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STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-02121HB0030
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0030
Driver's licenses and IDs-revisions.
Sponsored by: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military
Affairs Interim Committee
A BILL
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1 AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; amending expiration and
2 renewal of licenses for persons under twenty-one (21) years
3 of age; amending identification card contents; clarifying
4 the timeline for contested case hearings regarding
5 licenses; amending requirements for replacement licenses;
6 adding a fee for replacement licenses; repealing obsolete
7 provisions; providing rulemaking authority; and providing
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12. W.S. 31-7-105(e), 31-7-113(a) by creating
13 a new paragraph (xiii), 31-7-115(b), 31-7-118 and
14 31-8-102(a)(vii) are amended to read:
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3 (e) The licensee has twenty (20) days from the date
4 the department denies the license or gives the notice of
5 intent to suspend, revoke or cancel the license or
6 disqualify the licensee from driving a commercial motor
7 vehicle within which to request a hearing or the
8 opportunity for a hearing is waived. If the request for a
9 hearing is timely and the request is for a contested case,
10 the department shall forward the request and certified
11 record to the hearing examiner who shall schedule a hearing
12 within forty-five (45) days after receipt of the certified
13 record at a time and place specified by the hearing
14 examiner. The hearing examiner shall provide the licensee
15 notice of the hearing at least ten (10) days in advance of
16 the hearing. If the hearing examiner fails to schedule the
17 hearing within forty-five (45) days of
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19 the request of the licensee, the licensee, as his sole
20 remedy, shall be given credit against any action upheld at
21 the hearing for the time between the expiration of the
22 forty-five (45) day period and the date the hearing was
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1 subpoena and compel the attendance of witnesses or the
2 production of relevant books, papers and other evidence
3 reasonably necessary to resolve the matters under
4 consideration in accordance with W.S. 16-3-101 through
5 16-3-115 and may require reexamination of the licensee. The
6 hearing examiner shall issue subpoenas upon his own motion
7 or upon the request of any party to the proceedings in
8 compliance with the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure. Upon
9 hearing, the hearing examiner shall either rescind or
10 uphold the action or upon a showing of good cause, may
11 continue or modify a suspension of the license.
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15 (a) The following fees are imposed, in addition to
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22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-02124HB00301 (b) Licenses issued to persons under twenty-one (21)
2 years of age shall bear distinctive markings indicating the
3 licensee is under twenty-one (21) years. After January 1,
4 shall expire
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11in accordance with W.S. 31-7-119(a).
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15 If a license issued under this act is lost,
16 destroyed or if the licensee desires to withdraw or insert
17 notice of anatomical organ donation or a medical alert
18 designation, the person may obtain the appropriate
19 replacement license upon payment of the proper fee and
20 surrender of the original license, if available.
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22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-02126HB00301 (a) The identification card or digital identification
2 card shall resemble a Wyoming driver's license or digital
3 driver's license. It shall have:
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5 (vii) The following: "State of
6 Wyoming"-"Identification Card No. ...."-"This card is
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11W.S. 31-7-113(a)(iv) and 31-7-119(e) are
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15 promulgate rules as necessary to implement this act.
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3 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
4 section, this act is effective July 1, 2025.
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6 (b) Sections 3 and 4 of this act are effective
7 immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a
8 bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of
9 the Wyoming Constitution.
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