Wyoming Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act
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Bill Summary - 24LSO-0536 Bill No.: SF0105 Effective: 7/1/2024 LSO No.: 24LSO-0536 Enrolled Act No.: SEA No. 0038 Chapter No.: 115 Prime Sponsor: Laursen, D Catch Title: Wyoming Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act. Has Report: No Subject: Firearms and financial privacy. Summary/Major Elements: This bill prohibits any entity or person, public or private, from keeping a record or registry of privately owned firearms, or the owners of those firearms, through the use of a financial firearms code for use during financial transactions. The bill further provides exceptions and prohibits merchant servicers from requiring a firearms code or other merchant category code of any merchant located in Wyoming that sells firearms and related accessories and ammunition. This bill provides for civil actions for violations and removes government immunity for governmental entities that violate the act. The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.
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R · H04
Why they voted this way
The lawmaker explains the bill prevents third-party payment processors from using specific merchant category codes to track firearm purchases, which protects Second Amendment rights by stopping anti-gun interests from monitoring or denying legal transactions.
R · S19
Why they voted this way
The lawmaker explains that federal officials previously asked credit card networks to track firearm sales, so this bill is needed to prohibit payment systems from surveilling or discouraging constitutionally protected gun purchases.
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The amendment removes certain sections of the bill, modifies definitions related to financial transactions involving firearms and ammunition, and adds new terms like 'merchant servicer' and 'merchant category code'.