HB0111 • 2024

Restricted class C and M driver's licenses-amendments.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; expanding the permitted driving radius under restricted licenses; amending the circumstances qualifying as extreme inconvenience for purposes of qualifying for restricted licenses; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor: Representative Slagle
Last action: 2024-02-16
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2024

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation incorrectly specified that the bill did not pass and was not considered for introduction, which is accurate according to the official status.

Changes to Restricted Driver's Licenses

This act changes rules about restricted class C and M driver's licenses for young drivers under 16 years old, expanding the driving area and changing what qualifies as 'extreme inconvenience'.

What This Bill Does

Expands the driving area from a fifty-mile radius to one hundred fifty miles around a person’s home for those with restricted licenses.
Changes what counts as 'extreme inconvenience' to qualify for these licenses. Now, it includes needing to drive to work in any business, not just their parent's.
Requires the Department of Transportation to make new rules about how to follow this act.

Who It Names or Affects

Young drivers between 14 and 16 years old who need restricted licenses.
Parents or guardians applying for these licenses on behalf of young drivers.

Terms To Know

Restricted license: A special driver's license given to people under 16 with certain limits on when and where they can drive.
Extreme inconvenience: A situation that makes it very hard for a young person to get to school or work without driving, which allows them to apply for a restricted driver's license.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and was not considered for introduction in the House.
It is unclear how many people will be affected by these changes since it didn't become law.

Bill History

2024-02-16 House
H Did not Consider for Introduction
2024-02-07 House
H Received for Introduction
2024-02-05 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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24LSO-0480
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0480
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0111

Restricted class C and M driver's licenses-amendments.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Slagle, Haroldson, Jennings, Neiman, Pendergraft, Styvar, Tarver, Ward and Winter and Senator(s) Ide and Laursen, D

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; expanding the permitted driving radius under restricted licenses; amending the circumstances qualifying as extreme inconvenience for purposes of qualifying for restricted licenses; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 31
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117(c)(intro), (i) and (iii) is amended to read:

31
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117.

Restricted licenses.

(c)

The division may issue a restricted class "C" or "M" license, or both such licenses, to a person who is between the ages of fourteen (14) and sixteen (16) years upon receipt of application, payment of the proper fees
,
and
an affidavit of extreme inconvenience signed by the parent or guardian having custody of the applicant
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and a finding by the highway patrol that extreme inconvenience actually exists.
The applicant shall successfully pass the examination required by W.S. 31
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114. The licensee may drive a vehicle only between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and
8:00
9:00
p.m., within a
fifty (50)
one hundred fifty (150)
mile radius of his domicile and only at the direction of his parent or guardian. If any person while licensed under this subsection, receives a citation for a moving violation, the division, upon receipt of the notice of conviction, shall suspend the license and any other license or permit evidencing that person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle. For purposes of this subsection
,
"extreme inconvenience" includes the following circumstances:

(i)

The person must drive to school
;
and the person's residence is more than five (5) miles from the school;

(iii)

The person must have the license to work in
his parent's
a
business; or

Section 2
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The department of transportation shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act.

Section 3
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(a)

Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2024
.

(b)

Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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