HB 185 Wyoming House · 2019 General Session

Corporate stock-certificate tokens.

HB 185 allows Wyoming corporations to issue digital "certificate tokens" instead of physical stock certificates. It directly affects corporations issuing shares and their shareholders, enabling electronic representation of ownership stored on secure databases or blockchain systems. Key provisions define "certificate tokens" to satisfy legal requirements for share certificates, permit electronic transfer using "network signatures" (digital authorization), and specify that tokens must contain standard share information. The bill updates Wyoming law to treat these digital tokens as legally equivalent to physical certificates for all purposes, including transfers and corporate records. It became effective July 1, 2019.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Feb 2019
Introduced Jan 23, 2019 Signed Feb 26, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2019 · House Feb 1, 2019

How they voted

210
Passed
Total votes 21
Feb 15, 2019
D Democratic2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
8
Committee
2
Feb 26, 2019
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEA No. 0049
legislature
Feb 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
H Concur:Passed 59-0-1-0-0
lower
Feb 15, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (21-0)
senate
Feb 13, 2019
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations
upper
Feb 1, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (22-0)
house
Jan 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0
lower
Jan 23, 2019
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

Sponsors