Wyoming legislation · 2025 General Session
Wyoming SJ11: Supporting anti-ESG litigation.
Status: Failed, March 3, 2025
A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the state and the Wyoming attorney general to utilize all legal tools available to protect the investment of Wyoming's funds and Wyoming's industries and policies.
What the bill says
A joint resolution for A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the state and the Wyoming attorney general to utilize all legal tools available to protect the investment of Wyoming's funds and Wyoming's industries and policies.
From the introduced text:
A JOINT RESOLUTION for A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the state and the Wyoming attorney general to utilize all legal tools available to protect the investment of Wyoming's funds and Wyoming's industries and policies. WHEREAS, the prudent investor rule, which Wyoming and other states have adopted, require investors to invest and manage assets as a prudent investor would through the exercise of reasonable care, skill and caution; and WHEREAS, the prudent investor rule generally requires investors to make investment decisions based only on pecuniary factors to ensure the highest possible risk-adjusted total net return; and WHEREAS, in recent years, many of the world's largest banks, asset management companies and other financial institutions have adopted an anti-free-market globalist ideology called "stakeholder capitalism," which seeks to achieve a number of environmental, social and societal governance policies through the manipulation and control of the global economy; and WHEREAS, these companies have colluded to use their trillions of dollars under their custody and control to make and attempt to effectuate policy changes outside of the democratic political process; and WHEREAS, the collusion of these companies has had considerable negative impacts on Wyoming's industries and has made it difficult for the state of Wyoming to invest its funds in a manner that supports the industries and policies of the state; and WHEREAS, in 2021 Wyoming Session …
Sponsors
- Barlow, Eric (R, S23)
- Biteman, Bo (R, S21) · primary sponsor
- Tim French (R, S18)
- Robert Ide (R, S29)
- Dan Laursen (R, S19)
- McKeown, Troy (R, S24)
- Tara Nethercott (R, S04)
- Tim Salazar (R, S26)
- Scott Smith (R, H05)
Latest actions
- : H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
- : H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
- : H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
- : S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-2-1-0-0
- : H Received for Introduction
- : S 2nd Reading:Passed
- : S COW:Passed
- : S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
- : S Placed on General File
- : S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations
Votes
- H06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 (February 10, 2025): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
- S 3rd Reading:Passed 17-13-1-0-0 (February 3, 2025): 17 yea, 13 nay, passed
Subjects: Supporting anti-ESG litigation.
Common questions
- What is SJ11?
- SJ11 is a bill in the Wyoming Legislature (2025 General Session): Supporting anti-ESG litigation.
- What does SJ11 do?
- In its own words: A joint resolution for A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the state and the Wyoming attorney general to utilize all legal tools available to protect the investment of Wyoming's funds and Wyoming's industries and policies.
- What is the status of SJ11?
- Failed as of March 3, 2025. Latest action: H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 (March 3, 2025).
- Who sponsored SJ11?
- Biteman, Bo (R, S21), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SJ11?
- On the Wyoming Legislature website: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/SJ0011
Source: official Wyoming record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.