Driver's license and ID card photo quality.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information about potential costs or impacts on existing license photos, leaving these points as limits and unknowns.

Driver's License and ID Card Photo Quality

This law removes the requirement for driver's license and identification card photos to be in color.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the rule that requires driver’s license and ID card photos to be in color.
• Allows the Department of Transportation to make rules about how to follow this new law and other important laws like the REAL ID Act.
• Makes these changes effective starting July 1, 2023.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who need driver’s licenses or identification cards in Wyoming.
• The Department of Transportation which issues these documents.

Terms To Know

REAL ID Act

A federal law that sets standards for state-issued driver's licenses and IDs to ensure they are secure and reliable.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the change will affect existing color photos on current licenses or IDs.
• It is unclear if there will be any costs associated with implementing this change.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 23LSO-0177
Bill No.:

SF0020

Effective:

7/1/2023

LSO No.:

23LSO-0177

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0021

Chapter No.:

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Prime Sponsor:

Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Driver's license and ID card photo quality.

Subject:

Striking the requirement for the photograph on a Wyoming driver's license and identification card to be in color.

Summary/Major Elements:

Wyoming driver's licenses and identification cards must include a full facial digital photograph.

This act strikes the requirement that the photograph be in color.

This act requires the Department of Transportation to adopt any rules necessary to implement this act and the requirements of the REAL ID Act.

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-0177

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0020

ENROLLED ACT NO. 21,

SENATE

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

AN ACT relating to driver's licenses and identification cards; striking the requirement for the photograph on the driver's license and identification card to be in color; authorizing rulemaking; 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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115(a)(iii)(D) and 31
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102(a)(vi) are amended to read:

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115.

Issuance, description and contents.

(a)

Upon the satisfactory completion of any required examination, the division shall issue to every qualifying applicant a driver's license, and:

(iii)

The driver's license shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:

(D)

A full facial digital
color
photograph of the licensee;

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102.

Contents.

(a)

The identification card or digital identification card shall resemble a Wyoming driver's license or digital driver's license. It shall have:

(vi)

The registrant's full facial digital
color
photograph;

Section 2.

The department of transportation shall adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this act and the requirements of the REAL ID Act.

Section 3
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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 Senate.

Chief Clerk

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