US EditionNewly Signed Law Allows Wyoming Law Enforcement to Enforce Federal English Language Proficiency Regulations
House Bill 32 allows all Wyoming peace officers to enforce federal English proficiency rules, with 775 violations logged and 19 arrests since June 2025, officials said.
- Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed House Bill 32 on March 5, allowing all law enforcement to cite non-English proficient truck drivers under Title 49 CFR 391.11.
- The federal requirement says the federal English-language proficiency regulation was revived in June 2025 and had been enforceable only by the Wyoming Highway Patrol's commercial carrier section or federally certified troopers, officials say.
- Under current regulations, any commercial driver found not proficient will be put out of service, and repeat violations carry a $1,000 fine and up to 90 days in jail.
- WHP reports 775 violations and 19 arrests since the rule's return, enforcing repeat offenses under the reinstated rule.
- Officials frame the change as a move to use statewide law enforcement assets, saying the bill leverages all law enforcement to identify public safety risks and that any peace officer can enforce federal regulations for commercial drivers.
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Gov. Signs Bill Allowing Enforcement of English Language Proficiency Regulations
CHEYENNE — Gov. Mark Gordon signed House Bill 32 Thursday afternoon, which the Wyoming Highway Patrol says allows Wyoming law enforcement authority to enforce federal English language proficiency regulations. The current regulations put any driver found not proficient in English according to federal standards out of service and were originally only enforceable by the WHP
Gordon Signs Bill Letting All Wyoming Cops Pull Non-English Speaking Truckers From Roads
By the stroke of Gov. Mark Gordon's pen Thursday, now all Wyoming police officers and deputies, not just federally-certified state troopers, can pull non-English-proficient commercial truck drivers from the roads.
An inspection operation for truck drivers in Wyoming State detected more than 600 drivers who could not communicate in English, which has rekindled the debate on road safety and language requirements for commercial driving licenses (CDLs) in the United States.Read more
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