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HB0007 • 2020

Commercial learner's permits.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; extending the expiration period for a commercial learner's permit; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Transportation
Last action
2020-03-05
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific information on what happens if someone needs more than one year or how many people will be affected.

Commercial Learner's Permit Extension

This law changes how long a commercial learner's permit can be valid for people learning to drive big trucks or buses.

What This Bill Does

  • Extends the time a person can have a commercial learner's permit from 180 days to 365 days.
  • Removes the option to renew the permit after the initial period ends.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who want to get a commercial driver's license.

Terms To Know

Commercial learner's permit
A special driving permit for people learning how to drive big trucks or buses.
Commercial driver's license
A license that allows someone to legally drive large vehicles like trucks and buses on the road.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law does not specify what happens if a person needs more than one year to get their commercial driver's license.
  • It is unclear how many people will be affected by this change in permit duration.

Bill History

  1. 2020-03-05 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number 6

  2. 2020-03-05 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA No. 0004

  3. 2020-03-02 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0004

  4. 2020-03-02 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0004

  5. 2020-03-02 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA No. 0004

  6. 2020-03-02 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0

  7. 2020-02-28 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2020-02-27 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  9. 2020-02-27 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2020-02-27 Senate

    S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  11. 2020-02-24 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation

  12. 2020-02-17 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2020-02-17 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-2-0-0

  14. 2020-02-14 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2020-02-13 House

    H COW:Passed

  16. 2020-02-12 House

    H Placed on General File

  17. 2020-02-12 House

    H08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  18. 2020-02-10 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation 59-0-1-0-0

  19. 2020-02-07 House

    H Received for Introduction

  20. 2019-12-10 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 20LSO-0043
Bill No.:

HB0007

Effective:

7/1/2020 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

20LSO-0043

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0004

Chapter No.:

6

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Commercial learner's permits.

Subject:

Extending the expiration period for a commercial learner's permit.

Summary/Major Elements:

The act extends the maximum expiration period for a commercial learner’s permit from one hundred eighty (180) days, plus the opportunity for a renewal, to three hundred sixty-five (365) days, without an opportunity for renewal. Previously, a temporary permit was issued for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days, with the opportunity for renewal of an additional one hundred eighty (180) days.

The act also corrects a typographical error (striking "examination" and inserting "examinations").
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
20LSO-0043

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0007

ENROLLED ACT NO. 4,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; extending the expiration period for a commercial learner's permit; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 31
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7
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110(e) is amended to read:

31
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7
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110.

Instruction and temporary driver's permits.

(e)

Any person who holds a valid Wyoming classified driver's license and who is at least eighteen (18) years of age may apply to the division for a commercial learner's permit. The division may, after the person has successfully passed all required
examination
examinations
, other than the driving skills examination and paid the required fee, issue to the person a commercial learner's permit, which entitles the person to drive a commercial motor vehicle on a highway only when accompanied by a person who has a commercial driver's license valid for the type of vehicle driven and who occupies a seat beside the person for the purpose of giving instruction in driving the commercial motor vehicle. The commercial learner's permit may not be issued for a period to exceed
one hundred eighty (180) days and only one (1) renewal may be granted for an additional period of one hundred eighty (180) days
three hundred sixty
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five (365) days
. Every person holding a commercial driver's license shall obtain a commercial learner's permit prior to upgrading their commercial driver's license to a higher class type, adding an endorsement or removing a restriction which requires a skills test.

Section 2
.

This act is effective July 1, 2020
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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