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Committee advances state plan to centralize vehicle registration systems, 8–1, after county interoperability concerns

House Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee · February 25, 2026

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Summary

Senate File 107, which directs a multi-year move to a state-managed registration and plate issuance system, passed committee 8–1; county treasurers pressed for firm interoperability and fee-responsibility language, and the committee chair said he will pursue a committee-of-the-whole amendment.

Representative Cody Wiley presented Senate File 107 to move county registration and license-plate front-end functions into a state-managed system with the goal of streamlining services and reducing local burdens. "We're going to take registration and license plate issuance system, and we're going to transfer that from all of our local counties to the state of Wyoming," Wiley said, describing expected efficiencies and benefits for homebound residents.

Taylor Rossetti, deputy director at YDOT, placed the bill in the context of prior modernization work (House Bill 254/2021 and the driver's license system launched October 2025) and recommended a phased approach; Rossetti said a 2028 implementation target gives time to coordinate etitling and county system integration. "Pushing it any faster might really feel like we're trying to, speed into failure," Rossetti said.

County treasurers, led by Lindsay West and Mark Cowan, urged clearer statutory language requiring compatibility and data exchange so county financial and tax systems can reconcile with the new state system, and asked that transaction-fee responsibilities be defined rather than left ambiguous. Representative Banks announced she would vote no, saying county concerns had not been fully addressed.

The committee advanced SF107 by roll call (eight ayes, one no). Chairman Brown said he will work with treasurers and attorneys on committee-of-the-whole language to ensure data interoperability and clarity before the bill proceeds further.