Control, Attorney General's report, the State Examiner, inspection of coal mines, State Geologist, State Game Warden, State Veterinarian, the Board of Sheep Commissioners, State Board of Live Stock Commissioners, National Guard, Spanish-American War medals, back pay for volunteers, Wyoming Historical Society and Museum, the State Board of Pharmacy, pardons, commutations and restorations, Capitol Commission, fish hatcheries, State Poor Farm Building Commission, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the wolf bounty, state arbitration, publication of reports, voting of railroad employees, obituary (Hon. L.D. Jackson) | | 1905 | January 11 | Bryant B. Brooks | General conditions, election of senator, Governor's Office, the Secretary of State, State Treasurer, the State Auditor, Board of Equalization, public schools, state and public lands, State Examiner, State Geologist, Attorney General, the State Engineer and water superintendents, Coal Mine Inspector, State Librarian, State Chemist, the Adjutant General, State Veterinarian, fish hatcheries, State Game Warden, the University of Wyoming, Board of Charities and Reform (Rawlins Penitentiary, hospital for the insane, Wyoming General Hospital, branch hospital at Sheridan, Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Thermopolis Hot Springs, juvenile delinquents, deaf, dumb and blind), Board of Live Stock Commissioners, arid lands, State Board of Sheep Commissioners, Commissioners of Pharmacy, Capitol Building Commission, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, wolf bounty | | 1907 | January 10 | Bryant B. Brooks | United State Senator, state depository law, re-apportionment, railroad taxation, primary election laws, Bureau of Publicity, Indian invasion, Revised Statutes, Wyoming banks, wolf bounty, Executive Department, pamphlet of Wyoming, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, the bonded debt, Superintendent of Public Instruction, courts of Wyoming, State Examiner, Attorney General, State Engineer, the Commissioner of Public Lands, State Librarian, State Geologist, State Veterinarian, Adjutant General's office, Coal Mine Inspectors, State Game Warden, State Fair Commission, Hon. Jesse Knight Chief Justice, state boards and commissions (State Board of Horticulture, Pure Food Commissioner, Lewis and Clark Commission, commission to codify water laws, State Board of Sheep Commissioners, Board of Live Stock Commissioners, Health and Sanitation, State Board of Medical Examiners, Board of Dental Examiners, Commission of Pharmacy, Board of Pardons, poor asylum building commission, useless or condemned state property, the Capitol Building Commission), state institutions, fish hatcheries, University of Wyoming and Agricultural Experiment Station, Charities and Reform (State Penitentiary, juvenile delinquents, State Hospital for the Insane, Wyoming General Hospital, the branch hospital at Sheridan, the Wyoming Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Big Horn Hot Springs, the deaf, dumb and blind, feeble-minded children) | | 1909 | January 12 | Bryant B. Brooks | State of state (General conditions and Executive department), Department of State recommendations, condition of state finances, education, university and agricultural college, state librarian, attorney general, state examiner, state land commissioner, state engineer, immigration, industrial exhibit, dry farming, horticulture, state geologist, state coal mine inspectors, National Guard, state veterinarian, board of sheep commissioners, board of livestock commissioners, state fair, wolf bounty, game protection, fish hatcheries, dairy and food and oil commissioner, state board of health, board of medical examiners, board of dental examiners, pharmacy commission, capitol commission, sale of state property, state institutions, penitentiary, juvenile delinquents, pardons, state hospital for the insane, Wyoming general hospital at Rock Springs, branch hospital at Sheridan, Big Horn hot springs, Wyoming soldiers and sailors home, home for feeble-minded and epileptic, education of deaf and blind, taxation, conservation of natural resources, revised statutes, good roads | | 1911 | January 12 | Joseph M. Carey | Personal, advanced legislation, the Australian headless ballot law, direct primary, corrupt practices act, popular election of United States Senators, initiative and referendum, the recall, the right to vote on reservations under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, municipal elections, apportionment, new counties, county boundaries, taxation, lobbyists, good roads, weights and measures, corporations - minority representation through cumulative voting of stock, hours of labor, members of the legislature interested in legislation, constitutional amendment, the state and the farmer, dry farming, agricultural co-operation, immigration department, State Engineer's report, public lands, public institutions (state university, state penitentiary, indeterminate sentence and parole, the Wyoming State Hospital for the Insane, hospitals), state fair, reports of state officials. Appendix: Governor's Office (pardons), Secretary of State, the State Treasurer (investments, bonded debt, depository bonds, cash statement, report of the State Board of Deposits) report of the State Auditor, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Attorney General (penalty of misdemeanors, university taxes, penitentiary wardens, situs of personal prorperty for taxation, state census, public printing, liquor sales by clubs, judicial districts, worthless corporate stock, destruction of diseased animals, live stock brands, live stock inspection fees, killing of big game) State Examiners, Commissioner of Public Lands, report of the State Board of Charities and Reform (Wyoming State Hospital for the Insane, Wyoming General Hospital, Sheridan branch hospital, Big Horn Hot Springs Reserve, Casper branch hospital, Wyoming home for the feeble-minded and epileptic, Wyoming Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, juvenile delinquents, deaf, dumb and blind), Adjutant General, State Veterinarian, State Dairy, Food and Oil Commissioner, Commissioner of Taxation, State Board of Live Stock Commissioners, State Board of Sheep Commissioners, State Board of Farm Commissioners, report of the State Librarian, State Geologist, State Game Warden, Board of Immigration, State Fair Commission, Superintendent of Fish Hatchery district 1 and district 2, comparative census table | | 1913 |
| Joseph M. Carey | Administration of the State, reports of state officers, etc. (the State Land Department, Engineering Department (progress under the Carey Act, the Reclamation Service, highways), report of the Board of Charities and Reform, Report of the State Veterinarian, Report of the Dairy, Food and Oil Commissioner, the State Board of Immigration, the Western Governor's Special, report of the State Game Warden), dry farming experiments, dry farming and irrigation experiments, the banks of the state, taxation, the State Fair, the Penitentiary, Industrial Institute, for the protection of women and children, direct primary law and Corrupt Practice Act, presidential preference primary law, Australian ballot, initiative and referendum, the recall, the delays of the courts, for the honor of the State, the interests of the State and the protection of investors, the enforcement of laws, new counties, county government, Workmen's Compensation Act, silver service for Battleship Wyoming, more room at the State Capitol, the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, amending the Constitution, Amendment to the State Constitution, Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, death of Judge Carpenter, necrology (W.A. Richards, John W. Hoyt, Edward M. Lee, Herman Glafcke), general remarks | | 1915 |
| John B. Kendrick | Appropriations, state university, state penitentiary, Industrial Institute, assessing and equalizing, Workmen's Compensation Law, Public Utilities Commission, farm loans, experimental farms, conservation of waters, immigration, "Blue Sky" laws, suspension of county officials, remedial legislation for women, the game laws, primary election laws, extension of the Capitol Building, the state departments, necrology (Verling K. Hart, Hon. Gibson Clark) | | 1917 |
| John B. Kendrick | Appropriations, the budget system, taxation, legislative apportionment, the prohibition question, school code committee, Highway Commission, immigration, Blue Sky law, improved penitentiary conditions, educational work in the state prison, Worland Industrial Institute, patients for state institutions, public utilities law, game laws, irresponsible land locators, uniform state laws, the University of Wyoming, National Guard legislation, Green River reclamation, the state departments, necrology (Dr. A.W. Barber, Robert G. Shingle, Harry C. Snyder) | | 1919 |
| Robert D. Carey | Memorial to those lost in the war, State Council of National Defense, prohibition, gambling, woman's suffrage, labor, public health, child and animal protection, appropriations, taxation, elections, roads and highways, schools, state university, state institutions, agriculture and immigration, live stock, oil industry, Blue Sky law, State Geologist, fish and game, state boards, salaries of officers, executive | | 1921 |
| Robert D. Carey | The budget, taxation, oil and gas leasing bill, state institutions, university, schools, state lands, soldiers' bonus, agriculture, immigration, livestock, fish and game, Secretary of State, public health, law enforcement, labor, banking, Commission of Uniform State Laws, historian, apportionment, National Guard, highways, Yellowstone Park Extension, necrology (Capt. W.H. Brine, C.W. Morgareidge, Hon. Cyrus Beard) | | 1923 |
| William B. Ross | Financial condition of the people, state institutions, buildings under construction, consolidation of departments, farm boards, taxation, appraisment, rate of interest, the Farm Loan Act, financial irrigation districts, labor, Game and Fish Department, highways, divorces, uniform state laws, constitutional amendments, law enforcement, supplemental message of Feb 16 (mineral severance tax/mineral royalties) | | 1925 |
| Nellie T. Ross | Progress of two years, equalization of taxes, county budget system, farm relief, state oil royalties, black oil investigations, school amendment, university, interstate streams defense, problems of labor, child labor amendment, law enforcement, the bank problem | | 1927 |
| Frank C. Emerson | Finances, income, outlay, valuation and taxation, appropriations, condition of general fund, economies, bonded indebtedness, permanent land funds, state farm loans, highways, gasoline tax and secondary highways, University of Wyoming, agriculture, livestock, labor, Workmen's Compensation Act, old age pension, federal control, federal reclamation, interstate streams, law enforcement, Game and Fish, uniform laws, banking, Charities and Reform, general conditions | | 1929 |
| Frank C. Emerson | Finances, appropriations, state budget, general administration, state institutions, administration of justice, University of Wyoming, economies, revenues, leasing state lands, agriculture, livestock, reorganization Department of Agriculture, farm loans, mining, oil, highways, law enforcement, labor, recommendation | | 1931 |
| Frank C. Emerson | State finance (valuation of property, condition of the treasury, permanent land funds, investment of permanent land funds, state expenditures and appropriations, taxation), State Lands, farm loans, highways, labor, old age pensions, law enforcement, joiner of departments, Game and Fish, State Penitentiary, withdrawal of mill levies, synopsis of legislative recommendations | | 1933 |
| Leslie Miller | Assessed valuations, economy, treasury condition, farm loans, economies (salaries, traveling expenses, board of supplies, coal mine inspectors, repeal of levies, state board of control, reduction in judicial districts, state university, recommended eliminations, proposed Department of Labor and Public Relations, Live Stock Sanitary Board, motor vehicles, further curtailment of governmental costs), highways, Game and Fish, state institutions, oil and gas conservation, gasoline prices, reports of state officers, prohibition, old age pension, lame duck amendment, interest rates, appropriations acts, acknowledgements, supplemental message of January 17 (taxation) | | 1933 |
| Leslie Miller | Special Session | | 1935 |
| Leslie Miller | State finances, appropriations, revenues, school finances, funds required, sales tax discussion and arguments, old age pensions and unemployment insurance, farm loans, experiment farms, Highway Dept. and patrol, State Purchasing Agent, Board of Equalization, truck and bus regulation, drought insurance, national recovery legislation, prison labor, requests of labor, gambling, liquor control, appropriation acts, necrology (Elmer Cook, J.R. Nagel, L. D. Tanner, Charles D. Carey) | | 1937 |
| Leslie Miller | Finances, budget, public welfare, taxes, homestead exemption, consolidation of departments, workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance, highway accidents, highway patrol, gambling, terms of county officers, labor laws, soil conservation teachers' pensions, grasshopper invasion, Interstate Cooperation, water conservation, Game and Fish , dormitories at University, updating of governor's residence, tribute to Senator Thomas Hunter | | 1939 |
| Nels H. Smith | Budget, revenue, sales tax, homestead exemptions, state institutions, game laws, highway laws, school equalization, consolidation of tax collecting departments, public service rates, natural resources, labor legislation, livestock and agriculture, gasoline, commerce, welfare | | 1941 |
| Nels H. Smith | Budget, revenue, water and irrigation, State institutions, needs of University, Sales and Use Tax Acts, gasoline, Wyoming Industrial Institute probation officer, highways, public service rates, welfare, labor, livestock and agriculture, natural resources and industry, Interstate Oil Compact, small loan companies, School Equalization law, Game and Fish, tribute to Honorable Franck C. Butler | | 1943 |
| Lester Hunt | State finances, revenue, State of Wyoming fiscal procedure, budgeting for political sub-divisions, State budget, suggested economies, office hours, State institutions, welfare and health, State University, court procedure and probate reform, Wyoming Liquor Commission, waters and irrigation - North Platte River suit, election laws, salaries of county officials, industrial development | | 1945 |
| Lester Hunt | State finances, anticipated revenue and budget, fiscal procedures, public lands and farm loans, public welfare, juvenile delinquency, State institutions, highway and highway commission, Aviation, State Retirement Act, agriculture and reclamation, Game and Fish, salaries of county officers, universities and schools, election laws, post-war planning, status of North Platte River suit and other pending litigation | | 1946 |
| Lester Hunt | Special Session | | 1947 |
| Lester Hunt | Constitutional amendments, public lands and farm loans, abolishing of Farm Loan Department, drainage districts, federal lands, public welfare, juvenile delinquency and children's services, probation and parole, highway department, driver's license law, aviation, National Guard, election laws, retirement act, reorganization of Department of Commerce and Industry, reclamation, Game and Fish, state institutions, development of wool industry, General Fund, budget, revenue, taxes | | 1949 |
| A.G. Crane | Cooperation of governor and legislators, financial forecast, salary adjustments, retirement plan, building program, children and youth and schools, Labor commission, welfare, health, motor vehicle department, water, natural resources, legislative vacancies, Blue Sky Laws, trade marks and trade names, amendment to Constitution of the United States relating to term of office of the President | | 1950 |
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| Special Session | | 1951 |
| Frank Barrett | Civilian defense, budget, sales tax on automobiles, increased county motor vehicle fees, misuse of State cars, state-county roads, non-highway gasoline tax, qualifications of electors, state farm loans, natural resources, oil and gas conservation law, old age and survivors insurance, welfare, Wyoming Youth Council, workmen's compensation, repeal of old age assistance lien law and increase of homestead exemption, Natural Resource Board, additional duties for highway patrolmen, granting royalties in lieu of surface damages, Game and Fish Commission, ratification of Constitutional Amendment limiting term of office of the President, liquor laws | | 1953 |
| C.J. Rogers | Budget, Constitutional salaries, Wyoming Employment Security law, Game and Fish Commission, highways, presidential primaries, oil rights on federal lands, education, labor, state office building, gambling, taxes | | 1955 |
| Milward Simpson | State finances and revenue, assistant budget officer, capital outlay, institutions, education, University of Wyoming, Coe Scholarships, public welfare and health, water resources, highways, public lands and livestock and agriculture, specific (misc.) recommendations, royalties for surface land owners, civil rights, in memoriam and tributes | | 1957 |
| Milward Simpson | Reorganization of government (establishment of state department of revenue, state examiner), education, civil rights law, education, University of Wyoming, gambling, highways, uniform motor vehicle code, health department and programs, mineral royalties, drought disaster aid, livestock | | 1959 |
| J.J. Hickey | Reorganization of government, combining budgeting and purchasing in State government, budget, homeowners exemption, civil defense, home rule of cities and towns in administration of fiscal affairs, enabling of smaller towns to take advantage of Federal sanitation programs, building for Employment Security Commission to be located in Casper, accessories tax and trailer tax, Western Interstate Corrections Compact, Uniform Laws, Library Services Act, education, urgent request for Dept of Health regarding preventive medicine program, labor, civil rights, University of Wyoming, junior colleges, State institutions, livestock and agriculture, water conservation, combination of Historical Dept and Centralized Microfilm Dept with Historical Archives | | 1961 |
| Jack Gage | Taxes, state government cabinet system, reapportionment and representation in U.S. Senate | | 1963 |
| Cliff Hansen | State finances, capital outlay, reapportionment, welfare and health, industrial development, aid to cities, education, junior colleges, University of Wyoming, water, highways, game and fish, public lands mineral royalties, unemployment compensation, workmen's compensation, National Guard, Diamond jubilee, state employees, continuity of state government, Kerr-Mills Act, Gottsche Rehabilitation Center, freedom of information, in memoriam | | 1964 |
| Cliff Hansen | Special Session | | 1965 |
| Cliff Hansen | State of the State, reapportionment, public school education, University of Wyoming, community colleges, workmen's compensation, Employment Security Commission, right to work law, initiative and referendum, regulation and corrections, State hospital, oil and gas, water, municipal finance, insurance, investments, tax recommendations, economic development, establishment of position State Archeologist, bidding, freeport legislation, Uniform Securities Act, state employment, Fair Employment Practices Act, urban renewal, building codes, institutions, inter-racial marriage, supervision of mining | | 1967 |
| Stan Hathaway | Sub-districting, education, medical care for Wyoming's poor, fair minimum wage, safety code, unemployment compensation, workmen's compensation, water, air pollution, governmental reorganization, highway and traffic safety, State Arts Council, inventory tax, industrial development authority, Federation of Rocky Mountain States, Inc., Revenue Bonds Law of 1963, National Resource Board and Travel Commission, Wyoming Constitution amendment and initiative and referendum, Teacher and employee retirement, health insurance, public welfare, economic development, change to time of regular sessions of legislature, appropriation for governor-elect | | 1969 |
| Stan Hathaway | Economic development, tax exemption for Vietnam War veterans, education, social services, labor, law enforcement and crime, highway and traffic safety, State arts Council, State office building, liquor warehouse addition, liquor import law, state motor pool, revision of Military Code, Multi-State Tax Compact, Uniform Consumer Credit Code, Home Rule for local government, budget financing, State government reorganization, Public Housing Act of 1937, senior citizens, voting in Presidential elections, appropriation for governor-elect, forty-hour week for all State employees, Commission on the Status of Women, White House Conference on Children and Youth, legislation to make public records open for citizen inspection, legislation to require meetings of governing bodies to be public meetings | | 1971 |
| Stan Hathaway | Phase-out of county welfare levy, government reorganization, environmental protection, consecration of oil and gas and water resources, control of drug abuse, juvenile and criminal code revision, minor court system, legislation for Wyoming's work force, highway and traffic safety, educational television system, liquor import prohibition law, Wyoming Arts Council, education, health and social services, state office building, purchase of computer equipment, Home Rule, consumer credit protection, public housing, public pollution, State employee retirement system, election law revision, sub-districting and reapportionment | | 1973 |
| Stan Hathaway | State of state, property tax relief, continued quality growth, government reorganization, law enforcement, judicial selection, highway and traffic safety, OSHA and Occupational Heath and Safety Law, consumer protection, no-fault insurance, education, agriculture, water resources, state institutions, health and social services, Equal Rights Amendment, new age of majority, legislation to benefit Wyoming Indian citizens, State retirement system, legislation proposed by interim committees | | 1974 |
| Stan Hathaway | First annual session, Budget, Bicentennial Commission, capital construction projects, University of Wyoming, community colleges, public schools, abortion laws, school levy, Environmental Quality Act, Emergency Energy Act of 1974, Wyoming Election Code, coal slurry pipelines, impact aid, revenue and taxation, severance tax, oil and gas, coal, permanent funds, tax relief, lame duck, end of term |
| | 1975 |
| Ed Herschler | Water, labor, agriculture, law enforcement, Governor's mansion, election reform, veterans, education, medical program, severance tax | | 1976 |
| Ed Herschler | Maintaining fiscal integrity | | 1977 |
| Ed Herschler | Fiscal affairs, livestock inventory tax, federal mineral royalties, capital facilities, government reorganization, permit process, radiation control, energy conservation, Office of Aging, transportation for elderly, Homestead Exemption, retirement and employee benefits, public employees, workman's compensation, penitentiary work release program, judicial system | | 1978 |
| Ed Herschler | Budget, water development, veterinary laboratory, mined land reclamation, revenue sharing audits, other (misc.) legislation, OSHA, disaster and civil defense, Dental program, medical school, Community Development Authority, issuance of bonds by Capitol Building Commission | | 1979 |
| Ed Herschler | Property tax reduction and severance tax increase, public employees, accountability in government, assuring efficient government, streamlining, expenditures, Equal Rights amendment, game and fish license fees, unemployment compensation insurance, office space, gasohol exemption | | 1980 | February 13 | Ed Herschler | Mine land reclamation and Office of Surface Mining, emergency disaster funds, medical student loans, capital construction, severance tax, State Fair Board, collection of severance taxes, thermal standards for new construction | | 1981 | January 14 | Ed Herschler | Operating budget requests, capital construction, employee compensation system, hazardous waste and 404 permit programs, Industrial Siting Act of 1975, Wyoming Water Development Account, water export tax, minimum stream flows, Board of Parole, district attorneys, severance tax, Poet Laureate | | 1982 | February 9 | Ed Herschler | Water development, budget stabilization account, statewide full-time district attorneys, agricultural economic development bonds, minimum stream flows, permission to use Wyoming water in Wyoming via Utah | | 1983 | January 12 | Ed Herschler | Operating budget requests, equalization of school finances, water development, additional duties of state auditor, historic preservation, student loans, judicial standards for surface coal mining program, low-level radioactive waste compact, abandoned mill tailings, film production, hospital cost containment, insurance costs for elderly, correction of statues construed to discriminate based on sex, employment of resident workers, water quality laboratory, troubled youth, wildlife and conservation program | | 1983 |
| Ed Herschler | Special Session |
| | 1984 | February | Ed Herschler | Joint appropriations committee actions, Home Owner's tax credit, public employees, community colleges, University of Wyoming, local control of education, program differences, state policy directions, water program, criminal justice program, education, resident workers, uranium mill tailings clean-up, subsidence insurance, living will, economic development | | 1985 | January 9 | Ed Herschler | Taxation, economic development, funding priorities, federal government, education, Ucross Foundation project examining Wyoming's future, examination of efficiency and structure of Wyoming state government, homeowners tax credit, industrial revenue bonds, child safety restraints, Health Department, health care cost containment, amendments to Wyoming's labor law, leaking underground storage tanks, hazardous waste inventory and study, water quality laboratory, asbestos school hazard abatement act, subsidence insurance program,Industrial Sitting Act hiring preference, water program and legislation | | 1986 | February | Ed Herschler | Economic programs, Amendments to Uniform Commercial Code, liability insurance crisis, governmental insurance, mid-term cancellation of insurance and refusal to renew, insurance contracts, income withholding, Workers Compensation Act, Adjustable rate mortgages prohibition, sales tax on food stamp purchases, frequency of audits, bond limit allocation authority, capital construction, employee compensation and position constraints, water development, centennial commission, Wyoming volunteer assistance program, cervical cancer screening, governor's emergency contingency | | 1986 |
| Ed Herschler | End of session message |
| | 1986 | June 16 | Ed Herschler | Special Session | | 1987 | January 14 | Mike Sullivan | Relationship with legislature: a new partnership, Wyoming's economy, implementing constitutional amendment no. 4, small business assistance act, international trade, defense of North Platte waters, agriculture, oil import fee, Wyoming Futures Project, tourism and recreation, Centennial Commission, reorganization of health and social services, commission on revenue and expenditures, taxation, state budget, governmental accountability, regulatory reform, cap on damages, executive branch initiatives, Martin Luther King Day, debt collection, combined mineral audits, education funding, University of Wyoming, Anti-drug funding | | 1987 | May 19 | Mike Sullivan | Special Session | | 1988 | February 16 | Mike Sullivan | Economy, budget, taxes, drinking age, Amendment 4 program | | 1989 | January 11 | Mike Sullivan | State of economy, Budget - salary increases, Govenment National Mortgage Association interest, school foundation, Economic development, Quality improvement initiatives - tax administration and collection, accounts, investments and revenues, reorganization, literacy for the 21st century, environment, government compensation and benefits, human service issues, local government funding, program improvements | | 1989 | March 1 | Mike Sullivan | Closing Message | | 1990 | February 22 | Mike Sullivan | State of state, economy, taxation, budget, education, human services, drugs, reorganization, Martin Luther King holiday | | 1991 | January | Mike Sullivan | Government reorganization, tax administration funding and legislation, economic development, education , human services, youth protection | | 1992 | February 10 | Mike Sullivan | Reapportionment, budget | | 1992 | May 11 | Mike Sullivan | Reconvened session | | 1993 | January 13 | Mike Sullivan | Economy, taxes and fees, budget, salaries and compensation, workers compensation, welfare reform, government bills | | 1994 | February 21 | Mike Sullivan | State of state, budget, employee compensation needs, health care reform, education, children and youth issues, welfare reform and child support, economic development | | 1995 | January 11 | Jim Geringer | States rights, building on agenda of United States Congress, conference of the States, new standard for participation in discretionary federal programs, economic development, minerals, (1. encourage the search for new reserves, 2. maximize the recovery of known reserves and avoid premature abandonment of older, marginal properties, 3. Foster opportunities to add value to our raw mineral resources, 4. Increase state involvement in the federal decision making process which directly encroaches on our traditional economic base and lifestyle, 5. Examine state regulatory practices which are ambiguous, unnecessary or counterproductive), tourism, recreation and international trade, arts and humanities, state-based manufacturing - QVC, Governor's Economic Action Initiative, property tax, health provisions, telecommunications, government accountability, performance evaluation, performance-based programs, Governor's Fellowship Opportunity, education (Governor's Conference on Education, one-time funding increase, community colleges, University of Wyoming), land and water, special legislation and committee assignments (judiciary, appropriations) | | 1996 | February 19 | Jim Geringer | The Wyoming economy, education, higher education, accountability and the state budget, faith in the future, economic development, federal budget planning, technology, public safety, pending issues (property tax relief, Game & Fish funding, special studies, health care), partnerships created by the Legislature (telecommunications, natural gas, state hospital, water), workforce | | 1997 | January 15 | Jim Geringer | Welcome!, good news!, expenditures, the issues (education, economy and jobs, community focus, welfare reform, troubled youth, mental health, public safety, corrections, state trust lands, mineral royalties and markets, taxes | | 1997 | May 30 | Jim Geringer | Special Session | | 1998 | February 9 | Jim Geringer | Introduction, priorities, education, k-12 spending, Supreme Court criteria, actions for this session, attitude adjustment, technology, post high school education and training, economy, statewide economic development actions (1. competitive people, 2. competitive businesses, 3. competitive communities, 4. infrastructure development, 5. diversification and value-added products, 6. redefined state and private sector rules), business development strategies (1. existing business development and recruitment, 2. extraction, 3. entrepreneur and enterprise development, 4. community enhancement), effective targeting, implementation plan, Wyoming Business Council, Wind River Reservation, Public Safety (corrections, prison finance, victims' rights), investing in people (state employee pay, youth, welfare reform, children's health, Early Childhood Council, mental health), paying the bills (strategic planning, the Consensus Revenue Estimating Group, investment income, Wyoming's fiscal picture, the Tax Reform 2000 Commission, taxes), telecommunications, electric power, federal resource issues, judicial reorganization | | 1999 | January 13 | Jim Geringer | The economy, education, workforce, higher education, revenue outlook, children and families, healthy communities, public safety, state employees, natural resources, federal issues, quality of living | | 2000 | February 14 | Jim Geringer | Wyoming's Vision - Where Should We Be?, a plan of action today to deliver a long-term solution for tomorrow, developing the new economy, the Wyoming Business Council, Identifying the challenges, How much will be spent in the future?, the big four (education, health care, public safety, human resources), Education (school finance litigation, improving the quality of education, recruiting and retaining qualified teachers, standards, technology, early childhood, reading, higher education, capitol construction), Health (Medicaid, methamphetamine), family services, corrections and public safety (get out of jail free, men's penitentiary - new, old or ??, public defender), the Budget: 2000 and beyond (how did we get to this deficit problem?, the plan, history of revenue, reallocate and maximize current revenues, increase State Treasurer investment returns, earmarked revenue, broaden the educational tax base: remove the sunset date on the fourth cent sales tax, broaden the base, gasoline and fuel taxes, remove sales and use tax exclusions on services/grant sales tax exemptions for food and water, other revenue measures, phase in the education tax, limit the growth of government: no net new programs, Governor's flexibility to transfer spending authority, on-line government: e-commerce for state services, one-stop service, work first, employee work flexibility and performance management, salary and benefits), closing | | 2001 | January 10 | Jim Geringer | State of state, focusing on Wyoming's future, state budget, fiscal profile, economy (workforce development, National Guard, Horizons scholarships, Workforce training compact, teaching through technology, state employee training, Challenge Loan Program, expanded authority for Industrial Development Bonds, sales tax reduction, technology incubator in Laramie, Education and teachers, Connection to our communities and Wyoming equality network, Health and Human services - Work First, drug courts and methamphetamine initiative and substance abuse control, long-term care, temporary assistance for needy families, electronic benefits transfer and the health passport, Wyoming kidcare, mental health, energy and coal bed methane, agriculture), other federal issues | | 2002 | February 11 | Jim Geringer | Wyoming economy (construction, schools, University and community college buildings, highway construction, water development), investing in communities and people (Workforce Training Account, unemployment insurance tax reduction, Wyoming Business Council, local government finance, over-the-cap income, reallocation of sales tax revenues) Technology and connecting communities (high-speed connectivity, fiber conduit installation, Technology Incubator, Wyoming ePortal, addition of Chief Information Officer, Health Passport), energy (Wyoming Energy Commission, mineral valuation, construction of electric transmission line), revenues (sales tax, state investments), expenditures (Needs of budget and governor's flex authority, education - teacher, early childhood reading, data management, health and safety, funding, school construction, Wyoming Equality Network and technology, higher education, health, substance abuse, public safety and corrections, family services, Natural resources - wildlife, federal land management, agribusiness, Re-Districting, Homeland Security, USA Freedom corps), recognition of Wyoming's First Lady | | 2003 | January 15 | Dave Freudenthal | Budget, education (operating funds and capital construction) Developing economy of Wyoming's communities, Heathcare | | 2004 | February 9 | Dave Freudenthal | State of state, school and corrections funding, investment in state, savings, operating budget, healthcare, split estates, state purchase of land in Crook County, wolves and House Bill 229, recognition of military and families | | 2004 | July 12 | Dave Freudenthal | Special Session | | 2005 | January 12 | Dave Freudenthal | Budget (education funding, state highway construction, capital construction,economic development, community building, limited increases to operating costs of government) Building Wyoming (restricted reserve savings account, water storage projects, Wildlife Natural Resources Funding Act, community facilities) split estates bill, new state correctional facility, healthcare, endowment for higher education | | 2006 | February 13 | Dave Freudenthal | Budget - Permanent Mineral Trust Fund, savings placed in Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account, Hathaway scholarship, operating budget, one-time expenditures, removal of limits on local revenue sharing, oil and gas development, housing shortage, tax relief, education and schools, fund to support military and families, water and wildlife, highway construction, substance abuse, healthcare, childcare and early childhood education, child pornography, workforce training, state employee salaries and retiree health insurance, energy development, coal and oil, water | | 2007 | January 10 | Dave Freudenthal | Recognitions, wolves, abandoned mine lands project, illegal immigrants, eminent domain, permanence of Travel and Tourism Board, property tax relief, Office of Consumer Affairs, open (liquor) container bill, child pornography, childcare, funding for tribal entities, coal conservation facilities, community colleges, highways, work force development, funding to local governments, housing, healthcare, high-risk insurance pool, methamphetamine, Wildlife Trust Fund and Water Account III, recognition of military and families | | 2008 | February 11 | Dave Freudenthal | Recognitions, State of state, energy demand (carbon capture and carbon sequestration) Abandoned Mine Land account, Healthcare insurance pilot project, anti-fraud legislation, Senate File 11 (property rights), dog-fighting bill, natural resources (natural gas valuation, helium taxation, management of CBM water), property tax relief, education (community colleges), local government funding (travel and tourism budget) | | 2009 | January 14 | Dave Freudenthal | State of state, Capital construction, tourism, accrued obligations (shortfall in retirement account, correctional facility in Torrington, Wamsutter), Gillette water project, fund to support military and families, First Children's Finance Program, HealthCare Reform Pilot Project, carbon sequestration bills, workers compensation, Court-Ordered Treatment Bill, removal of sales and use tax exemption on wind energy projects, tort reform amendment, juvenile correction, illegal immigration, education, Abandoned Mine Land funds | | 2010 | February 8 | Dave Freudenthal | State of state and recognitions, budget, responsible wind energy development, carbon capture and sequestration, juvenile justice reform, property tax issues, economic development proposals, workplace safety, impaired and drunken driving, responsible health care, restoring state sovereignty, clarification of statute terms, distance learning and videoconferencing in Wyoming | | 2011 | January 12 | Matt Mead | Recognitions, State of state, budget, economy, techonolgy, infrastructure, revenue supporting communities, streamlining state government, education, health care, state vs federal responsibility, drug use | | 2012 | February 13 | Matt Mead | Budget, infrastructure investment, economic diversification, education, agriculture, CREG report, Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust, wolves, tourism, energy, small business, flooding | | 2013 | January 9 | Matt Mead | Budget, Hay study, UW President, coal miners, tech industry, suicide prevention, fiscal policy changes, health care, highway funding, education, mineral development, fracking, Affordable Care Act | | 2014 | February 10 | Matt Mead | Military recognition, highway fatalities, 1st term recap, Affordable Care Act, EPA, endangered species | | 2015 | January 14 | Matt Mead | Recognitions, State of state, coal initiatives, energy strategy, international trade, forest health, Medicaid expansion, water strategy, budget and state fiscal policy | | 2016 | February 8 | Matt Mead | Remembrances and recognitions, State of state, budget, Abandoned Mine Land funds, Medicaid expansion, school funding | | 2017 | January 11 | Matt Mead | State revenue decreases, rainy day fund, capitol construction projects, state and tribal relations, recognitions, veteran's tuition waiver, initiative for public shooting ranges and shooting competitions, Governor's Shooting Match, Outdoor Recreation Task Force, technology, energy strategy, Endangered Species Act, carbon initiative, State Water Strategy, streamlining Executive Branch rules, Governor's Symposium on Suicide Prevention, ENDOW initiative for economic diversification, keeping young adults in Wyoming, expansion of Grand Teton National Park, budget cuts, supplemental budget requests, STEM, Teacher of the Year, solar eclipse, State Penitentiary, education budget shortfalls, School Foundation Program, government operating budget cuts, Safe 2 Tell program, state investments, Manufacturing Tax Exemption, presidential election/change in administration | | 2018 | February 12 | Matt Mead | Representatives of the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes, Wyoming National Guard, veterans, other recognitions, much to celebrate - accomplishments, consolidation, technology, endangered species, wildlife, EPA - Riverton, Attorney General, suicide prevention, opioid crisis, Capitol Square project, Science initiative, STEM, schools, capital outlay, last year (2017), budget, overcuts, eclipse, Fort Bridger 150th, women's suffrage anniversaries, outdoor events, Outdoor Recreation Task Force, ENDOW, State of the State, revenue forecast, budget, education funding, other matters, historical State of the State speeches |
1. "Powers and Duties of the governor generally," Article 4, Section 4, Constitution of the State of Wyoming "... He shall at the commencement of each session communicate to the legislature by message, information of the condition of the state, and recommend such measures as he shall deem expedient..."
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