Committee advances anti‑money‑laundering bill after technical amendments
House Bill 43, expanding state money‑laundering rules to cover possession or transport of property known to be derived from criminal activity, was advanced with sponsor amendments to align definitions with federal law and to narrow the "reasonably should know" language that stakeholders said could sweep up clerks or small actors.
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Representative Lean presented House Bill 43 to broaden Wyoming’s money‑laundering statute to reach those who transport or possess property they know or reasonably should have known was derived from criminal activity. The sponsor asked for and the committee adopted technical amendments to align statutory definitions with federal code and to remove the phrase "reasonably should know" from several provisions to avoid unintended criminal exposure for clerks and other low‑level actors.
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