Cheyenne, Wyoming – Students
from Hulett School in Crook County can claim passing legislation among their
many accomplishments this school year.
A group of students from Hulett School, working in conjunction with
Senator Ogden Driskill, helped craft legislation that was signed into law today
designating big sagebrush as Wyoming’s official state shrub.
“Proud doesn’t cover it when it comes to describing how I feel about
these kids,” said Senator Ogden Driskill who worked with the students to write
and implement the bill. “The students from Hulett School worked tremendously
hard to get this measure passed – researching the issue, writing letters in
support of the law and lobbying members of the legislature. In my book, they
all earned an ‘A+’ in civics.”
Today, Governor Matt Mead signed into law Senate File 52,
legislation declaring Wyoming big sagebrush as the state shrub. The measure was
sponsored by Senator Ogden Driskill and Representative Tyler Lindholm, legislators
who both represent Crook County.
“This is really a historic day,” said Representative Tyler Lindholm.
“For a group of students from Hulett to have the opportunity to write, lobby
for and see passed into a law a bill of their own creation is truly amazing.
These students represent the very best of Wyoming.”
Nearly all of the 7th - 12th grade students
from Hulett School traveled to Cheyenne today for the bill signing. Students,
teachers and faculty from Hulett had the opportunity to visit with Governor
Matt Mead, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, Secretary of State Ed Murray, Superintendent
of Public Instruction Jillian Balow and legislators from both the house and
senate.
The legislation signed today, which becomes effective July 1, 2016, states that “Artemisia tridentata
wyomingensis, commonly known as Wyoming big sagebrush, is the state shrub of
Wyoming.”
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