Driving while license suspended-enhancement amendment.

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included a claim about administrative suspension for those under 21, which was not supported by the official source material.

Amending Penalties for Driving with a Suspended License

This law changes how penalties are given when someone drives after their license has been suspended, including considering previous convictions from other states.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the penalty for driving while your license is suspended to include previous convictions in any state.
• Requires a minimum jail time of seven days and a fine between $200 and $750 for repeat offenders.
• Does not allow probation or early release for those who violate this law again.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who drive while their licenses are suspended, cancelled, or revoked.
• Law enforcement and courts dealing with these cases.

Terms To Know

Subsequent violation

A second or later offense of driving without a valid license after the first one has been resolved.

Administrative suspension

When a government agency, like the Department of Transportation, takes away someone's driver’s license for breaking traffic laws.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only applies to people who drive after their licenses are suspended or revoked.
• It does not change how first-time offenders are punished.
• The exact impact on repeat offenders is unclear until the law is enforced.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 22LSO-0235
Bill No.:

HB0071

Effective:

7/1/2022 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

22LSO-0235

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0043

Chapter No.:

80

Prime Sponsor:

Crago

Catch Title:

Driving while license suspended-enhancement amendment.

Subject:

Allowing prior convictions for driving on a cancelled,
suspended
or revoked driver's license to be considered for criminal sentencing enhancement.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act allows prior convictions for driving while a person's license is cancelled,
suspended
or revoked, by this jurisdiction or by other jurisdictions, to be considered for criminal sentencing enhancements upon a subsequent conviction.
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

22LSO-0235

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0071

ENROLLED ACT NO. 43,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2022 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to driver's licenses; amending enhancement provision for subsequent violations of driving while license cancelled, suspended or revoked to include similar laws of other jurisdictions; 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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134(c) is amended to read:

31
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7
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134.

Driving while license cancelled, suspended or revoked.

(c)

A person convicted of a subsequent violation of subsection (a) of this section
or other substantially similar law of any other jurisdiction
for driving during the same period of cancellation, suspension or revocation giving rise to the previous conviction, or a person convicted of driving during a period of cancellation, suspension or revocation arising from a previous conviction under W.S. 31
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229 or 31
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233
or other substantially similar law of any other jurisdiction
, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned for not less than seven (7) days nor more than six (6) months and shall not be eligible for probation or suspension of sentence or release on any other basis until he has served at least seven (7) days in jail.

In addition, the person shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person under the age of twenty
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one (21) years convicted of being in control of a vehicle in this state with an alcohol concentration of between two one
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hundredths of one percent (0.02%) and the amount specified in W.S. 31
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233(b)(i) shall not be punished by imprisonment of at least seven (7) days in jail as
otherwise provided under this section, but shall have his license administratively suspended for thirty (30) days.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2022
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(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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