Cheri E Steinmetz

Voted for House Bill 136, which lets volunteer firefighters and medics join the state health plan with premium help. The Senate passed the bill 23-8 and it became law as chapter 133 of the 2025 session laws.

March 3, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Sponsored Senate Joint Resolution 0004, requesting promotion of dispatchable Wyoming baseload power instead of taxpayer-subsidized wind and solar power; the Senate passed it 29-1-1 and she voted yes.

February 10, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: wyoleg.gov · researched August 19, 2026

Voted for Senate File 15, which lets the state regulate oil and gas waste pits wherever they sit. The Senate passed the bill 23-7 and it became law as chapter 17 of the 2025 session laws.

January 17, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Steinmetz was lead sponsor of a bill declaring that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant but a beneficial substance. It also repealed Wyoming's low-carbon energy standard and required refunds to utility customers. The bill died in a Senate committee (Senate File 0092).

January 2, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: wyoleg.gov · researched August 19, 2026

Chaired the Select Water Committee when it sponsored a forest-health grant-program bill for the 2025 General Session.

November 14, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: wyoleg.gov · researched August 19, 2026

Voted for House Bill 116, which makes out-of-state driver's licenses held by people without lawful immigration status invalid. The Senate passed the bill 22-8 and it became law as chapter 83 of the 2025 session laws.

February 24, 2025Opposes Immigration

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

Chaired the Select Water Committee when it sponsored a forest-health grant-program bill for the 2025 General Session.

November 14, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: wyoleg.gov · researched August 19, 2026

Voted for Senate File 8, which makes crossing county or state lines to evade police or continue a crime a separate offense. The Senate passed the bill 17-13 and it became law as chapter 12 of the 2026 session laws.

February 16, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Brought forward a concept to increase 911 fees to support county 911 programs; the committee requested a bill draft for county grants.

August 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: wyoleg.gov · researched August 19, 2026

Voted to override the governor's veto of Senate File 132, which bans drone flights over critical infrastructure. The Senate voted 23-8 to override, above the two thirds it needed, and the bill became law as chapter 112 of the 2025 session laws.

March 4, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for House Bill 62, which widens the prostitution law to cover sexual touching, not just sexual intrusion. The Senate passed the bill 17-14 and it became law as chapter 163 of the 2025 session laws.

March 3, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Lead sponsor of an immigration bill requiring sheriffs to check the immigration status of jail inmates, requiring citizenship proof for driver's licenses, and creating crimes for transporting or hiring people in the country illegally (Senate File 0124). The Senate rejected it 10-20 on February 10, 2025, with Steinmetz voting yes.

January 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: wyoleg.gov · researched August 19, 2026

Voted to override the governor's veto of House Bill 36, which extends the Hathaway scholarship to short job-training programs. The Senate voted 23-8 to override, above the two thirds it needed, and the bill became law as chapter 125 of the 2025 session laws.

March 5, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted to override the governor's veto of House Bill 64, which requires an ultrasound at least 48 hours before a medication abortion. The Senate voted 22-9 to override, above the two thirds it needed, and the bill became law as chapter 126 of the 2025 session laws.

March 5, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted for House Bill 42, which requires clinics that perform surgical abortions to hold a surgical center license. The Senate passed the bill 24-7 and it became law as chapter 46 of the 2025 session laws.

February 21, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 9, 2026

Voted for Senate File 44, which requires University of Wyoming and community college students to play sports by biological sex. The Senate agreed to the House changes 23-8 and the bill became law as chapter 144 of the 2025 session laws.

March 5, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Sponsored Senate File 0103, titled Terminating and defunding diversity, equity and inclusion.

January 2, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: wyoleg.gov · researched August 19, 2026

Co-sponsored Wyoming House Bill 135, the Government Nondiscrimination Act. It would have shielded business owners and workers from punishment or lawsuits for refusing to serve or sell to gay people on religious or moral grounds, and would have overridden local rules protecting gay and transgender people. She and the two other sponsors withdrew the bill on January 26, 2017, saying the public needed more time to consider it.

January 26, 2017Opposes Civil Rights

Source: wyomingpublicmedia.org · researched August 19, 2026

Sponsored Senate File 0084, authorizing country-of-origin labeling for U.S. and Wyoming beef; the Senate passed it 28-3 and she voted yes.

January 29, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: wyoleg.gov · researched August 19, 2026

Voted for Senate File 70, which funds 24 water projects for 2026 and sets a deadline on the Alkali Creek Reservoir. The Senate agreed to the House changes 21-10 and the bill became law as chapter 73 of the 2026 session laws.

March 4, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Chaired the Select Water Committee when it sponsored omnibus water-planning, water-construction, water-rights, and breach-order bills for the 2025 General Session.

December 19, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: wyoleg.gov · researched August 19, 2026

Voted against Senate File 34, which counts more school building space when the state pays districts for maintenance. The Senate first refused the House changes, then voted 20-7 to accept them, and the bill became law as 2025 chapter 145.

March 6, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted against House Bill 259, which spends about $207 million on school buildings, mostly a new Campbell County high school. The Senate passed the bill 23-8 and it became law as chapter 118 of the 2025 session laws.

March 4, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted against Senate File 4, which makes state park rangers and managers peace officers and lets them act outside a park. The Senate passed the bill 21-8 and it became law as chapter 54 of the 2025 session laws.

January 21, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted against Senate File 16, which requires the state to notify tribal governments about nearby industrial projects. The Senate passed the bill 17-13 and it became law as chapter 18 of the 2025 session laws.

January 17, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Sponsored Senate File 0083, creating a large-energy-project funding program requiring legislative approval.

January 2, 2025

Source: wyoleg.gov · researched August 19, 2026

Was the lead sponsor of a bill declaring that abortion is not "health care" under Wyoming's constitution and state laws (Senate File 0125). The Senate passed it 24-6 and the House 51-9, but the governor vetoed it on March 14, 2025.

January 2, 2025

Source: wyoleg.gov · researched August 19, 2026