WyomingHB 42025 General SessionHouseWALLET

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; increasing annual registration fees for resident snowmobiles; increasing nonresident annual snowmobile user fees; creating a permanent registration for antique snowmobiles; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Sponsored By: null Travel

Signed by Governor

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Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

Antique snowmobile owners get lasting registration

Beginning July 1, 2025, resident owners can register qualifying antique snowmobiles for a one-time $25 fee. Snowmobiles must be at least 20 years old and used for organized antique activities, such as parades, exhibitions, or tours. Owners must apply and identify that use; registered antiques can also be used for general snowmobiling. Registration lasts until ownership transfers, with no annual renewal. The nonresident antique snowmobile fee remains $25 at registration.

Snowmobile selling agents keep $1

Beginning July 1, 2025, selling agents keep $1 for each covered resident registration or nonresident user fee they sell. No other commission is authorized. The Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources appoints and bonds agents and can designate employees to sell registrations. Agents issue registration certificates and numbered decals that owners must display on their snowmobiles. Rulemaking authority takes effect upon enactment, and the department must adopt implementing rules by July 1, 2025.

Higher Wyoming fees for snowmobile users

Beginning July 1, 2025, Wyoming residents pay $50 yearly for private-use snowmobile registration, up from $35. Resident commercial snowmobile registration costs $150 yearly, up from $105. Nonresidents pay $75 yearly to use each nonexempt snowmobile in Wyoming, up from $35. State-law exemptions still apply to the nonresident fee. Owners must register snowmobiles intended for Wyoming use within 30 days after acquiring them.

More trail funding with fuel reporting

Beginning July 1, 2025, Wyoming expands the registrations and user fees counted for snowmobile trail funding. Covered payments made during the current budget year count toward the calculation. The dedicated trail account receives $28.75 per eligible registration plus snowmobile-use gasoline gallons multiplied by the current state gasoline tax rate. Commercial snowmobile rental businesses must report their snowmobiles' gasoline use for this calculation. The Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources manages the account; no total funding increase is stated.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • null Travel

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 125 • No: 41

House vote • 2/18/2025

H Concur:Passed 38-22-2-0-0

Yes: 38 • No: 22

Senate vote • 2/18/2025

S 3rd Reading:Passed 19-12-0-0-0

Yes: 19 • No: 12

Senate vote • 2/13/2025

S06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

Yes: 5 • No: 0

House vote • 2/6/2025

H 3rd Reading:Passed 54-7-1-0-0

Yes: 54 • No: 7

House vote • 1/30/2025

H06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

Yes: 9 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Assigned Chapter Number 38

    2/24/2025
  2. Governor Signed HEA No. 0013

    2/24/2025Governor
  3. S President Signed HEA No. 0013

    2/20/2025Senate
  4. H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0013

    2/20/2025House
  5. Assigned Number HEA No. 0013

    2/18/2025
  6. H Concur:Passed 38-22-2-0-0

    2/18/2025House
  7. H Received for Concurrence

    2/18/2025House
  8. S 3rd Reading:Passed 19-12-0-0-0

    2/18/2025Senate
  9. S 2nd Reading:Passed

    2/14/2025Senate
  10. S COW:Passed

    2/13/2025Senate
  11. S Placed on General File

    2/13/2025Senate
  12. S06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

    2/13/2025Senate
  13. S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel

    2/11/2025Senate
  14. S Received for Introduction

    2/7/2025Senate
  15. H 3rd Reading:Passed 54-7-1-0-0

    2/6/2025House
  16. H 2nd Reading:Passed

    2/5/2025House
  17. H COW:Passed

    2/4/2025House
  18. H Placed on General File

    1/30/2025House
  19. H06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

    1/30/2025House
  20. H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel

    1/16/2025House
  21. H Received for Introduction

    1/2/2025House
  22. Bill Number Assigned

    12/2/2024

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