Verifying the veteran designation on a WY driver's license.

Plain English Breakdown

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Verifying Veteran Status on Wyoming Driver's Licenses

This law changes how veterans can get a veteran designation on their Wyoming driver’s license by requiring specific documentation from the U.S. armed forces.

What This Bill Does

• Requires applicants for a veteran designation to submit proof of honorable discharge from the U.S. armed forces.
• Allows the Department of Transportation to accept this new type of documentation.
• Prints either 'V' or 'Veteran' on the driver's license if the applicant is an honorably discharged veteran.

Who It Names or Affects

• People applying for a Wyoming driver’s license who are veterans and want the veteran designation.

Terms To Know

Documentation

Official papers or records that prove something, like discharge papers from the military.

Veteran Designation

A special mark on a driver's license showing someone is an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. armed forces.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only applies to new applications for veteran designation, not existing licenses.
• It does not change how veterans get other benefits or recognition from Wyoming.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 23LSO-0012
Bill No.:

HB0039

Effective:

7/1/2023

LSO No.:

23LSO-0012

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0006

Chapter No.:

11

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Verifying the veteran designation on a WY driver's license.

Subject:

Amending the documentation required for the veteran designation on a Wyoming driver's license and how the designation is made.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act specifies that if a Wyoming driver's license applicant wishes to have a veteran designation on their driver's license, they must submit documentation issued by the armed forces of the United States that the applicant is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States.

This act specifies that if a driver's license applicant submits the required documentation, the Department of Transportation shall print the letter "V" or the word "Veteran" on the face of the driver’s license to designate that the applicant is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States.
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

23LSO-0012

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0039

ENROLLED ACT NO. 6,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2023 General Session

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing the department of transportation to accept specified documentation to verify honorable discharge of a veteran for the veteran designation on a Wyoming driver's license; amending the veteran designation on a Wyoming driver's license; 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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111(b)(xii) and 31
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7
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141 are amended to read:

31
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7
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111.

Application for license or permit generally.

(b)

The application shall include:

(xii)

Certification by the Wyoming veterans' commission
Documentation issued by the armed forces of the United States
that the applicant is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States, if the applicant wishes to have a veteran designation pursuant to W.S. 31
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7
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141;

31
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7
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141.

Veteran designation.

Upon receiving the
certification
documentation
required by W.S. 31
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7
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111(b)(xii), the department shall identify on the Wyoming driver's license or identification card that the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States. The identification shall be in the form of a "V"
or "Veteran"
printed on the face of the driver's license or identification card.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
.

(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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