# Lynn Hutchings

Lynn Hutchings is a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wyoming Senate, district 5
- Serving since: 2019-01-07
- Current term: WY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b91459e7-2049-4cf9-8b0b-f769ce373613

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b91459e7-2049-4cf9-8b0b-f769ce373613 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Hutchings sits at −0.17 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 98% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.17 (standard error 0.01), from 7 donors and 1,175 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 1.5% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WY 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (Wyoming Senate 98.0%). Party unity 90% (77%). 185 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 89.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 147: Service dogs-training and crimes. (became law, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF147/
- SF 113: Braider opportunity act. (became law, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF113/
- SF 78: Distribution of unsolicited absentee ballot request forms. (became law, 2025-02-24) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF78/
- SF 77: Compelled speech is not free speech. (became law, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF77/
- SF 94: An act regarding compelled speech and state employers. (passed one chamber, 2024-03-06) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2024/SF94/
- SF 97: Prohibition on distribution of unsolicited ballot forms. (passed one chamber, 2024-03-05) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2024/SF97/
- SF 100: Prompt payment of insurance claims. (became law, 2024-03-15) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2024/SF100/
- SF 151: Wyoming prescription drug transparency act. (became law, 2023-03-17) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2023/SF151/
- SF 130: Educational Freedom Act. (passed one chamber, 2023-02-24) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2023/SF130/
- SF 131: Prohibition on delivery of unsolicited ballot forms. (passed both chambers, 2023-03-17) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2023/SF131/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,348 (State Senate Republicans median $34.5K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/S/1997
- Campaign site: https://hutchingsforsenate.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057767511734
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiAJqwKAu1-YwOJlnPr086Q

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b91459e7-2049-4cf9-8b0b-f769ce373613