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SF0073 • 2026

Tolling authority-highways.

AN ACT relating to highways; granting tolling authority for highways as specified; creating a highway tolling program; defining duties of the department of transportation; requiring reporting; providing rulemaking authority; 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
Senator Driskill
Last action
2026-02-10
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2026

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass, so its specific impacts are uncertain.

Highway Tolling Authority

This act gives the Department of Transportation permission to create a highway tolling program and requires them to report on it.

What This Bill Does

  • Gives the Wyoming Department of Transportation (DOT) the power to start a highway tolling program.
  • Requires DOT to submit documentation for federal approval before implementing tolls.
  • Asks DOT to submit reports after receiving approvals from both the commission and federal authorities.
  • Allows DOT and the Wyoming Transportation Commission to make rules for how the tolling program will work.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Transportation
  • Highway users who might have to pay tolls

Terms To Know

Tolling authority
Permission given by the government for a department or agency to charge fees on highways.
Wyoming Transportation Commission
A group that oversees transportation projects in Wyoming, including highway tolls.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and was not signed into law.
  • It does not specify which highways would be tolled or how much the tolls would cost.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-10 Senate

    S Failed Introduction 18-12-1-0-0

  2. 2026-02-05 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  3. 2026-02-04 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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26LSO-0347
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0347
Introduced
2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0073

Tolling authority-highways.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Driskill, Case, Crum, Gierau, Landen and Schuler and Representative(s) Larson, JT

A BILL

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AN ACT relating to highways; granting tolling authority for highways as specified; creating a highway tolling program; defining duties of the department of transportation; requiring reporting; providing rulemaking authority; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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101 and 24
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102 are created to read:

CHAPTER 16
HIGHWAY TOLLING

ARTICLE 1
HIGHWAY TOLLING PROGRAM AND IMPLEMENTATION

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101.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this article:

(i)

"Commission" means the Wyoming transportation commission;

(ii)

"Department" means the department of transportation;

(iii)

"Highway" means a public road or street now or subsequently designated as part of the state highway system, including rights
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way, bridges, tunnels, signs and drainage infrastructure.

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102.

Highway tolling program; implementation; requirements; report; rulemaking.

(a)

The department shall have authority to create a highway tolling program.

(b)

The department may develop any documentation required by federal law to implement tolling on a highway including planning, financing, construction, operation, maintenance and improvements. Once the department develops the documentation required to toll a highway, the department shall submit the documentation to the commission and the federal highway administration for approval.

(c)

Upon receiving approval from both the commission and the federal highway administration, the department shall, not later than thirty (30) days after receiving the last approval, report to the joint transportation, highways and military affairs interim committee.

(d)

The commission and the department shall not implement tolling on any highway unless the relevant documentation has been approved pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and the legislature enacts legislation either granting general authority for the highway tolling program to implement tolls on highways or authorizing tolling for one (1) or more specific highways.

(e)

The commission and the department shall have the authority to promulgate rules as necessary to implement the highway tolling program.

Section 2
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This act is 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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