SF 53 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

Trademarks and trade names-administrative cancellation.

This Wyoming bill (SF 53) allows the Secretary of State to administratively cancel trademarks, service marks, or trade names when a registrant provides fraudulent information or fails to correct false details after being notified. It directly affects trademark owners who submitted inaccurate information on official filings. Key provisions require the Secretary to send written notice of cancellation grounds, give registrants 60 days to respond, and allow a 30-day appeal to district court if cancellation occurs. The law takes effect July 1, 2025.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Signed Mar 19, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Enrolled · 4 edits · Mar 19, 2025
MODERATE
The bill was enacted into law as Senate File 0053, Enrolled Act No. 78, with minor formatting and structural changes from its original draft. The substantive policy content regarding trademark cancellation procedures remains the same.
Scope change
No substantive change in scope or applicability; the bill's provisions for administrative cancellation of trademarks and trade names remain unchanged.
TECHNICAL

Header formatting changed from draft bill format to official enrolled act format, including legislature session details and act numbering.

Added Section 2 specifying the effective date of July 1, 2025, which was present in the original but formatted differently in the enrolled version.

Added signature lines for the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and Governor, along with certification language, which are standard for enacted legislation.

Minor line breaks and spacing adjustments throughout the text to conform to official enrolled act formatting standards.

Floor votes · House Mar 4, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Mar 19, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed SEA No. 0078
legislature
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 56-4-2-0-0
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 16-14-1-0-0
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Jan 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Jan 14, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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