America Forward — Democratic Platform Scorecard
AMERICA FORWARD
U.S. Cong. RanksState Ranksionicons-v5-aStatistical Dataionicons-v5-aBuild Your Own PlatformAboutionicons-v5-a
John Kolb — Republican State Senator for Wyoming District 12 (official headshot)

John Kolb Voting Record & Scorecard | National Democrat Platform

WY Senator

District: 12 • Republican

2025 DEM Alignment:

81.67%

Lifetime Alignment:

81.06%

View Member History

Voting Alignment with DEM Platform – by Chapter

Click Icon to Filter Table

Sen. John Kolb (R-WY-12) earned a 82% National Democrat Platform score for 2025, showing strong alignment with Democratic Party Platform principles. John Kolb voted on 60 of the 62 substantive bills scored by Dem Platform in 2025. Across 3 years rated, John Kolb's lifetime Dem Platform score averages 81%, with 159 votes recorded across 161 scored bills. John Kolb represents the 12th District in the Wyoming State Senate.

Title

Lawmaker Position

HB 11Senate 20251x

Expanding Cronyism by Extending the Sunset Date of a Sales-Tax Carveout for Manufacturing Machinery from 2027 to 2042.

Against DEMs
Under current law, a sales tax and use tax exemption is provided for the sale or lease of machinery used in the state in manufacturing tangible personal property, set to end on December 31, 2027. This bill extends the sunset date for the manufacturing exemption to December 31, 2042.
HB 116Senate 20251x

Strengthening National Security by Providing that Driver''s Licenses Issued by Other States to Illegal Immigrants are Invalid.

With DEMs
This bill stipulates that driver''s licenses and driving operating privilege cards issued by other jurisdictions to unauthorized aliens are invalid in Wyoming. The bill also creates a new misdemeanor penalty for the use of a driver''s license or driving operating privilege card by an illegal alien. This measure helps deter illegal immigration, which places an immense strain on U.S. infrastructure and taxpayer resources, ranging from welfare to the education system, while also creating serious national security and human trafficking issues.
HB 133Senate 20251x

Strengthening National Security by Prohibiting Any Governing Body or Locality from Restricting Federal Immigration Enforcement.

With DEMs
This bill prohibits a governing body of a state agency or a city, town, or county from enacting, adopting, implementing, or enforcing any policy that enact a "sanctuary city" that bars or restricts cooperation with ICE. Under the bill, no state or local official shall be restricted from cooperating or communicating with federal immigrant officers and bans any executive order declaring the state a "sanctuary state." Support is the Limited Government Position.
HB 147Senate 20251x

Protecting Taxpayer Funds from Being Utilized for Politicized "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" (DEI) Programs and Training.

With DEMs
This bill stipulates that no governmental entity shall engage in any DEI program, activities, or policies, engage in institutional discrimination, or require instruction promoting institutional discrimination. The bill also prohibits public entities from requiring any student, employee, or contractor to attend or participate in any DEI program or training. Taxpayer funds should not be utilized to push politized initiatives that promote discrimination based on race, color, religion, or sex.
HB 164Senate 20251x

Strengthening Medical Freedom by Preventing Licensing Boards from Taking Adverse Action Against Doctors Prescribing and Pharmacists Dispensing Off-Label Drugs.

With DEMs
This bill allows a doctor, physician assistant, dentist, optometrist, and advanced practice registered nurse to lawfully prescribe an FDA approved prescription drug for off-label indication. Off-label use refers to prescribing an approved drug for a condition other than those approved by the FDA. The bill also authorizes pharmacists to dispense off-label prescriptions and protects both prescribers and pharmacists from adverse action from any licensing board due to providing off-label medical treatments. The off-label allowance does not apply to certain controlled substances, medications intended to transition a minor''s biological sex, or substances intended to induce an abortion.
HB 165Senate 20251x

Strengthening Election Integrity by Banning the Use of Ranked Choice Voting in Wyoming Elections.

With DEMs
This bill prohibits the use of ranked-choice voting in determining the election or nomination of any candidate in any local, state, or federal election.
HB 166Senate 20251x

Strengthening Government Transparency and Accountability by Ensuring Public Disclosure of State Auditor Payments.

With DEMs
This bill requires the state auditor to publicly disclose detailed information about payments made to vendors on the state auditor''s official website. The information must include the date of each payment, the vendor''s name, the state agency requiring the purchased items or services, whose funds the payment is made from, the total amount paid, and a description of the payment. Vendor payment information must remain published on the website for at least 5 years.
HB 168Senate 20251x

Imposing Additional Mandates on the Private Sector by Prohibiting the Sale and Distribution of Lab-Grown Meat.

With DEMs
This bill prohibits the manufacture for sale, the sale, or offer for sale of "cultivated meat" for human consumption in the state. Under the bill, "cultivated meat" is meat grown entirely in a laboratory from cultural animal cells rather than harvested from an animal. The bill allows a regulatory authority to revoke a license to operate a food establishment from establishments who violate this ban.
HB 172Senate 20251x

Strengthening Self-Defense and Second Amendment Rights by Repealing Most "Gun-Free Zones".

With DEMs
This bill, the "Wyoming Repeal Gun Free Zones Act," repeals most "gun-free zones" in the state by allowing the lawful carrying of a concealed weapon in any meeting of a governmental entity and the Legislature, public school and university, certain areas of public airports, and any public building if not otherwise prohibited by law. The bill preempts the regulation of firearms by state agencies and other localities, while providing exceptions to allow for "gun-free zones" on private property, public school events where alcohol is served, and more. \t
HB 183 (Senate Version)Senate 20251x

Hiking Electricity Rates for Wyomingites by Increasing the Energy Generation Cap from 25 kW to 200 kW for Qualifying Solar Installations Under the State''s Net-Metering Scheme.

Against DEMs
This bill expands the size of solar installations that qualify for the state''s "net metering" law which requires public utility companies to purchase any excess energy which is produced by homeowners or businesses through the solar panels they may own. The bill includes solar installations that generate up to 200 kilowatts (previously only 25 kilowatts) for nonresidential use. While the Senate made various positive changes to the original bill, this measure overall unnecessarily hikes the cost of electricity for everyone.
HB 199Senate 20251x

Improving Educational Outcomes Through a $30 Million Appropriation for Increased School Choice Scholarships.

With DEMs
This bill strengthens school choice by expanding the state''s education savings account (ESA) program. The bill appropriates $30 million from the general fund to award scholarships to eligible students under the program and increases the annual scholarship from $6,000 to $7,000 for all students, as well as eliminates the income requirements for K-12 students. The bill also expands qualifying expenses for scholarship funds to include the tuition and fees for nongovernmental online learning program, while clarifying that after school childcare programs are ineligible. While the bill does increase eligibility for Pre-K students, overall, this measure improves educational outcomes for all students by fostering competition and market in education.
HB 207Senate 20251x

Protecting Religious Liberties by Strengthening Protection Through the "Compelling Interest Test".

With DEMs
This bill, the "Wyoming Religious Freedom Restoration Act," is designed to protect religious liberties by adopting the federal "compelling interest test." Under the bill, the government is prohibited from substantially burdening a person''s right to the exercise of religion unless it can demonstrate it is essential to further compelling government interest and is the least restriction means of doing so. The bill creates a civil cause of action against violators; victims may obtain appropriate relief, including injunctive and declaratory relief.
HB 211Senate 20251x

Protecting the Right to Hunt by Authorizing Hunting Wildlife from Vehicles.

With DEMs
This bill allows the hunting of wildlife from vehicles, if certain conditions are met. The wildlife must not require a license or permit to take, must not be protected under state law, and cannot be classified as threatened or endangered by federal wildlife regulations. This measure serves as a step in the right direction to protecting the right to responsibly and humanely hunt and fish.
HB 228Senate 20251x

Increasing Election Integrity by Prohibiting Private Funds for Election Administration.

With DEMs
This bill prohibits outside groups from funding the administration of election operations. Privately funding election operations introduces serious concerns over their integrity and fairness of election outcomes, an essential component of democracy under our nation''s constitutional republic.
HB 264Senate 20251x

Combatting Increased Government Control and Surveillance by Prohibiting Agencies from Accepting Federal "Central Bank Digital Currency" as Payment.

With DEMs
This bill serves as a proactive attempt to block Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) issued by the U.S. Federal Reserve System. The bill prohibits CBDC issued by the federal government from being accepted as payment by government agencies and prohibits agencies from participating in any test of such currencies.
HB 289Senate 20251x

Expanding Access to Healthcare and Reducing Costs by Repealing Anti-Competitive "Certificate of Need" Regulations Imposed on Nursing Homes.

With DEMs
This bill repeals the state''s final certificate of need (CON) restrictions that were imposed on nursing care facilities and hospitals. CON laws limit the construction and expansion of healthcare and nursing homes, forcing health care providers to prove there is a need for their services in order to construct new or expand existing facilities.
HB 311Senate 20251x

Increasing Tax Burdens on Other Individuals and Businesses Through an Expansion of Sales Tax Exemptions for Fuel Used in Transportation.

Against DEMs
Under existing law, a sales-tax exemption is provided for sales of power or fuel to a person transporting tangible personal property by railroad or pipeline, as long as the power of fuel is consumed directly for the transportation of the property. This bill clarifies that the exemption applies regardless of who owns the transported tangible personal property. The bill also provides a definition for "pipeline" as a system of connected pipes and other equipment used to transport oil, natural gas, or other hydrocarbons from a well site to an interstate or intrastate transmission customer sales delivery point. All state and local tax codes should be constructed in a broadly applied manner with as low of rates as possible for everyone. Tax cronyism enacted under this measure further shifts tax burdens to all other industries and companies that do not transport property under this law.
HB 318Senate 20251x

Strengthening Election Integrity by Expanding Voter List Maintenance to Ensure Non-Citizens Are Not Voting in Elections.

With DEMs
This bill expands the ability to maintain the accuracy of voter lists by authorizing the secretary of state and the department of transportation (DOT) to enter into any agreement to determine if any evidence exists of non-citizens is kept within driver''s license records, if a voter has recently receive a driver''s license from another state, or to verify any other information indicating a voter should be ineligible to vote in the state. The bill allows the utilization of the systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE) program operated by federal citizenship and immigration services to verify that all voters are U.S. citizens, while also requiring the DOT to report to the secretary of state a complete list of all individuals who have indicated they are non-citizens when obtaining any document.
HB 32Senate 20251x

Providing Greater Legal Clarity by Stipulating "Sex" is Based on an Individual''s Biological Sex.

With DEMs
This bill clarifies various legal definitions, defining "sex" as the biological distinction between male and female based on reproductive biology and genetic make-up. The bill also creates definitions for female, male, woman, girl, man, boy, mother, and father. Finally, the bill provides that rules and regulations related to "distinctions between the sexes" for purposes such as athletics, locker rooms, and restrooms that result in separate accommodations between the sexes are substantially related to the important governmental objectives of protecting the health, safety and privacy of persons in such circumstances.
HB 42Senate 20251x

Protecting Life and Ensuring the Safety of Women Through Increased Oversight of Abortion Providers by Requiring Licensure of Surgical Abortion Facilities.

With DEMs
This bill is designed to protect life, providing necessary oversight of surgical abortion facilities by requiring these facilities to be licensed as an ambulatory surgical center. As a result, facilities that provide abortions using surgery or other medical tools must meet the rules established by the Wyoming Department of Health and are prohibited from providing abortions to pregnant women without first being licensed. The bill also requires facility physicians to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and report each abortion to the department of health. All abortions are tragedies, and every child deserves the right to life.
HB 46Senate 20251x

Reducing a Barrier to School Choice by Removing Onerous Reporting Requirements Imposed on "Home-Based Education Programs".

With DEMs
This bill expands school choice by removing the requirement for parents or individuals administering a "home-based education program" to annually submit their homeschool curriculum to local school districts.
HB 5Senate 20251x

Reducing Access and Increasing Costs of Fishing Excursions by Authorizing the Regulation of Commercially Guided Fishing Boats.

With DEMs
This bill authorizes the game and fish commission to regulate commercially guided fishing boats and establishes an advisory board appointed by the commission to provide recommendations for rules and restrictions. Beginning in 2026, registration and payment of an annual fee must be required. One lawmaker claimed that this measure is likely the start of a long process "to reign in Wyoming''s commercial fishing industry." Oppose is the Limited Government Position.
HB 64 (Veto Override)Senate 20251x

Protecting Life by Requiring an Ultrasound at Least 48 Hours Before a Chemical Abortion is Performed or Drugs are Dispensed.

With DEMs
This bill requires an ultrasound at least 48 hours before a chemical abortion is performed or drugs are dispensed for the chemical abortion. The woman must also have the opportunity to view the ultrasound and hear the heartbeat, if present. All abortions are tragedies and every child deserves the right to life.
HB 72Senate 20251x

Protecting Student Privacy and Safety in Higher Education by Designating All Restrooms, Changing Facilities, and Sleeping Quarters by Biological Sex.

With DEMs
This bill stipulates that each multi-occupancy restroom, changing area, and sleeping quarters that are located in a public facility or higher education facility must be designed exclusively for biological males or exclusively for biological females. Under the bill, "public facilities" include facilities owned, operated, or leased by a state or local government entity and "educational facilities" are those owned, operated, or leased by the University of Wyoming or a state community college. The bill provides a cause of action against any governmental entity that violates these provisions.
HB 75Senate 20251x

Slightly Reducing Coal Energy Production Costs by Lowering the Severance Tax from 6.5% to 6%.

With DEMs
This bill reduces the existing severance tax rate imposed on surface-mined coal from 6.5% to 6%. All state and local tax codes should be constructed in a broadly applied manner with the lowest rates possible for everyone. This bill provides slight relief to coal producers and supports investment in mining operations in the state.
HB 79 (Veto Override)Senate 20251x

Further Safeguarding the Bond Election Process by Ensuring Fair Representation Through Voter Thresholds Based on Prior General Election.

With DEMs
This bill modifies the threshold required to pass bond proposals when the bond election does not occur on the same day of a general election. Under the bill, bond elections must not only receive a majority of votes in favor of the proposal to pass, but the total number of ballots cast must equal at least 25% plus 1 of the number of electors who voted in the previous general election. If the proposal fails to meet the threshold, the bond may be brought at the next general election. This measure helps protect taxpayers from unsound fiscal policies dictated by a small number of voters by ensuring that bond proposals reflect the will of a substantial portion of the electorate.
HB 94 (Veto Override)Senate 20251x

Improving Educational Outcomes and Expanding School Choice by Authorizing Additional Charter Schools.

With DEMs
This bill allows the state charter school authorizing board to authorize any number of charter schools, eliminating the cap on charter schools that may be authorized by an entity other than a school district board (previously 3). This bill improves educational outcomes for all students by fostering competition and a market in education, which encourages schools to provide the best education so they can attract parents to enroll their child and receive the associated funding.
SF 107Senate 20251x

Infringing Private Contracting Rights and Reducing Employment Opportunities by Banning Noncompetition Agreements.

Against DEMs
This bill prohibits and voids nearly all noncompetition agreements in the state, including agreements involving physicians, with few exceptions. This bill imposes a new government mandate that infringes on the private contracting rights of employers and employees.
SF 109Senate 20251x

Expanding School Choice by Ensuring School Districts Maintain Open Enrollment Policies Allowing In-District Student Transfers.

With DEMs
This bill requires school districts to establish a policy allowing pupil enrollment in any public school within the student''s resident school district. The bill also ensures that schools cannot discriminate against applicants based on their residential address or socioeconomic status.
SF 113Senate 20251x

Slightly Reducing the State''s Overreaching Cosmetology Licensing Mandates and Expanding Competition by Exempting "Natural Hair Braiders" from Licensure.

With DEMs
This bill amends the state''s cosmetology license, eliminating the licensing and registration requirements for an individual to perform "natural hair braiding." The private sector, via certifications, rating systems, and the free market, is much better equipped to provide consumer protection while also ensuring competition and low consumer costs.
SF 120Senate 20251x

Increasing Food Freedom by Allowing the Sale of Certain Uninspected Meat Products if Allowed Under Federal Law.

With DEMs
This bill amends the Wyoming Food Freedom Act to allow the sale of certain uninspected meat products. This includes meat from cattle, sheep, swine, and goats, and the animals must be raised in the state and slaughtered on the producer''s property or at a "custom slaughter facility" (facilities with no state or federal inspector). The products may only be sold directly to consumers and must include a warning that the meat was not inspected. Such sales are currently prohibited under federal law, so this would only take effect if the federal law were changed, or a court strikes down the prohibition.
SF 125Senate 20251x

Protecting the Lives of the Unborn by Declaring that Elective Abortion is Not Health Care.

With DEMs
This bill asserts that abortion is not health care, except in cases of rape, incest, or to save the mother''s life. All abortions are tragedies and every child deserves the right to life.
SF 127 (Veto Override)Senate 20251x

Strengthening Government Accountability by Providing Legislative Service Office Oversight of Administrative Rules Significantly Impacting the State''s Economy.

With DEMs
This bill requires the Legislative Service Office to review and conduct a regulatory impact analysis on each major rule submitted by state agencies. Under the bill, "major rules" are administrative rules or emergency rules that will or may have an annual impact on the state economy with costs of at least $1 million or significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, and innovation in the state. While the bill does appropriate funds to hire two full-time employees for the legislative service office, this measure overall combats overreaching rules imposed by unelected bureaucrats that restrict competition, discourage innovation, and increase consumer costs.
SF 133Senate 20251x

Protecting Parental Rights by Authorizing Claims and Defenses Against Government Overreach.

With DEMs
This bill strengthens protections of parental rights, allowing a person whose parental rights have been infringed or will be infringed by a governmental action to assert claims and defenses in a judicial or administrative proceeding. Parents whose rights were violated may obtain injunctive relief, declaratory relief, compensatory damages and costs, and attorney fees. Parental rights are a critical element of a free society.
SF 143Senate 20251x

Increasing Public Investment Returns Through Expanded Competition by Allowing Credit Unions to Hold Public Funds.

With DEMs
This bill allows credit unions to qualify as qualified public depositories (QPDs), which was previously limited to just banks. This bill expands competition among financial institutions, providing greater returns on investment funds. All public investment actions should be based on producing the maximum return and value for taxpayers.
SF 150Senate 20251x

Increasing Property Tax Burdens by Authorizing Tax Exemptions for For-Profit Trade Schools.

With DEMs
This bill provides a property taxation exemption for the real and tangible personal property of for-profit trade schools. This measure merely shifts tax burdens onto individuals and businesses not favored by the government to subsidize the lost revenue from these properties. All state and local tax codes should be constructed in a broadly applied manner with as low of rates as possible for everyone.
SF 155Senate 20251x

Combatting Healthcare Staffing Shortages by Allowing International Physicians a Provisional License to Practice in the State.

With DEMs
This bill creates a provisional license to practice medicine in the state that is available to any international physician with an offer for employment at any health care provider within Wyoming. The international physician must meet certain conditions, such as being eligible to obtain federal immigration status, has been or is currently licensed in good standing in their licensing country, and has completed a residency or similar medical training program. This measure reduces the staffing shortages at hospitals and improves the ability of patients to receive attentive and timely treatment.
SF 158Senate 20251x

Infringing Private Contracting Rights by Imposing New Government Mandates on Agreements Between Dental Insurers and Providers.

Against DEMs
This bill imposes a series of new restrictions and requirements onto agreements between dental insurers and dental care providers. Notably, the bill prohibits a contracting entity from granting third party access to a network contract or to a dental care provider''s service prices unless certain conditions are met, such as allowing the provider to opt-out and providing a list of all participating third parties. Contracting entities are prohibited from terminating a contractual relationship with a dental provider because the provider refuses to allow third party access. The bill also bans an insurer from requiring payments be made to a dental provider solely by virtual credit card payments and mandates that providers must be given alternative payment methods that do not impose additional fees or transaction costs. This bill utilizes the power of government to interfere in private contracting agreements to provide more favorable outcomes to one party (providers) over another party (dental care insurers).
SF 17Senate 20251x

Raiding the State''s Rainy-Day Fund to Provide $10 Million in Stimulus Payments for Enhance Oil and Gas Recovery.

Against DEMs
This bill appropriates $10 million from the Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account, commonly referred to as the "rainy day" fund, for "enhanced oil recovery stimulus" payments. Under the program, "carbon dioxide providers" who capture and store carbon dioxide emitted in the state, then sell the carbon dioxide to be used for enhanced oil and gas recovery, are eligible for a stimulus payment based on the amount of carbon dioxide. Providers must qualify for and receive the federal 45Q credit to be eligible for the stimulus payment. The funds are to be replaced with severance tax revenue from enhanced oil and gas recovery which used carbon dioxide for which a stimulus payment was received.
SF 175Senate 20251x

Reducing Business Payroll Tax Rates by Lowering Payouts Under the State''s Unemployment Benefit System.

With DEMs
This bill reduces the maximum amount of annual unemployment benefits a person may receive from 26 to 20 times their weekly benefit.
SF 181Senate 20251x

Slightly Strengthening Property Rights by Implementing Restrictions on the Use of Eminent Domain to Seize Property for Energy Collector Systems.

Against DEMs
This bill slightly strengthens private property rights by imposing new requirements onto energy collector systems wishing to exercise eminent domain. Specifically, the bill requires energy companies to either acquire 66% of the entire land area or 66% of the landowners, before they would have the ability to use eminent domain. Additionally, the bill implements minimum compensation to be paid to property owners and stipulates that any improvements to the property shall be included in its fair market value. Using an existing easement to place additional energy collector systems is prohibited, unless certain requirements are met, and any order allowing placement of energy collector systems must include liability and reclamation clauses. This measure is a step in the right director to maintain strong property right protections, which is an essential component of ensuring a free and prosperous society.
SF 191Senate 20251x

Protecting Taxpayers by Prohibiting ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Considerations in Investment of State Funds.

With DEMs
This bill prohibits the consideration of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) in state investment strategies, including for the state pension system. Investment strategies based on ESG result in reduced financial returns for taxpayers.
SF 1 (Amd. 2026)Senate 20251x

Expanding Cronyism and Government Interference in the Private Sector Through a $10 Million Appropriation for a Coal and Earth Mineral Project.

Against DEMs
The Dockstader amendment #2026 to a bill making general government appropriations. This amendment includes $10 million to be appropriated for the design and engineering of a "project that burns, combusts, or gasifies Wyoming coal." Additionally, the amendment requires the funds to be used to prioritize "novel approaches" to mining and the use of coal, rare earth minerals, critical minerals, and uranium. The free-market - not central planning by government bureaucrats - is the best mechanism to direct investment to the most promising and worthy energy projects.
SF 1 (Amd. 3009)Senate 20251x

Strengthening National Security by Restricting Publicly Funded Colleges and Universities from Collaborating with Entities from U.S. Foreign Adversaries.

With DEMs
The Steinmetz amendment #3009 to a bill making general government appropriations. This amendment prohibits Wyoming community colleges and the University of Wyoming, institutions of higher education that receive taxpayer funding, from expending or receiving funds to collaborate with institutions, enroll exchange students, or employ or exchange faculty and staff from countries that are designated as U.S. foreign adversaries. This measure ensures taxpayer funds are not used to collaborate and support foreign adversaries.
SF 1 (Amd. 3024)Senate 20251x

Expanding Cronyism and Enriching the AG Industry Through a $50 Million Appropriation for the Construction of Meat Processing Facilities.

With DEMs
The Rothfuss amendment #3024 to a bill making general government appropriations. This amendment includes a $50 million appropriation to provide matching funds for private or federal funding for the construction of meat processing facilities.
SF 1 (Amd. 3029)Senate 20251x

Raiding the State''s Rainy-Day Fund by Increasing Transfer from $70 to $215 Million in An Attempt to Balance the Budget.

Against DEMs
The Salazar amendment #3029 to a bill making general government appropriations. This amendment increases from $70 million to $215 million a transfer from the state''s "rainy day" fund, the legislative stabilization reserve account, to cover budget expenditures. Rather than increasing funding, lawmakers should make major reforms to cut wasteful spending. If funding needs still exist, this should be done by cutting spending elsewhere and reprioritizing, not raiding the rainy-day fund. The state must pursue every available avenue to rein in its out-of-control spending, which, when coupled with the over $185 trillion in federal liabilities, represents the greatest existential threat facing this country.
SF 36Senate 20251x

Imposing a Draconian New Advertising Requirement on "Music Therapists" Which Increases Employment Barriers and Restrict Competition.

With DEMs
This bill stipulates that it is unlawful to use the title of a "board-certified music therapist" or advertise themselves as a "board-certified music therapist" without holding or maintaining a music therapist board certified credential. This bill represents one of the very worst forms of cronyism and government overreach for a service which presents little to no risk to consumers (perhaps an individual may play a bad tune).
SF 41Senate 20251x

Protecting Wyoming Residents from Federal Government Overreach by Authorizing the Legislature to Bring Legal Challenges to Federal Actions.

With DEMs
This bill expands existing law that allows the legislature to bring certain legal challenges. Under the bill, the legislature is given authority to prosecute federal actions, including federal purchases of land within the state, when necessary to protect the interests of the state and of the public. The bill allows the legislative management council to utilize up to $5 million in funds from the legislative stabilization reserve account for the legal challenges.
SF 42Senate 20251x

Expanding Individual Liberties and Tax Revenue by Allowing the Sale and Consumption of Alcohol at Resort Hotels.

With DEMs
This bill allows certain hotels to sell liquor by creating a new "resort hotel liquor license." This applies to resort hotels that meet certain requirements, such as having at least 20 rooms and a full-service restaurant, have a value of at least $5 million, and provides facilities for business meetings. This license is not subject to the population formula that limits retail liquor licenses in counties, cities, and towns. The bill also allows license holders to sell unopened liquor and wine for on-premises consumption.
SF 46Senate 20251x

Increasing Taxpayer Costs by Subjecting Less Government Procurement to Competitive Bidding.

Against DEMs
This bill expands the water, irrigation, and sewer district public works projects that are exempt from competitive, sealed bidding requirements by increasing the project cost thresholds up to $75,000. Specifically, the bill requires competitive bids for projects handled by irrigation districts with a cost over $75,000 (previously $7,500) and projects handled by water and sewer districts with a cost over $75,000 (previously $30,000). Contracts related to irrigation works, power plants or systems, and the purchase of materials and machinery must meet bid requirements if the estimated cost of the project exceeds $20,000 (previously $1,000).
Loading more bills…

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Sen. John Kolb's voting record?

Sen. John Kolb (R-WY-12) earned a 82% National Democrat Platform score for 2025, showing strong alignment with Democratic Party Platform principles. John Kolb voted on 60 of the 62 substantive bills scored by Dem Platform in 2025. Across 3 years rated, John Kolb's lifetime Dem Platform score averages 81%, with 159 votes recorded across 161 scored bills. John Kolb represents the 12th District in the Wyoming State Senate.

How aligned is John Kolb with Democratic Party Platform principles?

John Kolb earned a 82% National Democrat Platform score in 2025, showing strong alignment with Democratic Party Platform principles.

What is John Kolb's Dem Platform score?

John Kolb has a 82% Dem Platform score for 2025. Across 3 years rated, John Kolb's lifetime average is 81%.

Where does John Kolb serve?

Sen. John Kolb (R-WY-12) represents the 12th District in the Wyoming State Senate as a Republican.

Institute for Legislative Analysis logo

Let's build a platform together!

Quick Links

  • Home
  • Build Your Own Platform
  • Methodology

Resources

  • Data Sources
  • Report Correction

Contact

  • Contact Page
© 2023 - 2026 Institute for Legislative Advocacy. All Rights Reserved.
Open Options