Drivers license veterans designation replacing DD form 214.

Plain English Breakdown

The summary does not specify whether veterans are required to have a veteran designation on their driver's license or ID card for this law to apply, but it is implied by the bill text.

Veterans Can Use Driver's Licenses as Proof of Status

This law allows veterans to use their Wyoming driver's licenses or identification cards with a veteran designation as proof of their status, instead of the military form DD 214.

What This Bill Does

• Creates a new section in state law that lets veterans show their Wyoming driver's license or ID card with a veteran designation to prove they are veterans.
• Local government entities must accept these documents from veterans as proof of status.
• The military department can ask for more information, including the DD 214 form, if needed.

Who It Names or Affects

• Veterans in Wyoming
• Local government entities that require proof of veteran status

Terms To Know

DD form 214

A military document used to prove a person's service history.

Veteran designation

An indicator on a driver’s license or ID card showing that the holder is a veteran.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only applies if veterans have a designated veteran status on their Wyoming driver's licenses or identification cards.
• Local government entities can ask for more documentation if needed.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 23LSO-0638
Bill No.:

HB0160

Effective:

7/1/2023

LSO No.:

23LSO-0638

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0017

Chapter No.:

39

Prime Sponsor:

Pendergraft

Catch Title:

Drivers license veterans designation replacing DD form 214.

Subject:

Authorizes veterans to use driver's licenses as proof of veteran status.

Summary/Major Elements:

Authorizes veterans to present their driver's licenses or identification cards to local government entities as proof of their veteran status instead of a military form DD 214 if their driver's licenses or identification cards have veteran designations.

Allows the military department or local government entities to ask for further documentation of veteran status, including a military form DD 214, if necessary.

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-0638

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0160

ENROLLED ACT NO. 17,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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

AN ACT relating to defense forces and affairs; authorizing veterans to present their driver's licenses or identification cards as proof of their veteran status as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 19
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113 is created to read:

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Veteran designation on driver's license.

(a)

Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, if a person has a veteran designation on their Wyoming driver's license or identification card pursuant to W.S. 31
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141, any local government entity as defined by W.S. 9
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3219(a)(vi) shall allow the person to present their Wyoming driver's license or identification card instead of a military form DD 214 as proof of their status as a veteran.

(b)

At the request of the military department or if information other than the person's status as a veteran is required, the military department or other local government entity may ask for further documentation including a military form DD 214.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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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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