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WY HB 181

introduced

Biometric data and license plate readers-regulation.

Wyoming · 2026 · lower

Description

AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; prohibiting governmental entities from using biometric data to identify a person or verify a person's identity; prohibiting governmental entities from using geolocation data to identify the location of a person or motor vehicle; prohibiting governmental entities from using automatic license plate reader systems to identify motor vehicles or collect fees on highways; prohibiting governmental entities from contracting with third party vendors to use biometric data, geolocation data and automatic license plate reader systems; requiring governmental entities to adopt policies as specified; providing exceptions; providing a civil cause of action; amending the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-14 — H Did not Consider for Introduction
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Singhprimary
  • Rothfusscosponsor
  • Pearsoncosponsor
  • Idecosponsor
  • Provenzacosponsor
  • Andrewcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-14

    H Did not Consider for Introduction

    deferral

  2. 2026-02-12

    H Received for Introduction

    filing

  3. 2026-02-11

    Bill Number Assigned

    reading-1

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2026/HB0181

Attribution

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