Wyoming transportation laws
What Wyoming has enacted on transportation, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Wyoming is one of 41 states that enacted a transportation law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
- Bills in scope
- 5bills in scope
- Past committee
- 3past committee
- Most recent action
- 6 March 2026most recent action
Transportation laws enacted in Wyoming
3 transportation laws enacted in the Wyoming Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.
What it requires: Operators of commercial vehicles must demonstrate proficiency in the English language in accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 391.11(b)(2). No operator of a commercial vehicle shall operate a commercial vehicle within Wyoming if unable to demonstrate such proficiency.
Motor carriers and commercial drivers
What it requires: The department of transportation may waive knowledge or skills tests for commercial driver license applicants meeting departmental requirements aligned with federal standards. Expunged records of minor driver license suspensions for controlled substance or alcohol violations may be considered for commercial motor vehicle disqualification purposes.
Motor carriers and commercial drivers
What it requires: The director of transportation or authorized representative may issue annual permits valid for up to one year for persons hauling forest products, baled hay, portable building units, building materials, or combine headers. Loads of forest products may not exceed 112 inches in width; other specified loads may not exceed 168 inches in width and 15 feet in height. No single component may exceed 102 inches in width.
Truck size, weight and road use
Transportation in Wyoming, by topic
Motor carriers and commercial drivers
2 bills, 2 enacted. Enacted in 34 states.
Truck size, weight and road use
2 bills, 1 enacted. Enacted in 17 states.
Freight rail
1 bill. Enacted in 17 states.
Transportation bills in Wyoming
The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.
3Enacted
2Introduced or inactive
5 bills in scope
Introduced or inactive
2
What it would do: Requires Wyoming railroads to limit trains to 8,500 feet and not exceed passing track length, install wayside detection systems every 10 miles on main lines, conduct visual track inspections twice weekly, and prohibits blocking highway crossings over 10 minutes, with civil penalties up to $250,000.
What it would do: Requires commercial motor vehicles transporting dirt, gravel, sand or rock in open beds to securely cover loads with material preventing escape on Wyoming highways, effective July 1, 2025.
Bill titles link to the Wyoming Legislature's own page.
What counts as transportation legislation
In scope: Motor carriers and commercial drivers; truck size, weight and road use; truck and fleet emissions; hazardous materials transport; freight rail; ports, maritime and freight corridors; warehouses and delivery; and autonomous trucks and delivery devices.
Questions
Does Wyoming have a transportation law?
Yes. Wyoming enacted 3 transportation laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them HB 32, HB 28 and HB 132. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.
What does Wyoming legislate on most in transportation?
Motor carriers and commercial drivers (2 bills), Truck size, weight and road use (2 bills) and Freight rail (1 bill).
Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?
No. Which bills count as Transportation bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
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Transportation legislation in other jurisdictions
52 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- Congress101
- New Jersey72
- Texas61
- New York49
- Missouri39
- Iowa34
- Oklahoma33
- California30
- Massachusetts30
- Louisiana25
- Illinois24
- Pennsylvania24
- Kentucky21
- Utah21
- Hawaii20
- Mississippi20
- Montana20
- Nebraska19
- Virginia18
- Maryland17
- Washington17
- New Mexico16
- Arizona15
- Tennessee15
- Connecticut14
- West Virginia14
- Minnesota13
- Oregon11
- Florida10
- Michigan10
- Rhode Island10
- South Dakota9
- Arkansas8
- Colorado7
- Georgia7
- Kansas7
- Maine7
- North Carolina7
- Wisconsin7
- South Carolina6
- Alaska5
- District of Columbia5
- Delaware5
- Indiana4
- New Hampshire4
- Nevada4
- Vermont4
- Alabama3
- North Dakota3
- Idaho2
- Puerto Rico2
- Ohio1
Know when Wyoming's transportation law changes
An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.