Drunk Driving DUI Law

We commend the Wyoming Legislature for strengthening the state’s drunken driving laws to keep more impaired drivers off the road. Our editorial board has directed a lot of criticism toward the Senate for killing DUI bills during the past two years that we thought were necessary. But this session the DUI bill that has made [...]

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The Wyoming House of Representatives has given preliminary approval to a bill to toughen drunken-driving laws in the state. The House approved Senate File 19 on Wednesday in the first of 3 required votes. The measure would expand from five to 10 years the period during which a previous conviction for driving under the influence [...]

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Lawmakers looking at overhauling Wyoming’s drunken driving law launched into a debate Thursday over how to penalize drivers for not submitting to a breath test. Law enforcement officials including Col. Sam Powell, head of the Wyoming Highway Patrol, told the House Judiciary Committee they support clarifying and toughening Wyoming’s DUI law. But some committee members [...]

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That is correct my friends. The Wyoming DUI bill requiring ignition interlock devices for DUI offenders has OFFICIALLY passed. The Wyoming Legislature has agreed on a bill that would require some convicted drunken drivers to install breathalyzers in their cars. The Senate and House both voted Thursday to approve a compromise version of the bill [...]

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The Wyoming House has given initial approval to a bill that would require some convicted drunken drivers to use in-car breathalyzers. The Senate has already approved Senate Fill 88, the only surviving DUI bill in the Legislature this session. The House passed the bill on first reading Thursday. The ignition interlock devices prevent cars from [...]

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The Wind River Indian Reservation has toughened its drunken-driving standards for tribal members. The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes share the reservation in central Wyoming. The new legal blood-alcohol limit on the reservation is 0.05 percent. That’s just half of the reservation’s old limit of 0.1 percent and lower than Wyoming’s standard of 0.08 [...]

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The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes have adopted new laws that are in some ways stricter than Wyoming state statutes on drunken driving. Traffic laws on the Wind River Indian Reservation have NOT been updated since 1963, and the new rules make way for a serious crackdown on drunken driving. The new legal limit [...]

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Wyoming DUI attorneys are knowledgeable about Wyoming DUI laws. However, there is one thing everyone who drives in Wyoming, and is accused of DUI, DWI, drunk driving, or any related drinking and driving offense needs to understand. Wyoming DUI law Wyoming DUI arrests give rise to both a criminal court case, and a Wyoming Department [...]

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