Wyoming panel OKs bill removing $1,000 crash-reporting threshold, keeps rule for inoperable vehicles

The House Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee voted to advance House Bill 25, which removes a $1,000 vehicle-damage threshold from state crash-reporting law and instead requires motorists to notify law enforcement only when a crash causes bodily injury, death or leaves a vehicle disabled and unable to be safely driven from the scene.

The measure, an interim-committee bill, seeks to reduce paperwork and on-scene reporting for property-damage-only collisions that officers frequently encounter, supporters said. Chairman Brown told the committee the intent was to move quickly through the committee's agenda and allow public testimony on other bills; the committee later voted 9-0 to advance HB25.

The bill would delete the old dollar threshold and leave the reporting requirement in place when a vehicle is “disabled to prevent its normal and safe operation.” Tim Cameron, colonel and administrator of the Wyoming Highway…