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SF0026 • 2017

Game and fish licenses-confidentiality.

An ACT relating to game and fish; providing for the confidentiality of information submitted for the purchase of game and fish licenses; specifying permissible uses of the information; requiring a process to designate the information as public; specifying applicability of the public records act; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Travel
Last action
2017-03-06
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2017

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Amendments

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SF0026HW001

Committee of the Whole • Piiparinen

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by Piiparinen

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SF0026HS001

Standing Committee • HTravel

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by HTravel

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SF0026S2001

2nd reading • Rothfuss

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by Rothfuss

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Bill History

  1. 2017-03-06 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0046

  2. 2017-03-06 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  3. 2017-02-28 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0046

  4. 2017-02-27 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0046

  5. 2017-02-27 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0046

  6. 2017-02-27 Senate

    S Concur:Passed 27-3-0-0-0

  7. 2017-02-24 Senate

    S Received for Concurrence

  8. 2017-02-24 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-1-1-0-0

  9. 2017-02-23 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  10. 2017-02-22 House

    H COW:Passed

  11. 2017-02-15 House

    H Placed on General File

  12. 2017-02-15 House

    H06 - Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0

  13. 2017-02-03 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel

  14. 2017-01-19 House

    H Received for Introduction

  15. 2017-01-16 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0

  16. 2017-01-13 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  17. 2017-01-12 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  18. 2017-01-12 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  19. 2017-01-12 Senate

    S06 - Travel:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  20. 2017-01-11 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S06 - Travel

  21. 2017-01-09 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  22. 2016-12-12 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
SF0026
Effective
:
7/1/2017

LSO No.:
17LSO-0061

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0046

Chapter No.:
[Chapter Number_RO]

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Game and fish licenses-confidentiality.

Subject:
Personally identifiable information on game and fish licen
ses, permits and tags.

Summary/Major Elements:

For purposes of applying for any game and fish license, permit or tag, an applicant may be required to submit personally identifiable information. This act requires the Game and Fish Commission to establish a process by which the applicant may designate as public personally identifiable information.

This
act specifies personally identifiable information not designated as public, or not otherwise public by law, shall be solely for the use of the Game and Fish Department or appropriate law enforcement offices and is not a public record.

The act defines "personally identifiable information" to include an applicant's electronic mail address, date of birth, telephone number, driver's license number, social security number, passport number, sportsmen identification number or tax identification number or any part of any of the preceding information.
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
.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
Senate
ENGROSSED
File No
.
SF0026

ENROLLED ACT NO. 46,

SENATE

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2017 General Session

An ACT relating to game and fish; providing for the confidentiality of information submitted for the purchase of game and fish licenses; specifying permissible uses of the information; requiring a process to designate the information as public; specifying applicability of the public records act; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 23
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1
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706 is created to read:

23
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1
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706
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Game and fish licenses
; confidentiality.

The commission shall establish a process by which an applicant for any game and fish license, permit or tag authorized by this act may designate as
public
personally identifiable information required for the applicant to purchase the license, permit or tag.

Unless designated as public by the applicant or
as otherwise provided by law, p
ersonally identifiable i
nformation
submitted for any game and fish license, permit or tag
is solely for the use of the department or appropriate law enforcement offices and is not a public record for purposes of W.S. 16
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4
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201 through 16
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4
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205.
As used in this section, "personally identifiable information"
includes an applicant's
electronic mail address,
date of birth
,
telephone number,
driver's license number, social security number,
passport number, sportsperson identification
number or tax identification number or any part
of any of the preceding information
.

Section

2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
7
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
Senate
.

Chief Clerk

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