---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle registration requirements."
description: "AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; creating a rebuttable presumption pertaining to ownership of vehicles registered under the laws of another jurisdiction that are operated by Wyoming residents; providing for notice and hearing as specified; providing a penalty; amending vehicle registration exemptions; requiring rulemaking; specifying applicability and deadlines; and providing for effective dates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wy"
legislature: "Wyoming Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 280"
citation: "Wyoming HB 280 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake", "Brown", "Eklund", "Emerich", "Meier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5028b34a-d2ff-43f0-b910-43449b8e1ca0"
source_url: "http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Digest/HB0280.pdf"
source_hash: "0f77fef8364b3b5d8686576c00dd580231dd51ca092f3fe65d0203a8fe765ff7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wy"]
---

# Wyoming HB 280 (2017) — Vehicle registration requirements.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; creating a rebuttable presumption pertaining to ownership of vehicles registered under the laws of another jurisdiction that are operated by Wyoming residents; providing for notice and hearing as specified; providing a penalty; amending vehicle registration exemptions; requiring rulemaking; specifying applicability and deadlines; and providing for effective dates.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Introduced/HB0280.pdf)
2. **HEA0095** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2017/Enroll/HB0280.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading:Passed 50-8-2-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- S08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- H08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concur:Passed 41-19-0-0-0 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Blake — primary (person)
- Brown — primary (person)
- Eklund — primary (person)
- Emerich — primary (person)
- Meier — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Bill Number Assigned
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** H08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 50-8-2-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Introduction
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** S08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Placed on General File
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** COW:Passed
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading:Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Received for Concurrence
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Concur:Passed 41-19-0-0-0
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Number HEA No. 0095
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Speaker Signed HEA No. 0095
- **2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** President Signed HEA No. 0095
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed HEA No. 0095 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned Chapter Number

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5028b34a-d2ff-43f0-b910-43449b8e1ca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wyoming legislature records).