All Roll Calls
Yes: 165 • No: 54
WyomingHB 1162025 General SessionHouse
AN ACT relating to driver's licenses; specifying that driver's licenses and driving operating privilege cards issued by other jurisdictions to unauthorized aliens are invalid in Wyoming; providing definitions; providing a penalty; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and provide for effective dates.
Sponsored By: Pepper Ottman (Republican)
Became Law
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Bill Overview
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4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.
Penalties for driving with invalid license
It is a crime to drive on Wyoming highways when your license or nonresident privilege is cancelled, suspended, invalid, or revoked. A violation is a misdemeanor with up to a $750 fine, up to six months in jail, or both. This includes licenses treated as invalid under the new rule. These penalties apply starting July 1, 2025.
Wyoming voids licenses for unauthorized immigrants
Beginning July 1, 2025, Wyoming treats as invalid any driver’s license or nonresident driving card from another state that was issued to an unauthorized alien. The law defines an unauthorized alien as someone who is not a U.S. citizen and not lawfully admitted in the United States. Any card marked that no proof of lawful presence was shown is also invalid. You cannot legally drive in Wyoming with such a document.
Tighter rules for nonresident driving
Starting July 1, 2025, some nonresidents stay exempt from getting a Wyoming license only under tighter rules. Exempt groups include U.S. government employees driving U.S. government vehicles, nonresidents with a valid home‑state license, active‑duty service members and qualifying family, and full‑time students at the University of Wyoming, a Wyoming community college, or another licensed post‑secondary school. These exemptions apply only if the out‑of‑state license is not invalid under the new rule, or the person can show lawful presence. For federal employees, if federal rules require a state license, that license also cannot be invalid under the new rule.
DOT rules and start dates
The Wyoming Department of Transportation must write rules to carry out this law. That rulemaking, and the section with dates, take effect immediately when the bill becomes law under the state constitution. All other parts start July 1, 2025.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Pepper Ottman
Republican • House
Cosponsors
John Bear
Republican • House
Scott Heiner
Republican • House
Ken Pendergraft
Republican • House
Nina Webber
Republican • House
John Winter
Republican • House
John Kolb
Republican • Senate
Dan Laursen
Republican • Senate
Troy McKeown
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 2/24/2025
S 3rd Reading:Passed 22-8-1-0-0
Yes: 22 • No: 8
House vote • 2/24/2025
H Concur:Passed 52-6-4-0-0
Yes: 52 • No: 6
Senate vote • 2/18/2025
S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
Yes: 4 • No: 1
House vote • 1/23/2025
H 3rd Reading:Passed 45-15-2-0-0
Yes: 45 • No: 15
House vote • 1/21/2025
H COW:Passed 34-23-5-0-0
Yes: 34 • No: 23
House vote • 1/20/2025
H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0
Yes: 8 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Became Law without Signature
2/28/2025Assigned Chapter Number 83
2/28/2025Assigned Number HEA No. 0033
2/25/2025H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0033
2/25/2025HouseS President Signed HEA No. 0033
2/25/2025SenateS 3rd Reading:Passed 22-8-1-0-0
2/24/2025SenateH Received for Concurrence
2/24/2025HouseH Concur:Passed 52-6-4-0-0
2/24/2025HouseS 2nd Reading:Passed
2/21/2025SenateS COW:Passed
2/20/2025SenateS08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
2/18/2025SenateS Placed on General File
2/18/2025SenateS Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation
2/13/2025SenateH 3rd Reading:Passed 45-15-2-0-0
1/23/2025HouseS Received for Introduction
1/23/2025SenateH 2nd Reading:Passed
1/22/2025HouseH COW:Passed 34-23-5-0-0
1/21/2025HouseH07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0
1/20/2025HouseH Placed on General File
1/20/2025HouseH Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
1/14/2025HouseH Received for Introduction
1/6/2025HouseBill Number Assigned
1/3/2025
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