WyomingWyoming exempts two tribal governments' vehicles from registration fees
The law exempts vehicles owned by two Wind River tribal governments from registration fees and requires special public ownership plates for those vehicles.
What it does
Vehicles owned by the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribal governments are exempt from state and county registration fees.
The state must issue special plates showing public ownership for vehicles owned by the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribal governments.
Argument forTribal governments may spend less to register their vehicles because they are exempt from state and county registration fees.
Argument againstState and county governments may collect less fee revenue because covered tribal vehicles no longer pay registration fees.
More detail
The law exempts vehicles owned by the two tribal governments from registration fees. It covers vehicles owned by the Eastern Shoshone or Northern Arapaho tribes of the Wind River Indian Reservation. The exemption took effect when all steps required for the act to become law were completed.
The state Department of Transportation must issue special plates showing public ownership for covered vehicles. This applies to vehicles owned by the Eastern Shoshone or Northern Arapaho tribes of the Wind River Indian Reservation. The department issues the plates upon application. The applying public entity must have authority to possess and operate the vehicle for its public purpose. This requirement took effect when all steps required for the act to become law were completed.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 6Assigned Chapter Number 38Latest
- Mar 6Governor Mark Gordon Signed HEA No. 0009Became Law
- Mar 2S President Signed HEA No. 0009
- Feb 28H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0009
- Feb 27Assigned Number HEA No. 0009
- Vote recorded S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 27S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-2-0-0-0Passed Senate
- Feb 26S 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Feb 25S COW:PassedMinor
- Feb 24S Placed on General File
- Vote recorded S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 24S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0Minor
- Feb 23S Introduced and Referred to S08 - TransportationMinor
- Feb 23S Received for IntroductionMinor
- Feb 22H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0Passed House
- Vote recorded H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 20H 2nd Reading:PassedMinor
- Feb 20H COW:PassedMinor
- Feb 13H Placed on General File
- Vote recorded H08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 13H08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0Minor
- Feb 10H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation 62-0-0-0-0Minor
- Vote recorded H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation 62-0-0-0-0. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 9H Received for IntroductionMinor
- 2025
- Dec 19Bill Number AssignedIntroduced
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