Henderson, Bill

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Bill Henderson has served in House District 41 as a WY Representative for Laramie County from 2017 to the present.  Henderson has received a positive score for Representation and Integrity, and a negative score for Competence.  Therefore, Henderson has been ranked as Limited Trust.

He is up for reelection in 2024.

“As a combat U.S. Navy veteran with 26 years of service to our country, I’m a strong defender of our constitution — rights matter.”

 

From https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/elections/election_2022/bill-henderson/article_79bc88b2-4014-11ed-93d8-77ba6c104686.html

Overall Henderson earns a (+) for Representation.

Attendance

It appears that Henderson missed one vote in 2023 General Session: 3rd Reading of SF8 on 2/15/23.

Public Conduct

Henderson appears to behave appropriately in public and to the public.

Sponsorship History

In 2023 Henderson was the primary sponsor of 7 bills, and co-sponsored 14 bills.  Favored sponsorship topics appear to be education and military related.  For more see Henderson’s legislative webpage.

Committee Assignments

2023-House Appropriations
2023-State Employee Compensation Commission
2023-State Retirement Board Liaison
2023-NCSL – Communications, Financial Services & Interstate Commerce

Henderson scored a (–) for Constitutional Competence with an average of 52.2% on the constitutional issues listed below.  Constitutional issue categories that have a “N/A” grade, refer to specific bills that  did not have the opportunity to vote on.

For more on the bills used to analyze these scores click here.  Special hat-tip goes out to Evidence Based Wyoming for use of their statistical tool to generate the following vote scores:

Conflicts

Because we have not found any clear conflicts of interest for Henderson, he receives a (+) for Integrity.

Employment/Income

According to Henderson’s 2023 State Elected Officials Financial Disclosure available at Wyofile, he reports:

• Business Development Executive for FirsTier Bank
• Income from “Any security or interest earnings”
• Income form “Real estate, leases, royalties”
• Retirement from military and USN Railroad

Memberships/Civic Organizations

U.S. Navy veteran
Cheyenne Frontier Days volunteer

Campaign Contributions

The table below shows all campaign contributions reported by the WY Secretary of State for Bill Henderson.

From 2014 to 2022 Henderson has received approximately 202 contributions that total approximately $150,401.60.  Of the 202 donations, approximately 89 were from PACs &/or campaign committees.  The total amount received from PACS &/or campaign committees was approximately $41,950.

Noteworthy contributions are:

• $90,451 total from Bill Henderson (to Bill Henderson)
• $7,000 from Wyoming Hope (RINO donor)
• $450 from True family dynasty member
• $2,050 total from ESG Compliant Energy company PACs:
  • $500 total from DECPAC
  • $500 total from MDU Resources Group Good Government Fund
  • $750 total from NextEra Energy PAC
  • $300 total from Pacific Power/Rocky Mountain Power PAC
• $850 total from Pfizer PAC
• $1,500 total from WY Hospital Association PAC
• $600 total from Common Values PAC (Alexandria, Virginia)
• $1,900 total from Cowboy Games PAC
• $500 from Prosperity and Commerce PAC
• $1,000 total from Wyoming Bankers Association Bank PAC

Click the arrows at the top of columns to sort the data by name, date, $ amount, etc.  (Data is publicly available records obtained from the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Wyoming’s Campaign Finance Information System.)