HB0111 • 2025

Hit and run-responsibility and penalties.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; increasing penalties for failing to stop where an accident involves serious bodily injury or death; adding a knowledge requirement for specified failing to stop offenses; providing clarifying amendments; providing definitions; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Crime

Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor: Representative Smith, S
Last action: 2025-03-03
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide a detailed summary of the bill's clarifying amendments, making it difficult to confirm specific details about clarifications.

Hit and Run - Responsibility and Penalties

The bill increases penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving serious injury or death and requires drivers to know specific rules about stopping at accident scenes.

What This Bill Does

Increases the penalty for failing to stop after causing serious bodily injury from a misdemeanor to a felony, with higher fines.
Requires drivers involved in hit-and-run accidents to be aware of laws regarding stopping and remaining at the scene.

Who It Names or Affects

Drivers who are involved in accidents resulting in serious injuries or death

Terms To Know

Serious bodily injury: An injury that causes significant physical harm, as defined by law.
Felony: A serious crime that can result in imprisonment for more than one year and/or large fines.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how to enforce the knowledge requirement.
It is unclear if this bill will be reconsidered in future sessions since it was marked as inactive.
The bill's effective date of July 1, 2025, has passed and may no longer apply.

Bill History

2025-03-03 Senate
S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
2025-02-28 Senate
S No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2025-02-19 Senate
S01 - Judiciary:Do Pass Failed 1-4-0-0-0
2025-02-13 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary
2025-02-12 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2025-02-12 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-2-0-0
2025-02-11 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2025-02-10 House
H COW:Passed
2025-02-07 House
H Placed on General File
2025-02-07 House
H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2025-02-03 House
H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary
2025-01-06 House
H Received for Introduction
2025-01-03 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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25LSO-0390
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0390
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0111

Hit and run-responsibility and penalties.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Smith, S and Senator(s) Steinmetz

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; increasing penalties for failing to stop where an accident involves serious bodily injury or death; adding a knowledge requirement for specified failing to stop offenses; providing clarifying amendments; providing definitions; specifying applicability;

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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5
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1101 is amended to read:

31
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5
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1101.

Duty to stop vehicle where accident involves death or personal injuries; penalties.

(a)

The driver of any vehicle
who is knowingly
involved in an accident
resulting
that results
in
bodily
injury
,

to
serious bodily injury
or
the
death of any person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident or as close thereto as possible
,

but
and
shall
then forthwith
immediately
return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of the accident until he has fulfilled the requirements of W.S. 31
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5
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1103. Every stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.

(b)

Any person failing to stop or to comply with subsection (a) of this section shall, upon conviction
:
, be imprisoned

(i)

Be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment for
not more than one (1) year, fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both
, if the accident resulted in bodily injury as defined in W.S. 6
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1
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104(a)(i);

(ii)

Be guilty of a felony and subject to imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, fined not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), or both, if the accident resulted in serious bodily injury as defined in W.S. 6
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1
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104(a)(x) or death
.

Section 2
.

This act shall apply to all motor vehicle accidents occurring on and after the effective date of this act.

Section 3
.

This act is effective July 1, 2025
.

(END)

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