Wyoming CBDC Prohibitions

The core payment provision bars Wyoming state agencies from requiring CBDC payment for government services or for taxes and fees. This is narrower than a general ban on digital assets. The enacted language addresses compelled use by state agencies and does not state that private businesses, consumers, banks, or local payment providers are prohibited from accepting other forms of digital value.

The law also prohibits state agencies from using public funds to assist in testing, adopting, or implementing a CBDC. This provision is framed around state resources, not federal monetary authority. It is relevant for agency procurement, pilot participation, technical support, and similar state-funded activity connected to a federal CBDC project, if one were proposed.

For purposes of W.S. 9-14-601, a CBDC is defined as a digital medium of exchange, token, or monetary unit of account issued directly by the United States Federal Reserve System or an analogous federal agency. “State agency” is defined broadly to include the state of Wyoming and its branches, agencies, departments, boards, instrumentalities, and institutions.

HB0264 originated in the Wyoming House during the 2025 General Session. The enrolled act is titled “Central bank digital currencies-prohibitions” and was designated Enrolled Act No. 25, House of Representatives. Legislative tracking records show that the bill moved through House Appropriations, passed the House on third reading, was referred to the Senate Minerals committee, passed the Senate, and returned to the House for concurrence before the Governor signed it on February 27, 2025.

An editor should note that the introduced bill was broader than the final law. The introduced version would have barred state agencies from accepting or requiring CBDC payment and included legislative findings urging Congress to prohibit a CBDC. The enrolled and codified text removed the “accept” language and omitted those findings, leaving the narrower payment-requirement and public-funds provisions. This profile therefore follows the enrolled act and current codified statute.