AN ACT relating to trade and commerce; providing for the operation of virtual currency kiosks as specified; providing definitions; providing penalties; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
Crime
Enacted
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
Sponsor
Representative Clouston
Last action
2026-03-06
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/6/2026
Plain English Breakdown
The bill summary does not provide detailed information on how existing operators must comply with new rules or what specific rules will be created for virtual currency kiosks.
Rules for Virtual Currency Kiosks
This law sets rules for virtual currency kiosks, requiring operators to have a license or be a financial institution with specific permission and imposing penalties for violations.
What This Bill Does
Requires anyone who owns, operates, or manages a virtual currency kiosk in Wyoming to either have a special license under the Wyoming Money Transmitters Act or be a financial institution with a charter under Title 13 of the Wyoming Statutes.
Makes it a felony offense to operate a virtual currency kiosk without proper authorization, punishable by at least three years in prison and/or a fine of $10,000.
Requires the State Banking Commissioner to create rules for how these kiosks should be run properly.
Who It Names or Affects
People who own or manage virtual currency kiosks in Wyoming
The State Banking Commissioner
Terms To Know
Virtual Currency Kiosk
A machine that allows people to exchange virtual money for real money, bank credit, or other types of virtual money.
License
Official permission given by the government to do something specific, like running a business.
Limits and Unknowns
The law does not specify how existing kiosk operators must comply with new rules.
It is unclear what specific rules will be created for virtual currency kiosks.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
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HB0075HW002 (CORRECTED COPY)
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2 amendment (HB0075HS001/A) to this line and
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HB0075HW002 (CORRECTED COPY)
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9 "(c) Each virtual currency kiosk operator shall implement
10 transaction limits for new users.
For the first three (3) calendar
11 days following a new user's initial transaction with the virtual
12 currency kiosk operator, the operator shall not permit the new
13 user to conduct transactions totaling more than two thousand
14 dollars ($2,000.00) per calendar day through a virtual currency
15 kiosk.
After the three (3) calendar day period has elapsed, the
16 limitation required by this subsection shall no longer apply.".
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HB0075HS001
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3 "(ii) "Existing user" means a person who has completed
4 not less than one (1) verified transaction at a virtual currency
5 kiosk or with an operator of a virtual currency kiosk;".
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3 "(ii) "Existing user" means a person who has completed
4 not less than one (1) verified transaction at a virtual currency
5 kiosk or with an operator of a virtual currency kiosk;".
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7 Page 2-line 8 Delete "(ii)" and insert "(iii)".
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11 "(iv) "New user" means a person who has not previously
12 completed a verified transaction at a virtual currency kiosk or
13 with an operator of a virtual currency kiosk;".
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15 Page 2-line 11 Delete "(iii)" and insert "(v)".
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HB0075HS001.01 [DIVIDED AMENDMENT]
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3 "(ii) "Existing user" means a person who has completed
4 not less than one (1) verified transaction at a virtual currency
5 kiosk or with an operator of a virtual currency kiosk;".
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HB0075HS001.01 [DIVIDED AMENDMENT]
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3 "(ii) "Existing user" means a person who has completed
4 not less than one (1) verified transaction at a virtual currency
5 kiosk or with an operator of a virtual currency kiosk;".
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7 Page 2-line 8 Delete "(ii)" and insert "(iii)".
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9 Page 2-after line 9 Insert and renumber as necessary:
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11 "(iv) "New user" means a person who has not previously
12 completed a verified transaction at a virtual currency kiosk or
13 with an operator of a virtual currency kiosk;".
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15 Page 2-line 11 Delete "(iii)" and insert "(v)".
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HB0075HS001.02 [DIVIDED AMENDMENT]
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3 "(c) All transactions conducted through a virtual currency
4 kiosk shall be subject to a mandatory waiting period before
5 completion of the transaction.
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HB0075HS001.02 [DIVIDED AMENDMENT]
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3 "(c) All transactions conducted through a virtual currency
4 kiosk shall be subject to a mandatory waiting period before
5 completion of the transaction.
A user may cancel any transaction
6 during a waiting period under this subsection without any penalties
7 being imposed on the user.
The waiting period under this subsection
8 shall be not less than forty-eight (48) hours for new users of the
9 virtual currency kiosk and shall be not less than twenty-four (24)
10 hours for existing users of the virtual currency kiosk.".
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12 Page 4-line 1 Delete "(c)" and insert "(d)".
Standing Committee • Senate Minerals, Business and Economic Development
Adopted
Plain English: 1
HB0075SS001 (TO ENGROSSED COPY)
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2 necessary.
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HB0075SS001 (TO ENGROSSED COPY)
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4 Page 2-line 13 Delete "(iii)" and insert "(ii)".
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6 Page 2-lines 16 through 19 Delete entirely.
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8 Page 2-line 21 Delete "(v)" and insert "(iii)".
Bill History
2026-03-06LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 60
2026-03-06Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0019
2026-03-03Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0019
2026-03-03House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0019
2026-03-02LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0019
2026-03-02House
H Concur:Passed 58-1-3-0-0
2026-03-02House
H Received for Concurrence
2026-03-02Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-1-0-0-0
2026-02-27Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2026-02-26Senate
S COW:Passed
2026-02-25Senate
S Placed on General File
2026-02-25Senate
S09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2026-02-23Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals
2026-02-23Senate
S Received for Introduction
2026-02-21House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 56-5-1-0-0
2026-02-20House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2026-02-19House
H COW:Passed
2026-02-12House
H Placed on General File
2026-02-12House
H03 - Revenue:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
2026-02-10House
H Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue 59-2-1-0-0
2026-02-05House
H Received for Introduction
2026-01-31LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Official Summary Text
Bill Summary - 26LSO-0362
Bill No.:
HB0075
Effective:
Immediately
LSO No.:
26LSO-0362
Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0019
Chapter No.:
60
Prime Sponsor:
Clouston
Catch Title:
Virtual currency kiosks.
Has Report:
No
Subject:
Regulation of virtual currency kiosks.
Summary/Major Elements:
This act prohibits any person from owning, operating, or managing a virtual currency kiosk in Wyoming unless the person has been issued a license under the Wyoming Money Transmitters Act or is a financial institution and has been granted a charter under Title 13 of the Wyoming Statutes.
This act creates a felony offense for operating a virtual currency kiosk without proper authorization, punishable by imprisonment for not less than three (3) years, a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
This act requires the Wyoming State Banking Commissioner to promulgate rules regulating the operation of virtual currency kiosks by authorized persons.
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
26LSO-0362
ORIGINAL House
ENGROSSED
Bill No
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HB0075
ENROLLED ACT NO. 19,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2026 Budget Session
AN ACT relating to trade and commerce; providing for the operation of virtual currency kiosks as specified; providing definitions; providing penalties; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1
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W.S. 40
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101 through 40
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103 are created to read:
CHAPTER 32
VIRTUAL CURRENCY KIOSKS
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101.
Definitions.
(a)
As used in this chapter:
(i)
"Commissioner" means the state banking commissioner;
(ii)
"Financial institution" means as defined in W.S. 13
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101(a)(ix);
(iii)
"Virtual currency" means as defined in W.S. 34
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101(a)(iv);
(iv)
"Virtual currency kiosk" means a publicly accessible electronic terminal acting as a mechanical agent of a person to enable members of the public to facilitate the exchange of virtual currency for money, bank credit or other virtual currency, including by:
(A)
Connecting directly to a separate virtual currency exchange that performs the actual virtual currency transmission; or
(B)
Drawing upon the virtual currency in the possession of the electronic terminal's operator.
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102.
Virtual currency kiosks authorized; regulation; penalty.
(a)
No person shall own, operate or manage a virtual currency kiosk in this state unless the person:
(i)
Has been issued a license under the Wyoming Money Transmitters Act, W.S. 40
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101 through 40
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129; or
(ii)
Is a financial institution and has been granted a charter under title 13 of the Wyoming statutes.
(b)
Any person who knowingly violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than three (3) years, a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
(c)
The commissioner shall adopt rules regulating the operation of virtual currency kiosks by persons authorized under this section.
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103.
Confidentiality of records; exception.
(a)
Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, all information or reports obtained by the commissioner relating to the operation of a virtual currency kiosk from a person who has been issued a license under the Wyoming Money Transmitters Act, W.S. 40
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101 through 40
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129, a financial institution that has been granted a charter under title 13 of the Wyoming statutes or a person acting on behalf thereof, shall be confidential.
(b)
The commissioner may disclose confidential information to officials and examiners of other states, federal regulatory authorities, appropriate prosecuting attorneys or as required by court order.
Section 2.
Any person owning, operating or managing a virtual currency kiosk in this state on the effective date of this act shall comply with this act beginning on the effective date of this act.
Section 3.
The banking commissioner shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act.
Section 4.
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.
(END)
Speaker of the House
President of the Senate
Governor
TIME APPROVED: _________
DATE APPROVED: _________
I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.
Chief Clerk
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