Wyoming 2025 Regular Session

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1		-	ORIGINAL SENATE
2		-	FILE NO. SF0023
3		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 4, SENATE
4		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
5		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
6		-	1
7		-	AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; expanding the types of
8		-	health care providers who have the authority to submit a
9		-	letter on behalf of a patient applying for a handicap
10		-	placard; making conforming amendments; and providing for an
11		-	effective date.
12		-	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
13		-	Section 1. W.S. 31-2-213(c), (d)(ii)(intro) and
14		-	(g)(ii)(B) is amended to read:
15		-	31-2-213. Department to supply registration
16		-	certificates, plates and stickers; removable windshield
17		-	placards.
18		-	(c) The department shall issue a special tamper
19		-	resistant removable windshield placard to an applicant
20		-	submitting a letter from his physician,
21		-	practice registered nurse, physician assistant, physical
22		-	therapist, occupational therapist, podiatrist or
23		-	optometrist stating the applicant has a disability that is
24		-	expected to last a minimum of twelve (12) months which
25		-	limits or impairs the ability to walk, or to any person
26		-	responsible for the regular transportation of eligible
27		-	persons with a disability that is expected to last a
28		-	minimum of twelve (12) months which limits or impairs the
29		-	ability to walk who submits such a letter on behalf of an
30		-	eligible person. The placard shall display the
31		-	international symbol of access. When a vehicle is parked in
32		-	an area reserved for the handicapped, the placard shall be
33		-	suspended from the rearview mirror inside the vehicle, so
34		-	as to be in plain view of any person looking through the
35		-	front windshield of the vehicle from the sidewalk or
36		-	roadside. For motor vehicles which do not have rearview
37		-	mirrors, the placard shall be displayed on the dashboard of ORIGINAL SENATE
38		-	FILE NO. SF0023
39		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 4, SENATE
40		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
41		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
42		-	2
43		-	the parked vehicle, on the side nearest the curb or
44		-	roadside. Upon request, one (1) additional placard shall be
45		-	issued to applicants who have not been issued special
46		-	license plates.
47		-	(d) As used in this section:
48		-	(ii) "Eligible person" means a person with
49		-	disabilities which limit or impair the ability to walk as
50		-	determined by a licensed physician
51		-	registered nurse,
52		-	occupational therapist, podiatrist or optometrist,
53		-	including:
54		-	(g) The department shall issue a temporary removable
55		-	windshield placard under the same procedures and subject to
56		-	the same conditions as provided in subsections (c) through
57		-	(e) of this section except:
58		-	(ii) The temporary placard shall:
59		-	(B) Expire on and bear an expiration date
60		-	which shall be visible from outside the vehicle when the
61		-	card is properly displayed under subsection (c) of this
62		-	section and be based on the information in the
63		-	letter required by subsection (c) of this section. ORIGINAL SENATE
64		-	FILE NO. SF0023
65		-	ENROLLED ACT NO. 4, SENATE
66		-	SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
67		-	2025 GENERAL SESSION
68		-	3Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2025.
69		-	(END)
70		-	Speaker of the HousePresident of the SenateGovernorTIME APPROVED: _________DATE APPROVED: _________
71		-	I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.
72		-	Chief Clerk
	1	+	2025
	2	+	STATE OF WYOMING
	3	+	25LSO-01331SF0023
	4	+	SENATE FILE NO. SF0023
	5	+	Handicap placards-health care providers' approval.
	6	+	Sponsored by: Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Interim
	7	+	Committee
	8	+	A BILL
	9	+	for
	10	+	1 AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; expanding the types of
	11	+	2 health care providers who have the authority to submit a
	12	+	3 letter on behalf of a patient applying for a handicap
	13	+	4 placard; making conforming amendments; and providing for an
	14	+	5 effective date.
	15	+	6
	16	+	7
	17	+	8
	18	+	9. W.S. 31-2-213(c), (d)(ii)(intro) and
	19	+	10 (g)(ii)(B) is amended to read:
	20	+	11
	21	+	12
	22	+	13
	23	+	14
	24	+	15 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01332SF00231 (c) The department shall issue a special tamper
	25	+	2 resistant removable windshield placard to an applicant
	26	+	3 submitting a letter from his physician,
	27	+	4 practice registered nurse, physician assistant, physical
	28	+	5
	29	+	6 stating the applicant has a disability that is
	30	+	7 expected to last a minimum of twelve (12) months which
	31	+	8 limits or impairs the ability to walk, or to any person
	32	+	9 responsible for the regular transportation of eligible
	33	+	10 persons with a disability that is expected to last a
	34	+	11 minimum of twelve (12) months which limits or impairs the
	35	+	12 ability to walk who submits such a letter on behalf of an
	36	+	13 eligible person. The placard shall display the
	37	+	14 international symbol of access. When a vehicle is parked in
	38	+	15 an area reserved for the handicapped, the placard shall be
	39	+	16 suspended from the rearview mirror inside the vehicle, so
	40	+	17 as to be in plain view of any person looking through the
	41	+	18 front windshield of the vehicle from the sidewalk or
	42	+	19 roadside. For motor vehicles which do not have rearview
	43	+	20 mirrors, the placard shall be displayed on the dashboard of
	44	+	21 the parked vehicle, on the side nearest the curb or
	45	+	22 roadside. Upon request, one (1) additional placard shall be 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01333SF0023
	46	+	1 issued to applicants who have not been issued special
	47	+	2 license plates.
	48	+	3
	49	+	4 (d) As used in this section:
	50	+	5
	51	+	6 (ii) "Eligible person" means a person with
	52	+	7 disabilities which limit or impair the ability to walk as
	53	+	8 determined by a licensed physician,
	54	+	9 registered nurse,
	55	+	10
	56	+	11 including:
	57	+	12
	58	+	13 (g) The department shall issue a temporary removable
	59	+	14 windshield placard under the same procedures and subject to
	60	+	15 the same conditions as provided in subsections (c) through
	61	+	16 (e) of this section except:
	62	+	17
	63	+	18 (ii) The temporary placard shall:
	64	+	19
	65	+	20 (B) Expire on and bear an expiration date
	66	+	21 which shall be visible from outside the vehicle when the
	67	+	22 card is properly displayed under subsection (c) of this 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01334SF0023
	68	+	1 section and be based on the information in the
	69	+	2 letter required by subsection (c) of this section.
	70	+	3
	71	+	4. This act is effective July 1, 2025.
	72	+	5
	73	+	6 (END)