WyomingWyoming drivers would replace plates when lettering becomes unreadable
If enacted, Wyoming vehicle owners would replace both regular plates when their numbers or letters become permanently unreadable and pay the listed fee.
What it does
The proposed text says owners must replace both regular plates when numbers or letters are permanently too worn or damaged to read in daylight. Snow, mud, ice, and other temporary blockage do not count.
The proposed fees are $8 for ordinary replacement plates and $30 for plates in prestige, specialty, or preferred-number series.
Argument forDrivers might keep readable plates longer, while still replacing both plates when their numbers or letters can no longer be read.
Argument againstOwners might have to pay a replacement fee for two plates even when only one plate has become unreadable.
More detail
The proposed text says owners must get two replacement plates when a plate can no longer be read. The rule covers plates other than permanent, dealer, and antique plates. Permanent, dealer, and antique plates are excluded. Snow, mud, ice, and other temporary conditions do not make a plate unreadable under this rule. The replacement plates must keep the same identification number and replace both original plates. The proposed text would take effect July 1, 2026, if enacted.
The proposed text lists fees for replacement plates. The listed fees cover ordinary plates and plates in prestige, specialty, and preferred-number series. The fees apply when an original plate can no longer be read under the proposed rule. The proposed fees would take effect July 1, 2026, if enacted.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Died
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 4S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4Died
- Feb 20S No report prior to CoW Cutoff
- Feb 17S08 - Transportation:Do Pass Failed 2-3-0-0-0Minor
- Vote recorded S08 - Transportation:Do Pass Failed 2-3-0-0-0. Result: fail.Upper
- Feb 12S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation 30-1-0-0-0Minor
- Vote recorded S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation 30-1-0-0-0. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 11S Received for IntroductionMinor
- Feb 11Bill Number AssignedIntroduced
Transportation