Bill
SF 24
Clarifies that multipurpose vehicles are eligible for various special license plates and sets Jan 1, 2026 as the effective date for these updated plate provisions.
Status: Introduced Jan 14, 2025; passed Senate (1/28/2025); received in House (1/29/2025); referred to House Transportation (H08) and placed on General File (2/25/2025); H COW did not consider for COW (3/01/2025). Renumbered as SF 384 (committee report 2/20/2025). Sponsors: Senator Barlow (primary); cosponsors Senators Anderson, Jones, Laursen, D and Representatives Clouston, Filer, Geringer, Lawley, Styvar.
Purpose
- Clarify statutory language to ensure specified special license plates are available for multipurpose vehicles and to clarify vehicle types eligible for prisoner-of-war (POW) license plates.
- Provide an effective date (amendment moved the effective date to January 1, 2026).
Key provisions
- Amends multiple Wyoming Statutes (including W.S. 31-2-216, 31-2-217, 31-2-218, 31-2-219, 31-2-220, 31-2-229, 31-2-230, 31-2-231 and related sections) to explicitly list multipurpose vehicles among the vehicle types eligible for various special plates.
- Example: W.S. 31-2-216 (former prisoners of war) would explicitly allow issuance of one set of special plates for a passenger car, truck, motorcycle, handicapped motorcycle, multipurpose vehicle, or motor home owned or leased by a former POW.
- Similar clarifications are applied to special plates for Pearl Harbor survivors, national guard members, armed forces veterans, Purple Heart recipients, firefighters, University of Wyoming plates, EMT plates, Gold Star family plates, tribal plates, and wildlife conservation plates.
- Effective date changed via committee amendment from July 1, 2025 to January 1, 2026.
Who is affected
- Vehicle owners eligible for special or commemorative plates under the amended statutes — veterans (including former POWs), Purple Heart recipients, Gold Star families, tribal members (Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho), firefighters, EMTs, University of Wyoming supporters, wildlife conservation plate applicants, and similar categories.
- County treasurers and the Department of Transportation for implementation and issuance of amended plate types.
Fiscal and administrative impact
- Fiscal note: No significant fiscal or personnel impact (LSO fiscal note 25LSO-0268).
Procedural/timeline notes
- Passed the Senate unanimously (29–0, with 2 excused) after committee amendment. Referred to House Transportation where the committee recommended do pass (9–0). As of the last recorded action, the bill was on the House General File and was not considered in House Committee of the Whole.
Technical note
- The provided document includes an apparent unrelated insertion (language addressing railroad crossing closures and penalties). That text appears inconsistent with the bill title and with the statutory changes described above and is likely an editorial or filing error; the core bill language and committee amendment focus on clarifying eligibility of multipurpose vehicles for special license plates.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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