AN ACT relating to the state treasurer; authorizing the state treasurer to obtain financial and criminal background checks as specified; and providing for an effective date.
Labor
Enacted
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
Sponsor
Cap Fin & Inv
Last action
2020-03-05
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/5/2020
Plain English Breakdown
The official source material does not provide details about how background checks are conducted or what actions will be taken based on their results.
Background Checks for State Treasurer's Office
The act allows the state treasurer to conduct financial and criminal background checks on employees, interns, and job applicants who have access to sensitive information.
What This Bill Does
Gives the state treasurer permission to do financial and criminal background checks on people working for or applying to work in their office.
Requires certain staff members of the State Treasurer's Office to give fingerprints for criminal background checks if they handle confidential financial, accounting, or investment information.
Who It Names or Affects
The state treasurer and their office
Employees, interns, and job applicants in the State Treasurer's Office who have access to sensitive financial or investment information
Terms To Know
Criminal history record information
Information about a person’s criminal background that is kept by law enforcement agencies.
Confidential financial, accounting or investment information
Sensitive data related to money management and investments that must be protected from unauthorized access.
Limits and Unknowns
The act does not specify how the background checks will be conducted.
It is unclear what specific actions will be taken based on the results of these background checks.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: The amendment removes the first line of text from page 1 of HB0160, which is related to authorizing background checks for the state treasurer.
Removes the initial wording on page 1 that grants authority to the state treasurer to obtain financial and criminal background checks.
The exact content removed is not provided in the amendment text, making it unclear what specific language was deleted.
Bill History
2020-03-05LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 8
2020-03-05Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0006
2020-03-02Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0006
2020-03-02House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0006
2020-03-02LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0006
2020-03-02Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0
2020-02-28Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2020-02-27Senate
S COW:Passed
2020-02-26Senate
S Placed on General File
2020-02-26Senate
S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0
2020-02-24Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations
2020-02-19Senate
S Received for Introduction
2020-02-19House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 52-6-2-0-0
2020-02-18House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2020-02-17House
H COW:Passed
2020-02-14House
H Placed on General File
2020-02-14House
H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0
2020-02-12House
H Introduced and Referred to H02 - Appropriations 57-3-0-0-0
2020-02-11House
H Received for Introduction
2020-02-10LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Official Summary Text
Bill Summary - 20LSO-0211
Bill No.:
HB0160
Effective:
Immediately
LSO No.:
20LSO-0211
Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0006
Chapter No.:
8
Prime Sponsor:
Select Committee on Capital Financing & Investments
Catch Title:
Background checks-state treasurer's office.
Subject:
Background checks for the State Treasurer's Office.
Summary/Major Elements:
The act authorizes the State Treasurer to obtain the financial and criminal background history of its employees, interns, and applicants for employment.
The act requires the State Treasurer's Office employees who have access to confidential financial, accounting or investment information or records to submit to fingerprinting for purposes of criminal background checks.
The act authorizes the Division of Criminal Investigation to disseminate criminal history records to the State Treasurer's Office.
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
Read the full stored bill text
20LSO-0211
ORIGINAL House
Bill No
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HB0160
ENROLLED ACT NO. 6,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session
AN ACT relating to the state treasurer; authorizing the state treasurer to obtain financial and criminal background checks as specified; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 7
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106(a) by creating a new paragraph (xxxii), 7
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201(a) by creating a new paragraph (xxviii) and 9
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409 by creating a new subsection (g) are amended to read:
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Access to, and dissemination of, information.
(a)
Criminal history record information shall be disseminated by criminal justice agencies in this state, whether directly or through any intermediary, only to:
(xxxii)
The state treasurer.
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201.
State or national criminal history record information.
(a)
The following persons shall be required to submit to fingerprinting in order to obtain state and national criminal history record information:
(xxviii)
State treasurer's office employees, interns or applicants for employment who have access to confidential financial, accounting or investment information or records.
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409.
State treasurer; duties generally; demand accounts; state revenues paid to treasurer.
(g)
The state treasurer shall have the authority to obtain the financial and criminal background history of an employee, intern or applicant for employment of the state treasurer's office.
Section 2.
This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
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