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STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-04981HB0234
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0234
Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act amendments.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Allemand, Angelos, Banks,
Bear, Brown, G, Campbell, K, Guggenmos,
Haroldson, Heiner, Hoeft, Johnson, Knapp,
Lien, Locke, Lucas, Pendergraft, Schmid,
Smith, S, Strock, Styvar, Tarver,
Wasserburger, Webber, Wharff, Williams and
Winter and Senator(s) Hutchings, Ide,
McKeown and Pearson
A BILL
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1 AN ACT relating to the protection of constitutional rights;
2 prohibiting the disclosure or use of information relating
3 to firearms and ammunition sales as specified; providing
4 requirements for disclosure; requiring investigations as
5 specified; authorizing civil actions as specified;
6 authorizing criminal penalties; providing and amending
7 definitions; and providing for an effective date.
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11. W.S. 9-14-405 is created to read:
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3 Any person who knowingly violates W.S. 9-14-403(a) is
4 guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not
5 more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than two
6 thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or both.
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8W.S. 9-14-402(a)(iv), (vi), by creating
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11 subsection (d), 9-14-404(a), (b) and by creating new
12 subsections (d) and (e) are amended to read:
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18 (iv) "Financial record" means a financial record
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20 transaction that the merchant servicer has processed or
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15 (a) No state governmental agency or local government,
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20 list, record or registry of privately owned firearms or any
21 list, record or registry of the owners of those firearms
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22 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-04988HB02341 (a) The attorney general investigate
2 alleged violations of this act and, upon finding a
3 violation, shall provide written notice to any person or
4 entity, public or private, believed to be in violation of
5 this act. Upon receipt of written notice from the attorney
6 general, the person or entity shall have thirty (30) days
7 to cease the usage of a firearms, firearm accessories or
8 code for any Wyoming merchant
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20 written notice by the attorney general's office, the
21 attorney general pursue an injunction against any
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17. This act is effective immediately upon
18 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
19 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
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