2024 24LSO-0528
STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0149
Hit and run-responsibility and penalties.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Smith and Brown and Senator(s) Kolb
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; increasing penalties for
2 failing to stop where an accident involves serious bodily
3 injury or death; adding a knowledge requirement for
4 specified failing to stop offenses; providing clarifying
5 amendments; providing definitions; specifying
6 applicability; and providing for an effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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10 Section 1. W.S. 31-5-1101 is amended to read:
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12 31-5-1101. Duty to stop vehicle where accident
13 involves death or personal injuries; penalties.
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1 (a) The driver of any vehicle who is knowingly
2 involved in an accident resulting that results in injury to
3 or the death of any person shall immediately stop the his
4 vehicle at the scene of the accident or as close thereto as
5 possible, but and shall then forthwith return to and in
6 every event shall remain at the scene of the accident until
7 he has fulfilled the requirements of W.S. 31-5-1103. Every
8 stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is
9 necessary.
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11 (b) Any person failing to stop or to comply with
12 subsection (a) of this section shall, upon conviction:, be
13 imprisoned
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15 (i) Be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to
16 imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, fined not more
17 than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both, if the
18 accident resulted in bodily injury as defined in W.S.
19 6-1-104(a)(i);
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21 (ii) Be guilty of a felony and subject to
22 imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, fined not
23 more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), or both, if
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1 the accident resulted in serious bodily injury as defined
2 in W.S. 6-1-104(a)(x) or death.
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4 Section 2. This act shall apply to all motor vehicle
5 accidents occurring on and after the effective date of this
6 act.
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8 Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2024.
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10 (END)
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 31-5-1101