All Roll Calls
Yes: 134 • No: 31
WyomingSF 202026 Budget SessionSenate
AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; requiring government entities to adopt policies for the collection, access, security and use of personal data as specified; requiring specific personal data policies; providing definitions; specifying applicability; and providing for effective dates.
Sponsored By: null BlockChain/Technology
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Wyoming government faces personal data-sharing limits
Covered Wyoming government entities generally need a person’s express written consent to buy, sell, trade, transfer, or share their personal data. Personal data includes information linked, or reasonably linkable, to a person; data that cannot reasonably be linked is excluded. Transfers to government entities that follow these rules are allowed. Service contractors can receive data under contracts requiring privacy safeguards, use it only for the service, and return or destroy it when no longer needed. An elected governing person or body can publicly approve a written exception for up to two years per petition. Transfers expressly allowed by law, including federal health privacy law HIPAA and education privacy law FERPA, remain allowed.
Wyoming government must limit personal records
Covered entities must adopt, enforce, and maintain written policies for collecting, accessing, keeping, securing, and using personal data. They can collect and keep only data reasonably needed for lawful work and a specific purpose listed in their policies. The usual retention limit is three years; longer periods require a written policy stating the period and a reasonable justification. Legal recordkeeping duties justify longer retention, and compliant written health or education privacy policies under HIPAA or FERPA satisfy these collection and retention rules. All the law’s substantive privacy rules begin July 1, 2027, for state entities; July 1, 2028, for counties, cities, towns, and public colleges; and July 1, 2029, for other political subdivisions. Courts and law enforcement agencies are excluded, but district attorney and attorney general offices are not classified as law enforcement agencies here. The state’s chief information officer, consulting the state archivist, must provide sample policies by January 1, 2027. Required public-records disclosures remain in place, and conflicting state or federal laws control.
Wyoming residents can review government-held data
Current and former Wyoming residents, or their authorized representatives, can request copies of their personal data from covered government entities. Entities may charge fees allowed under Wyoming’s Public Records Act. Residents can challenge accuracy, completeness, relevance, timeliness, retention, sharing, or denied access. Within 60 days, entities must verify identity and review objections; valid objections require correction, changed handling, deletion, or access. Entities must give written decisions, and residents whose objections are rejected can require their own statement to stay with the data.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
null BlockChain/Technology
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/2/2026
S Concur:Passed 28-3-0-0-0
Yes: 28 • No: 3
House vote • 2/27/2026
H 3rd Reading:Passed 34-25-3-0-0
Yes: 34 • No: 25
House vote • 2/25/2026
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
Yes: 8 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/20/2026
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-1-0-0-0
Yes: 30 • No: 1
Senate vote • 2/16/2026
S09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0
Yes: 3 • No: 2
House vote • 2/9/2026
S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals 31-0-0-0-0
Yes: 31 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Assigned Chapter Number 48
3/6/2026Governor Signed SEA No. 0032
3/6/2026GovernorH Speaker Signed SEA No. 0032
3/3/2026HouseS President Signed SEA No. 0032
3/2/2026SenateAssigned Number SEA No. 0032
3/2/2026S Concur:Passed 28-3-0-0-0
3/2/2026SenateS Received for Concurrence
3/2/2026SenateH 3rd Reading:Passed 34-25-3-0-0
2/27/2026HouseH 2nd Reading:Passed
2/26/2026HouseH COW:Passed
2/25/2026HouseH Placed on General File
2/25/2026HouseH09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
2/25/2026HouseH Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals
2/24/2026HouseH Received for Introduction
2/20/2026HouseS 3rd Reading:Passed 30-1-0-0-0
2/20/2026SenateS 2nd Reading:Passed
2/19/2026SenateS COW:Passed
2/18/2026SenateS Placed on General File
2/16/2026SenateS09 - Minerals:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 3-2-0-0-0
2/16/2026SenateS Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals 31-0-0-0-0
2/9/2026SenateS Received for Introduction
1/5/2026SenateBill Number Assigned
12/11/2025
Bill Text
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