Wyoming2010Inactive
HB0038
Wyoming House Bill 0038: Driving Under the Influence Amendments
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In one sentence
This bill proposes changes to Wyoming laws regarding driving under the influence, including updating definitions, creating new crimes for test refusal and aggravated DUI, and adjusting penalties for repeat offenders.
What it does
- Expands the definition of controlled substances to include any drug or psychoactive substance, or combination of these, capable of impairing a person's physical or mental faculties.
- Creates a specific crime for refusing to take or failing to cooperate with or complete a chemical test.
- Establishes a new crime called aggravated driving under the influence.
- Amends the time for acceptable results from tests of blood alcohol concentration, specifically changing the measurement window to within two hours after driving.
- Amends penalties for subsequent convictions, including increasing the maximum imprisonment for a fourth or subsequent offense to five years and the maximum fine to $10,000.
- Repeals a provision relating to the reduction or dismissal of charges and repeals evidentiary presumptions relating to blood alcohol concentration.
Who it affects
- Drivers in Wyoming who are charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances.
- Individuals who refuse to submit to or complete chemical tests for alcohol or drug use.
- Courts and law enforcement agencies that handle DUI cases and administer penalties.
Limits and unknowns
- The bill is marked as inactive, meaning it did not pass into law during the 2010 session.
- The provided text is a working draft and may contain changes that were not finalized in the official legislative record.
- The full text of the penalties for the new aggravated DUI crime and chemical test refusal crime is truncated in the source material.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Controlled substance
- Any drug or psychoactive substance, or any combination of these substances, capable of impairing a person's physical or mental faculties.
- Chemical test
- A test which analyzes an individual's breath, blood, urine, saliva or other bodily fluids or tissues for evidence of drug or alcohol use.
- Chemical test refusal
- A refusal to take or failure to cooperate with or complete a chemical test.
- Aggravated driving under the influence
- A specific crime created by this bill, distinct from standard DUI charges.
Official record
Sources
Public statements
Why lawmakers voted
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Wyoming roll calls
Recorded votes
2 roll calls
H Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 4-3(c) 7-1-1-0-02010-03-05 · House7 yes 1 no
- Yes
- 7
- No
- 1
- Absent
- 0
- Excused
- 1
- Conflict
- 0
H Introduced and Referred to H01;No Report Prior to COW Cutoff; Intro Vote 55-3-2-0-02010-02-09 · House55 yes 3 no
- Yes
- 55
- No
- 3
- Absent
- 0
- Excused
- 2
- Conflict
- 0
Yes 55
Allen M JaggiH18Amy L EdmondsH12Bernadine CraftH17Bill ThompsonH60Bryan K PedersenH07Catherine R ConnollyH13Colin SimpsonH24David R MillerH55Debbie HammonsH27Del McOmieH54Dn.Edward BuchananH04Elaine HarveyH26George BagbyH15Glenn W MonizH46Gregory R BlikreH53Jack D Landon Jr.H30James A RoscoeH22James W ByrdH44John D Bonner Jr.H25John W PattonH29Joseph M BarbutoH48Kathleen DavisonH20Keith M GingeryH23Ken A EsquibelH41Kermit C BrownH14Lisa A SheppersonH58Lori A MillinH08Lorraine K QuarbergH28Mark SemlekH01Mary A ThroneH11Mary W HalesH36Matt TeetersH05Michael A GilmoreH59Michael K MaddenH40Owen PetersenH19Pat ChildersH50Pete JorgensenH16Peter S IllowayH42Richard L CannadyH06Robert M McKimH21Rodney "Pete" AndersonH10Rosie M BergerH51Roy CoheeH35Seth A CarsonH45Stanley L BlakeH39Steve HarshmanR · H37Sue E WallisH52Terry L KimbleH49Thomas A LockhartH57Timothy M StubsonH56Tom Lubnau IIH31William "Jeb" StewardH47W. Patrick P GogglesH33Zwonitzer
Excused 2
Official activity
Bill history
- H Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 4-3(c)House
- H Introduced and Referred to H01;No Report Prior to COW Cutoff; Intro VoteHouse
- H Received for IntroductionHouse
- Bill Number AssignedLSO