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HB0225 • 2025
Parking during legislative meetings.
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing persons attending legislative meetings in the community or at the Wyoming state capitol to park on the street for unlimited periods of time; and providing for an effective date.
Did Not Pass
The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.
- Sponsor
- Representative Brown, L
- Last action
- 2025-02-10
- Official status
- inactive
- Effective date
- 3/1/2025
Plain English Breakdown
The bill did not pass, so it has no effective date as stated in the candidate explanation.
Parking During Legislative Meetings
The bill allows people attending legislative meetings in Wyoming to park on the street for as long as they need without time limits.
What This Bill Does
- Creates a new law that says parking rules cannot limit how long someone can park on the street when they are going to or coming from a legislative meeting at the state capitol or nearby areas.
- Applies this rule only during times when the legislature or its committees are having meetings for official purposes.
Who It Names or Affects
- People who attend legislative meetings in Wyoming
- Local governments that make parking rules
Terms To Know
- Legislative Meetings
- Meetings of the state legislature or its committees to discuss and vote on laws.
- Capitol Complex
- The area around the Wyoming State Capitol building where government offices are located.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill did not pass, so it does not change any current parking rules.
- It only applies to people attending official legislative meetings and does not affect other types of events or gatherings.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
HB0225HS001
Standing Committee • House Transportation, Highways and Military Affair
Filed
Plain English: The amendment modifies HB0225 by specifying that people attending legislative meetings can park on streets for unlimited periods if a free parking lot or structure is within one-quarter mile of the meeting.
- Adds language to specify that parking time limits do not apply when there is a free public parking option near the meeting location.
- Changes 'one-half (1/2)' to 'one-quarter (1/4)' in reference to distances for parking provisions.
- The amendment's text does not provide details on how enforcement or compliance will be handled, which may need further clarification.
Bill History
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2025-02-10
House
H COW:H Did not consider for COW
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2025-01-30
House
H Placed on General File
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2025-01-30
House
H08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-3-0-0-0
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2025-01-24
House
H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation
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2025-01-17
House
H Received for Introduction
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2025-01-16
LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Current Bill Text
Read the full stored bill text
25LSO-0718
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0718
Numbered
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0225
Parking during legislative meetings.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Brown, L, Larson, JT, Pendergraft, Washut, Wasserburger and Wylie and Senator(s) Boner, Case, Driskill and Salazar
A BILL
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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; authorizing persons attending legislative meetings in the community or at the Wyoming state capitol to park on the street for unlimited periods of time; 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. 31
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513 is created to read:
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Street parking during legislative meetings.
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No ordinance or regulation enacted pursuant to W.S. 31
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109(a) or 31
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501 shall limit the duration of parking on any street as follows:
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Within the boundaries of the capitol complex as defined in W.S. 9
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101 during the period the state legislature or any of its committees are actively meeting at the capitol for official purposes; or
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Within one
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half (1/2) mile of the location of official meetings of the state legislature, including
any of its committees, during the period the legislature or committee is actively meeting.
Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
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