PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, Article 3, Section 7 of the Constitution of the State of Wyoming authorizes the Wyoming Legislature, upon written request to the presiding officers of each house by the majority of the elected members of each house to convene a special session not to exceed twenty days; and

WHEREAS, a critical situation exists relating to COVID-19 vaccine mandates which requires legislative action and cannot be deferred until the convening of the 2022 budget session of the Wyoming Legislature; and

WHEREAS, the requirements of Article 3, Section 7 of the Constitution of the State of Wyoming relating to the Legislature convening a special session have been fulfilled.

NOW, THEREFORE, WE, DAN DOCKSTADER AND ERIC BARLOW, President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively, of the Wyoming Legislature, do hereby proclaim the necessity for a special session of the Wyoming Legislature to address the matters identified herein, and summon the members thereof to convene in special session, to be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Article 3, Section 7 of the Constitution of Wyoming applicable to legislative sessions, at the State Capitol in the City of Cheyenne, County of Laramie, on the 26th day of October, 2021 at the hour of ten o’clock (10:00) in the morning of said day.

IN ACCORDANCE THEREWITH, we set our hands hereto and caused the Seal of the Legislature of the State of Wyoming to be affixed this nineteenth day of October, 2021.

Senator Dan Dockstader President of the Senate

Representative Eric Barlow
Speaker of the House of Representatives