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Select committee shortens name, wins authority to sponsor most tech bills
Summary
The Wyoming legislative select committee voted to rename itself the Select Committee on Blockchain and Emerging Technologies and to reclaim sponsorship authority for bills not squarely in Title 13 (banks and finance) after amending a draft that had required coordination with the minerals committee on Title 13 issues.
The Select Committee on Blockchain and Emerging Technologies voted to adopt an amended draft (26 LSO 9) that renames the panel and narrows a carve‑out that previously required the minerals committee chairman’s consent before the select committee could sponsor legislation touching Title 13, which governs banks and banking. Talies Hansen, staff attorney, described the draft as a name change and a shift “to promoting Wyoming’s continued leadership in the digital economy by reducing impediments to economic opportunities for…
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