Day at the Wyoming Legislature: Tuesday, Feb. 1

Developments on the 16th day of the 2011 General Session of the Wyoming Legislature, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011:

HEALTH CARE — The Senate approved a proposal to change the state Constitution to specify that no state or federal government agency could force people to participate in a health care system. The House approved a bill that would declare last year's federal health care reform law unconstitutional and void.

INTERNET IMPERSONATION — The House gave preliminary approval to a bill that would make it a misdemeanor to impersonate another person on the Internet in order to commit fraud.

NUCLEAR ENERGY — The House gave preliminary approval to a bill that calls for creating a task force to study nuclear energy production.

DRILLING RULES — The House gave preliminary approval to a bill to require the state OSHA office to review its rules on drilling for oil and gas wells each year to make sure they remain internally consistent and necessary.

LOTTERY — The House for the second time approved a bill that would allow the sale of multi-state lottery tickets in the state.

TAX COLLECTIONS — The House defeated a proposal to give city and county governments a larger slice of state sales tax collections. The measure would have taken roughly $33 million out of the general fund each year for redistribution to local governments.

WIND POWER — A House committee on Tuesday endorsed legislation that would extend a moratorium on the ability of wind farm developers to forcibly take land so they can stretch power lines to their turbines.

RIGHT TO HUNT — The Senate gave preliminary approval to a resolution that would allow voters to decide whether to enshrine the right to hunt and fish in the state Constitution.

(This report is from the Associated Press.)