Select committee shortens name, wins authority to sponsor most tech bills

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 technology and technology companies within the state.”