HB0061 • 2020

Motor vehicle speed evidence.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicle speed regulation; providing for the authentication of evidence regarding a motor vehicle's speed through electronic means in criminal cases; providing requirements for speed detection devices; providing applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Representative Stith
Last action: 2020-02-25
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and is no longer being considered, so it does not have an effective date of March 1, 2020.

Motor Vehicle Speed Evidence

The bill allows for electronic authentication of a vehicle's speed in criminal cases and sets requirements for speed detection devices used by the Wyoming Highway Patrol.

What This Bill Does

Allows witnesses to testify using electronic means about evidence showing a car's speed at a certain time during criminal hearings or trials, if it doesn't harm the defendant's rights.
Requires the Wyoming Highway Patrol to use speed detection devices that automatically record speeds electronically when enforcing speed laws.

Who It Names or Affects

People involved in criminal cases where vehicle speed is a factor
The Wyoming Highway Patrol

Terms To Know

Electronic means: Using technology like video calls to communicate with the court.
Speed logs: Records that show how fast a vehicle was going at different times.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and is no longer being considered.
This act only applies to criminal matters initially brought on or after July 1, 2020.

Bill History

2020-02-14 House
H Did not Consider for Introduction Vote
2020-02-07 House
H Received for Introduction
2020-01-21 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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20LSO-0350
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0350
Introduced
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0061

Motor vehicle speed evidence.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Stith, Hallinan, Lindholm and Sommers and Senator(s) Boner and Kost

A BILL

for

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

Section 1
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W.S. 7
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409 and
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1215
are created to read:

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409.

Testimony by electronic means to authenticate speed logs.

A court in a criminal case in this state shall permit a witness to testify by electronic means at any hearing or, if substantial rights of the defendant are not prejudiced thereby, at a trial to authenticate electronic records that show a motor vehicle's speed at a given time. This section shall not apply to previously recorded testimony. The party proposing to have a witness testify by electronic means shall give five (5) days written notice of the request to the opposing party, unless the time is shortened by the court for good cause.

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Speed detection devices.

The Wyoming highway patrol shall ensure that motor vehicle speed detection devices used by the highway patrol to enforce speed laws automatically and electronically record detected speeds.

Section 2.

W.S. 7
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409, as created by this act, shall only apply to criminal matters initially brought on or after the effective date of this act.

Section 3.

This act is effective July 1, 2020
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