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WyomingHB 282025 General SessionHouseWALLET
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; amending grounds for disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle for persons under twenty-one (21) years of age; authorizing expunged records to be considered for purposes of disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle as specified; adding violations that qualify as serious traffic violations; authorizing the department to waive examinations for a commercial driver's license applicant as specified; providing rulemaking authority; and providing for effective dates.
Sponsored By: null Transportation
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.
Commercial drivers face fraud retesting deadlines
Beginning July 1, 2025, credible information of suspected licensing fraud triggers a retesting process for commercial license or permit holders. After written notice, holders have 30 days to contact the Wyoming Department of Transportation and schedule required retesting. Failure to contact the department, take a required test, or pass a rescheduled test leads to license cancellation. It also bars commercial driving for one year.
More violations threaten commercial drivers’ licenses
Beginning July 1, 2025, Wyoming adds serious traffic violations that can bar drivers from commercial driving. These include improper or erratic lane changes and driving without the required commercial license, learner’s permit, class, or endorsements. Texting and handheld-device use prohibited by state or local law also count. Drivers cited only for not carrying their license or permit can avoid that violation by proving it was valid on the citation date, at or before a hearing. Substantially similar violations in other jurisdictions also count.
Young commercial drivers face stricter alcohol limits
Beginning July 1, 2025, drivers under 21 face at least one year of commercial-driving disqualification after a first qualifying alcohol violation. They must have held a valid commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit when the offense happened. The threshold is an alcohol concentration of 0.02% or more. It applies while driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle, not just a commercial vehicle.
Erased youth records still affect commercial driving
Beginning July 1, 2025, Wyoming can use expunged minor license-suspension records when deciding commercial-driving disqualification. Covered suspensions under the under-21 possession or consumption rules are expunged 12 months after conviction, excluding violations of W.S. 31-5-233. For ordinary inquiries, the suspension is treated as never having happened. The records are not public, but law enforcement retains access. Insurers cannot use these records to automatically raise premiums or cancel coverage for the minor or their parents.
Commercial license applicants can receive testing waivers
Effective upon enactment, Wyoming’s transportation department has authority to waive commercial-license knowledge tests, skills tests, or both. Applicants must meet requirements set in department rules. Those rules must include at least the requirements in U.S. Department of Transportation regulations. The law directs the department to adopt implementation rules, and waivers are not guaranteed to every applicant.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
null Transportation
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/25/2025
H Adopted HB0028JC001: 61-0-1-0-0
Yes: 61 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/25/2025
S Adopted HB0028JC001: 21-10-0-0-0
Yes: 21 • No: 10
Senate vote • 2/18/2025
S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-6-0-0-0
Yes: 25 • No: 6
House vote • 2/18/2025
H Concur:Failed 2-58-2-0-0
Yes: 2 • No: 58
Senate vote • 2/13/2025
S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
Yes: 4 • No: 1
House vote • 1/27/2025
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-1-1-0-0
Yes: 60 • No: 1
House vote • 1/21/2025
H08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0
Yes: 7 • No: 2
Actions Timeline
Assigned Chapter Number 91
3/3/2025Governor Signed HEA No. 0042
3/3/2025GovernorS President Signed HEA No. 0042
2/27/2025SenateH Speaker Signed HEA No. 0042
2/27/2025HouseAssigned Number HEA No. 0042
2/26/2025S Appointed JCC01 Members
2/19/2025SenateH Appointed JCC01 Members
2/18/2025HouseH Concur:Failed 2-58-2-0-0
2/18/2025HouseH Received for Concurrence
2/18/2025HouseS 3rd Reading:Passed 25-6-0-0-0
2/18/2025SenateS 2nd Reading:Passed
2/14/2025SenateS COW:Passed
2/13/2025SenateS Placed on General File
2/13/2025SenateS08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
2/13/2025SenateS Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation
2/10/2025SenateS Received for Introduction
1/27/2025SenateH 3rd Reading:Passed 60-1-1-0-0
1/27/2025HouseH 2nd Reading:Passed
1/24/2025HouseH COW:Passed
1/23/2025HouseH Placed on General File
1/21/2025HouseH08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0
1/21/2025HouseH Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation
1/15/2025HouseH Received for Introduction
1/2/2025HouseBill Number Assigned
12/10/2024
Bill Text
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