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Committee advances bill tightening commercial driver rules, adds youth DUI disqualification and military test waivers
Summary
The Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee voted 4–1 to recommend passage of House Bill 28, which updates Wyoming’s commercial driver license statutes to match federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rules, adds additional serious traffic violations and creates a disqualification for under‑21 CDL or CLP holders convicted with a BAC of 0.02 or greater.
The Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee voted 4–1 to recommend passage of House Bill 28, a measure that updates Wyoming’s commercial driver license (CDL) statutes to align with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rules and adds new disqualification criteria for some young drivers.
The bill modernizes definitions and testing rules and adds specific traffic violations to the list of "serious traffic violations." Committee members were told the bill also allows the state to waive both knowledge and skills CDL tests for certain military members under a federal program known in the hearing as the "Even Exchange" program.
Misty Zimmerman, program manager for Wyoming Driver Services, told the committee the draft comes from the agency’s modernization project and from federal regulation changes. She said the bill updates the definition of "serious traffic violation" to add…
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