2026 HB 75 (HEA 19, Ch. 60) — Virtual currency kiosks (W.S. 40-32-101 to -103)

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ORIGINAL HOUSE                                                ENGROSSED
BILL NO. HB0075

       ENROLLED ACT NO. 19, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

       SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
                    2026 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to trade and commerce; providing for the
operation   of   virtual currency kiosks  as   specified;
providing definitions; providing penalties; specifying
applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for
effective dates.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

     Section 1.     W.S.   40-32-101      through     40-32-103      are
created to read:

                          CHAPTER 32
                    VIRTUAL CURRENCY KIOSKS

    40-32-101.     Definitions.

    (a)   As used in this chapter:

          (i)   "Commissioner"        means    the    state    banking
commissioner;

          (ii) "Financial institution" means as defined in
W.S. 13-1-101(a)(ix);

          (iii) "Virtual     currency"        means   as   defined   in
W.S. 34-29-101(a)(iv);

          (iv) "Virtual currency kiosk" means a publicly
accessible electronic terminal acting as a mechanical agent
of a person to enable members of the public to facilitate
the exchange of virtual currency for money, bank credit or
other virtual currency, including by:

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ORIGINAL HOUSE                                     ENGROSSED
BILL NO. HB0075

       ENROLLED ACT NO. 19, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

       SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
                    2026 BUDGET SESSION

               (A) Connecting   directly  to   a  separate
virtual currency exchange that performs the actual virtual
currency transmission; or

               (B) Drawing upon the virtual currency       in
the possession of the electronic terminal's operator.

     40-32-102. Virtual     currency    kiosks   authorized;
regulation; penalty.

     (a) No person shall own, operate or manage a virtual
currency kiosk in this state unless the person:

          (i) Has been issued a license under the Wyoming
Money Transmitters Act, W.S. 40-22-101 through 40-22-129;
or

          (ii) Is a financial institution and has been
granted a charter under title 13 of the Wyoming statutes.

     (b) Any person who knowingly violates subsection (a)
of this section is guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment for not less than three (3) years, a fine of
not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.

     (c) The commissioner shall adopt rules regulating the
operation of virtual currency kiosks by persons authorized
under this section.

    40-32-103.    Confidentiality of records; exception.

     (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this
section, all information or reports obtained by the
commissioner relating to the operation of a virtual
currency kiosk from a person who has been issued a license

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ORIGINAL HOUSE                                    ENGROSSED
BILL NO. HB0075

       ENROLLED ACT NO. 19, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

       SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
                    2026 BUDGET SESSION

under the Wyoming Money Transmitters Act, W.S. 40-22-101
through 40-22-129, a financial institution that has been
granted a charter under title 13 of the Wyoming statutes or
a person acting on behalf thereof, shall be confidential.

     (b) The    commissioner   may   disclose confidential
information to officials and examiners of other states,
federal regulatory authorities, appropriate prosecuting
attorneys or as required by court order.

     Section 2. Any person owning, operating or managing a
virtual currency kiosk in this state on the effective date
of this act shall comply with this act beginning on the
effective date of this act.

     Section 3. The banking commissioner shall promulgate
all rules necessary to implement this act.

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ORIGINAL HOUSE                                       ENGROSSED
BILL NO. HB0075

       ENROLLED ACT NO. 19, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

       SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
                    2026 BUDGET SESSION

     Section 4. This act is effective immediately upon
completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
Constitution.

                             (END)

Speaker of the House                  President of the Senate

                           Governor

                  TIME APPROVED: _________

                  DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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