Wyoming officials are contemplating talks with Tesla about a potential self-driving vehicle pilot program within the state’s government fleet.

They’re also talking about making laws around liability and function pertaining to autonomous vehicles.

David Pope, one of Gov. Mark Gordon’s liaisons to the Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation, delivered a presentation Monday about what he called the need for state laws around autonomous vehicles.

Legislators in 2021 formed a bill, Senate File 7, which sought to define autonomous vehicles, their maneuvers; licensing and insurance rules pertaining to them, and other accountability policies.

The House of Representatives killed that bill with a tie vote, 29-29, with two representatives marked excused, on Mar

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