HB0081

Repeals the requirement to display a license plate on the front of vehicles, allowing only rear plate display.

• Changes vehicle registration requirements from issuing two license plates to all vehicles down to one plate or validation sticker per vehicle, except motorcycles, multipurpose vehicles, trailers, and dealer-plated vehicles which continue to receive one plate. (W.S. 31-2-204(a), Sec. 1)
• Repeals the requirement that license plates be conspicuously displayed and securely fastened on both the front and rear of vehicles, eliminating the front plate display requirement. (W.S. 31-2-205(a)(i), Sec. 2)
• Updates provisions regarding loss, mutilation, or destruction of license plates to reference singular plate language rather than plural plates. (W.S. 31-2-212, Sec. 1)
• Updates validation sticker placement requirements to reference attachment to a single license plate rather than multiple plates. (W.S. 31-2-213(b), Sec. 1)
• Updates special license plate provisions for disabled veterans, former prisoners of war, Pearl Harbor survivors, National Guard members, and other military-related designations to reflect single plate issuance rather than plate sets. (W.S. 31-2-215(a), (c), W.S. 31-2-216(a), W.S. 31-2-217(a), (m), Sec. 1)
• Updates antique motor vehicle registration to clarify that only vehicles originally manufactured with one license plate are required to display only a rear plate. (W.S. 31-2-223(c), Sec. 1)
• Updates decal provisions for breast cancer awareness and women veterans to reference a single decal per vehicle rather than multiple decals. (W.S. 31-2-204(f), W.S. 31-2-217(m), Sec. 1)
• Updates organ, eye, and tissue donation license plate provisions and search and rescue license plate provisions to reference plate rather than plates in production reporting requirements. (W.S. 31-2-233(d), W.S. 31-2-234(f), W.S. 31-2-235(e), Sec. 1)

Effective: July 1, 2026

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