WY HB 43
enactedAnti-money laundering.
Wyoming · 2026 · lower
Quick answers
Did WY HB 43 pass?
Yes. WY HB 43 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-08. Latest recorded action (2026-03-08): Governor Signed HEA No. 0030
What is WY HB 43 about?
This act creates the criminal offenses of money laundering and illegal investment as follows:The offense of money laundering includes transporting, possessing, directing, organizing, financing, planning, managing, supervising or engaging in transactions involving property that a person knows or reasonably should know is derived from criminal activity, including transactions conducted to promote criminal activity, conceal the source or ownership of criminal proceeds or avoid state or federal reporting requirements.The offense of illegal investment includes intentionally causing a financial or business institution to fail to file a required report or structuring transactions with one (1) or more institutions to evade state or federal currency transaction reporting requirements. This act specifies felony penalties for money laundering and illegal investment including imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both. This act provides that the offense of money laundering does not apply to federally insured financial institutions or their employees under certain circumstances.
Who sponsors WY HB 43?
Management Council is the primary sponsor of WY HB 43.
Description
This act creates the criminal offenses of money laundering and illegal investment as follows:The offense of money laundering includes transporting, possessing, directing, organizing, financing, planning, managing, supervising or engaging in transactions involving property that a person knows or reasonably should know is derived from criminal activity, including transactions conducted to promote criminal activity, conceal the source or ownership of criminal proceeds or avoid state or federal reporting requirements.The offense of illegal investment includes intentionally causing a financial or business institution to fail to file a required report or structuring transactions with one (1) or more institutions to evade state or federal currency transaction reporting requirements. This act specifies felony penalties for money laundering and illegal investment including imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both. This act provides that the offense of money laundering does not apply to federally insured financial institutions or their employees under certain circumstances.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-09
- Latest action
- 2026-03-08 — Governor Signed HEA No. 0030
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Management Councilprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-03-08
Assigned Chapter Number 89
became-law
2026-03-08
Governor Signed HEA No. 0030
executive-signature
2026-03-06
S President Signed HEA No. 0030
2026-03-06
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0030
2026-03-06
Assigned Number HEA No. 0030
2026-03-06
H Concur:Passed 58-0-4-0-0
2026-03-06
H Received for Concurrence
2026-03-05
S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-4-0-0-0
passage,reading-3
2026-03-04
S 2nd Reading:Passed
reading-2
2026-03-04
S COW:Passed
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-03
S Placed on General File
2026-03-03
S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-23
S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary
introduction,referral-committee
2026-02-23
S Received for Introduction
filing
2026-02-22
H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0
passage,reading-3
2026-02-20
H 2nd Reading:Passed
reading-2
2026-02-20
H COW:Passed
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-16
H Placed on General File
2026-02-16
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-09
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals 62-0-0-0-0
introduction,referral-committee
2026-01-14
H Received for Introduction
filing
2026-01-14
Bill Number Assigned
reading-1
Versions
- Amendment HB0043SW001 (Committee of the Whole) - Senator Crago (Adopted)Compare
- Amendment HB0043SS001 (Standing Committee) - Senate Judiciary Committee (Adopted)Compare
- Amendment HB0043HS001 (Standing Committee) - House Minerals, Business and Economic Development (Adopted)Compare
- Amendment HB0043H2001 (2nd reading) - Representative Lien (Adopted)Compare
- EnrolledCompare
- IntroducedCompare
- (document, no version)Compare
Documents
Votes
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals 62-0-0-0-0
2026-02-09 · pass · 62-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Allemand: yes
- Andrew: yes
- Angelos: yes
- Banks: yes
- Bear: yes
- Brady: yes
- Brown: yes
- G: yes
- Bratten: yes
- L: yes
- Byron: yes
- Campbell: yes
- E: yes
- K: yes
- Chestek: yes
- Clouston: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Davis: yes
- Filer: yes
- Erickson: yes
- Fornstrom: yes
- Haroldson: yes
- Geringer: yes
- Harshman: yes
- Guggenmos: yes
- Heiner: yes
- Hoeft: yes
- Jarvis: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Kelly: yes
- Knapp: yes
- Larsen: yes
- Larson: yes
- JT: yes
- Lawley: yes
- Locke: yes
- Lien: yes
- Lucas: yes
- McCann: yes
- Nicholas: yes
- Ottman: yes
- Pendergraft: yes
- Posey: yes
- Provenza: yes
- Rodriguez-Williams: yes
- Riggins: yes
- Schmid: yes
- Sherwood: yes
- Singh: yes
- Smith: yes
- Storer: yes
- Strock: yes
- Styvar: yes
- Thayer: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Washut: yes
- Wasserburger: yes
- Webb: yes
- Webber: yes
- Wharff: yes
- Williams: yes
- Winter: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Yin: yes
- Neiman: yes
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
2026-02-16 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (10)
- CAMPBELL: yes
- K: yes
- KNAPP: yes
- LARSON: yes
- RIGGINS: yes
- SCHMID: yes
- TARVER: yes
- WEBBER: yes
- HEINER: yes
- LAWLEY: excused
HB0043H2001: Amendment adopted 60-1-1-0-0
2026-02-20 · pass · 60-1
Member-level votes (65)
- Allemand: yes
- Andrew: yes
- Angelos: yes
- Banks: yes
- Bear: yes
- Brady: yes
- Bratten: yes
- Brown: yes
- G: yes
- L: yes
- Campbell: yes
- E: yes
- Byron: yes
- K: yes
- Chestek: yes
- Clouston: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Davis: yes
- Erickson: yes
- Filer: yes
- Fornstrom: yes
- Geringer: yes
- Guggenmos: yes
- Haroldson: yes
- Harshman: yes
- Heiner: yes
- Jarvis: yes
- Hoeft: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Larsen: yes
- Knapp: yes
- Larson: yes
- JT: yes
- Lawley: yes
- Locke: yes
- Lien: yes
- Lucas: yes
- McCann: yes
- Ottman: yes
- Pendergraft: yes
- Posey: yes
- Provenza: yes
- Rodriguez-Williams: yes
- Riggins: yes
- Schmid: yes
- Sherwood: yes
- Singh: yes
- Storer: yes
- Smith: yes
- Strock: yes
- Styvar: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Thayer: yes
- Washut: yes
- Webb: yes
- Wasserburger: yes
- Webber: yes
- Wharff: yes
- Williams: yes
- Winter: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Yin: yes
- Neiman: yes
- Nicholas: no
- Kelly: excused
H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0
2026-02-22 · pass · 61-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Allemand: yes
- Andrew: yes
- Angelos: yes
- Banks: yes
- Bear: yes
- Brady: yes
- Bratten: yes
- Brown: yes
- G: yes
- L: yes
- Byron: yes
- Campbell: yes
- K: yes
- E: yes
- Chestek: yes
- Clouston: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Davis: yes
- Erickson: yes
- Filer: yes
- Fornstrom: yes
- Guggenmos: yes
- Geringer: yes
- Haroldson: yes
- Harshman: yes
- Heiner: yes
- Hoeft: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jarvis: yes
- Larsen: yes
- Knapp: yes
- Larson: yes
- JT: yes
- Lawley: yes
- Lien: yes
- Locke: yes
- Lucas: yes
- McCann: yes
- Nicholas: yes
- Ottman: yes
- Pendergraft: yes
- Posey: yes
- Provenza: yes
- Riggins: yes
- Rodriguez-Williams: yes
- Schmid: yes
- Singh: yes
- Smith: yes
- Sherwood: yes
- Storer: yes
- Strock: yes
- Styvar: yes
- Washut: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Thayer: yes
- Webber: yes
- Wasserburger: yes
- Webb: yes
- Wharff: yes
- Williams: yes
- Yin: yes
- Winter: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Neiman: yes
- Kelly: excused
S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2026-03-03 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- CRAGO: yes
- CRUM: yes
- HICKS: yes
- KOLB: yes
- OLSEN: yes
S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-4-0-0-0
2026-03-05 · pass · 27-4
Member-level votes (31)
- Anderson: yes
- Barlow: yes
- Boner: yes
- Brennan: yes
- Case: yes
- Crago: yes
- Crum: yes
- Dockstader: yes
- Driskill: yes
- French: yes
- Gierau: yes
- Hicks: yes
- Hutchings: yes
- Jones: yes
- Kolb: yes
- Landen: yes
- Laursen: yes
- Love: yes
- Nethercott: yes
- Pappas: yes
- Olsen: yes
- Rothfuss: yes
- Schuler: yes
- Salazar: yes
- Scott: yes
- Steinmetz: yes
- Biteman: yes
- Cooper: no
- Ide: no
- McKeown: no
- Pearson: no
H Concur:Passed 58-0-4-0-0
2026-03-06 · pass · 58-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Allemand: yes
- Andrew: yes
- Angelos: yes
- Banks: yes
- Bear: yes
- Brady: yes
- Bratten: yes
- Brown: yes
- G: yes
- Byron: yes
- Campbell: yes
- E: yes
- K: yes
- Chestek: yes
- Clouston: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Davis: yes
- Erickson: yes
- Filer: yes
- Fornstrom: yes
- Geringer: yes
- Guggenmos: yes
- Haroldson: yes
- Harshman: yes
- Heiner: yes
- Hoeft: yes
- Jarvis: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Knapp: yes
- Larsen: yes
- L: yes
- Larson: yes
- JT: yes
- Lawley: yes
- Lien: yes
- Lucas: yes
- Locke: yes
- McCann: yes
- Nicholas: yes
- Ottman: yes
- Pendergraft: yes
- Posey: yes
- Provenza: yes
- Riggins: yes
- Rodriguez-Williams: yes
- Sherwood: yes
- Schmid: yes
- Smith: yes
- Storer: yes
- Strock: yes
- Styvar: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Thayer: yes
- Washut: yes
- Webb: yes
- Wasserburger: yes
- Webber: yes
- Wharff: yes
- Williams: yes
- Winter: yes
- Yin: yes
- Neiman: yes
- Kelly: excused
- Singh: excused
- Wylie: excused
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