Compare versions

--- version:Introduced
+++ version:(document, no version)
@@ -1,82 +1,43 @@
-2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0331
+SF0034  Roadside safety-amendments.
 
- 1 SF0034
+Sponsored By: Senator(s) Barlow, Anderson, Cooper and Pappas and
+Representative(s) Brown, L, Geringer, Larsen, L,
+McCann and Wylie
 
-SENATE FILE NO. SF0034
+AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring traffic to yield to roadside
+service and tire repair vehicles as specified; authorizing roadside service and
+tire repair vehicles to display flashing lights; exempting roadside service and
+tire repair vehicles from horn and siren requirements; and providing for an
+effective date.
 
-Roadside safety-amendments.
+1/2/2026 Bill Number Assigned
+1/5/2026 S Received for Introduction
+2/10/2026 S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation 27-3-1-0-0
 
-Sponsored by: Senator(s) Barlow, Anderson, Cooper and
-Pappas and Representative(s) Brown, L,
-Geringer, Larsen, L, McCann and Wylie
+ROLL CALL
+Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, Barlow, Biteman, Boner, Brennan, Case, Cooper,
+Crago, Crum, Dockstader, Driskill, French, Gierau, Hicks, Hutchings, Jones,
+Landen, Laursen, Love, Nethercott, Olsen, Pearson, Rothfuss, Salazar, Schuler,
+Scott, Steinmetz
+Nays:  Senator(s) Ide, Kolb, Mckeown
+Excused:  Senator Pappas
+Ayes 27    Nays 3    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0
 
-A BILL
+2/12/2026 S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0
 
-for
+ROLL CALL
+Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, Barlow, Cooper, Pappas
+Nays:  Senator Kolb
+Ayes 4    Nays 1    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0
 
-1 AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring traffic to
-2 yield to roadside service and tire repair vehicles as
-3 specified; authorizing roadside service and tire repair
-4 vehicles to display flashing lights; exempting roadside
-5 service and tire repair vehicles from horn and siren
-6 requirements; and providing for an effective date.
-7
-8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
-9
-10 Section 1.  W.S. 31-5-224(b)(intro), 31-5-928(f)(iii)
-11 and (g) and 31-5-952(d) are amended to read:
-12
-13 31-5-224.  Operation of vehicles upon approach of
-14 authorized emergency vehicles and other parked or
-15 slow-moving vehicles.
-2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0331
+2/12/2026 S Placed on General File
+2/16/2026 S COW:Failed 8-22-1-0-0
 
- 2 SF0034
-
-1
-2 (b)  When an authorized municipal, public utility or
-3 highway construction or maintenance vehicle is stopped or
-4 is moving at less than twenty (20) miles per hour on or
-5 within three (3) feet of a roadway and is making use of any
-6 visual signals provided for in W.S. 31-5-928(d), (f)(ii)
-7 and (iii), (h) or 31-5-930, the driver of every other
-8 vehicle, as soon as it is safe:
-9
-10 31-5-928.  General lighting restrictions; authorized
-11 emergency vehicles.
-12
-13 (f)  The following vehicles are authorized to display
-14 flashing white and amber lights in addition to those
-15 otherwise authorized by law:
-16
-17 (iii)  Wreckers, roadside service and tire repair
-18 vehicles;
-19
-20 (g)  In addition to these lights otherwise authorized
-21 by law, a wrecker, roadside service or tire repair vehicle
-22 is authorized to display flashing red and blue lights at
-2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0331
-
- 3 SF0034
-
-1 the scene of any emergency or when performing roadside
-2 services.
-3
-4 31-5-952.  Horns and warning devices.
-5
-6 (d)  Every authorized emergency vehicle, except
-7 wreckers, roadside service and tire repair vehicles, shall
-8 be equipped with a siren, whistle or bell, capable of
-9 emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a
-10 distance of not less than five hundred (500) feet and of a
-11 type approved by the superintendent, but the siren shall
-12 not be used except when the vehicle is operated in response
-13 to an emergency call or in the immediate pursuit of an
-14 actual or suspected violator of the law, in which case the
-15 driver of the vehicle shall sound the siren when reasonably
-16 necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the
-17 approach thereof.
-18
-19 Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2026.
-20
-21 (END)
+ROLL CALL
+Ayes:  Senator(s) Barlow, Cooper, Crago, Crum, Dockstader, Hutchings, Pappas,
+Schuler
+Nays:  Senator(s) Anderson, Biteman, Boner, Case, Driskill, French, Gierau,
+Hicks, Ide, Jones, Kolb, Landen, Laursen, Love, Mckeown, Nethercott, Olsen,
+Pearson, Rothfuss, Salazar, Scott, Steinmetz
+Excused:  Senator Brennan
+Ayes 8    Nays 22    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0