Nethercott was elected to the Wyoming Senate in 2016 from Laramie County. During that time she has served as the Chairman of the following committees: Judiciary, Appropriations, Capital Finance & Investments and the Rules and Ethics Committee.
She has also served on the following committees: Mental Health and Vulnerable Adult Task Force; Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions; Blockchain, Finance and Digital Innovation, a liaison to the Wyoming Retirement System Board and the Management Audit committees.
Key Legislation
Tara is proud of her legislative work sponsoring and passing key legislation:
– SF77, Defending the Homeland, providing for protections to Wyoming’s critical infrastructure and military assets from foreign adversaries.
– SF45, Protecting vulnerable adults from financial exploitation, providing for enhanced civil remedies from bad actors that would exploit vulnerable adults.
– SF112, First Responder Peer Support Confidentiality, providing for protections to First Responders participating in peer support programs.
– SF167, Domestic Violence Hearings Remote Appearance, providing for the parties to appear before the court through electronic means to protect victims of domestic abuse.
– SF124, Defending Wyoming Business Trade & Commerce, providing for enhanced authority for the Attorney General to pursue commercial bad actors that would manipulate the market, with primary protections to meat and agricultural producers.
– SF117, Mental Health injury coverage for First Responders, providing for worker’s compensation protections for Wyoming’s first responders.
– SF111, Bachelor degree opportunities for Wyoming’s community colleges, providing for bachelor’s of applied science programs to be offered at Wyoming’s eight colleges ensuring a qualified workforce.
– SF85, Medicaid Fraud Control Act, providing for enhanced penalties and enforcement authority to the Attorney General to hold accountable bad actors that would defraud Medicaid.
– SF127, Felony fleeing police, providing for a new felony for those criminals that would recklessly endanger the lives of the public and police.
– SF125, Digital Assets with the UCC, providing for groundbreaking legislation incorporating the use of digital assets into the Uniform Commercial Code.
– SF60, Wyoming Women’s Suffrage Pathway, designating a section of Wyoming highway in honor of Wyoming’s pioneering history granting Women’s Right to Vote and hold elected office in 1869.
In 2024, Nethercott was awarded the Business Advocate of the Year by the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce. In 2021 Nethercott was awarded Legislator of the Year by Wyoming County Commissioner’s Association and in 2020 she received the Person of the Year Award by Cheyenne Chamber.
She is a graduate of the Council of State Governments Western Leadership Academy, Leadership Wyoming, and Leadership Cheyenne. Nethercott is also an alumnus of the National Security Forum Air War College.