HB 28 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

Commercial driver's licenses-revisions.

HB 28 revises Wyoming's commercial driver's license (CDL) rules to clarify disqualification standards and streamline processes. It adds texting while driving (using handheld devices) as a "serious traffic violation" for CDL holders, expands disqualification for under-21 drivers convicted of alcohol offenses, and specifies that expunged minor offense records (e.g., for underage drinking) still count toward CDL disqualification. The bill also allows the state to waive CDL knowledge/skills tests for applicants meeting federal DOT requirements. These changes directly affect commercial drivers under 21 and all CDL applicants seeking license issuance or renewal.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Signed Mar 4, 2025
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Introduced Enrolled · 5 edits · Mar 4, 2025
MODERATE
This bill updates Wyoming's commercial driver's license laws by adding new serious traffic violations, clarifying expunged record usage for disqualification, and adjusting alcohol concentration thresholds for drivers under 21. The changes aim to improve road safety by expanding disqualification grounds and ensuring expunged juvenile records can still be considered for commercial driving eligibility when required.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of serious traffic violations for commercial drivers and modifies how expunged records are treated in disqualification determinations.
REQUIREMENT

Added two new serious traffic violations: using electronic wireless communication devices to write, send, or read text-based communications while driving a commercial motor vehicle, and in-hand use of hand-held electronic wireless communication devices while driving.

ELIGIBILITY

Modified the alcohol concentration threshold for drivers under 21 from 0.02% to 0.08% for disqualification purposes, with a new provision allowing disqualification for those under 21 holding a valid commercial license or permit.

Added provision allowing expunged records of minor driver's license suspensions to be considered for disqualification from driving commercial motor vehicles under W.S. 31-7-305.

ENFORCEMENT

Added new procedures for handling suspected fraudulent commercial driver's licenses, including notification requirements and retesting protocols with potential license cancellation.

DEFINITION

Renumbered existing statutory subsections and reorganized the definitions section to incorporate new serious traffic violation categories.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House Jan 27, 2025

How they voted

256
Passed
Total votes 31
Feb 18, 2025
D Democratic2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican29
23 Yea 6 Nay
79% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Mar 4, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEA No. 0042
legislature
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-6-0-0-0
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-1-1-0-0
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
H08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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