Doomed: Wyoming Lawmakers Shoot Down 'Doomsday Bill' Aimed at Possible Collapse

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (The Blaze/AP) -- Earlier this week, The Blaze told you about a unique bill aimed at helping Wyoming citizens in the event of economic or political collapse. Now, the state's lawmakers have shot down the so-called doomsday bill, a proposal that would have resulted in a task force and plan of action in case of a federal meltdown.

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Trib.com has more about the vote that just missed the mark for advancing the preparatory bill:

The Wyoming House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowly voted down legislation to launch a study into what the state should do in the event of a complete economic or political collapse in the United States.

House Bill 85, which has received national media attention in recent days, was rejected 30-27 in a final House vote.

According to State Rep. Dan Zwonitzer (R-Cheyenne) lawmakers did not spend any time debating the bill before they voted upon it.

"There was no discussion on it today," he said in an interview with The Huffington Post. "It went up and we voted."

The bill would have set up an exploratory team to create a strategy for securing energy, potentially replacing state currency in the event that the U.S. dollar collapsed and a military, complete with an aircraft carrier for the landlocked state. The military amendment was a tongue-in-cheek addition from an opponent who thought the rest of the measure was a waste of time.

Republican state Rep. Kermit Brown says the aircraft carrier plan injected "a little bit of humor into the bill."

The absurdist provision brought enough attention that the bill's sponsor, Republican state Rep. David Miller, thinks it killed the proposal.

Miller says the risk of catastrophic government failure is real given the present course in Washington D.C. and Europe, although he has said in the past that he doesn't anticipate anything happening on a massive scale in the near future.