SF0005 • 2020

DUI limited driving privileges.

AN ACT relating to regulation of traffic on highways; amending eligibility for limited driving privileges related to impaired driving convictions; amending rulemaking authorization; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor: Transportation
Last action: 2020-02-14
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and its provisions are not currently in effect.

DUI Limited Driving Privileges

The bill changes the rules for eligibility of limited driving privileges after a DUI conviction and updates rulemaking authority.

What This Bill Does

Changes the eligibility period from five years to ten years for those seeking limited driving privileges after a DUI offense.
Updates the rulemaking authority to allow the department to prescribe forms and regulations related to ignition interlock restricted licenses.

Who It Names or Affects

People who have been convicted of driving under the influence (DUI) and are seeking limited driving privileges.
The Wyoming Department of Transportation, which will manage eligibility and issue licenses based on these new rules.

Terms To Know

Limited Driving Privileges: Special permission to drive given by the state after a DUI conviction under certain conditions.
Ignition Interlock Restricted License: A type of license that requires a vehicle's ignition interlock device to be installed before driving is allowed.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and therefore its provisions are not currently in effect.
It does not specify the exact conditions under which limited driving privileges can be granted beyond the ten-year eligibility period.

Bill History

2020-02-14 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Failed 11-18-1-0-0
2020-02-13 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Laid Back
2020-02-12 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2020-02-11 Senate
S COW:Passed
2020-02-11 Senate
S Placed on General File
2020-02-11 Senate
S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2020-02-10 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation 27-2-1-0-0
2020-02-07 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2019-12-10 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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20LSO-0045
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0045
Numbered
2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0005

DUI limited driving privileges.

Sponsored by: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to regulation of traffic on highways; amending eligibility for limited driving privileges related to impaired driving convictions; amending rulemaking authorization; 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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105(f)(iii)(A) and (v)(B) and 31
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401(c) are amended to read:

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105.

Administrative hearings.

(f)

Upon receipt of a timely request, the department shall conduct a review of its records and issue an order granting or denying limited driving privileges. The discretion to continue or modify any order of suspension or denial to allow driving privileges is limited as follows:

(iii)

It may be extended to a person convicted under W.S. 31
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233 or other law prohibiting driving while under the influence, or a person whose driver's license has been suspended or denied for a violation of W.S. 31
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234, only if:

(A)

Within the
five (5) year
ten (10) year
period preceding the date of the most recent offense, the person has not been convicted under W.S. 31
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5
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233 or other law prohibiting driving while under the influence; and

(v)

It shall not be granted in cases of:

(B)

A conviction under W.S. 31
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5
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233 or other law prohibiting driving while under the influence if there has been another conviction under W.S. 31
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5
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233 or other law
prohibiting driving while under the influence within the
five (5)
ten (10)
year period preceding the date of the offense upon which the conviction at issue is based;

31
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401.

Ignition interlock licenses; definitions; administration and enforcement.

(c)

The department shall prescribe reasonable rules and regulations and prescribe forms related to the issuance
or removal
of ignition interlock restricted licenses as provided in this article
and W.S.

31
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5
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233(f)
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Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2020
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