Unlawful use of a charge card or debit card.
This bill expands Wyoming's criminal fraud law to explicitly include unauthorized use of charge cards and debit cards, which were previously only covered under "credit card" fraud statutes. It defines a "charge card" as one requiring full payment at statement time and a "debit card" as one drawing funds from an existing account. The law now treats unauthorized use of these cards - such as using someone else's card without permission or using a revoked card - as criminal fraud, applying the same penalties as existing credit card fraud rules. This directly affects individuals committing fraud with these payment methods, making such acts punishable under the same legal framework.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2023
Senate Passage
Feb 2023
House Passage
Feb 2023
Signed into Law
Feb 2023
Introduced Jan 20, 2023
Signed Feb 21, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Feb 2, 2023 · House Feb 16, 2023
How they voted
30–0
Passed
Total votes 30
Feb 2, 2023
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican28
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Feb 21, 2023
Signed into law
Governor Signed SEA No. 0032
legislature
Feb 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 62-0-0-0-0
lower
Feb 14, 2023
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 14, 2023
Lower · Passed
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
lower
Feb 9, 2023
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals
lower
Feb 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
upper
Jan 31, 2023
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Jan 31, 2023
Upper · Passed
S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Jan 20, 2023
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations
upper
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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