Providing false information to registered agents.
This Wyoming bill (SF 56) adds a new reason for the state to dissolve corporations, revoke business authority, or forfeit registration: providing false or fraudulent information to a registered agent. It directly affects corporations and limited liability companies (LLCs) registered in Wyoming that submit inaccurate details to their designated agents. The key mechanism allows the Secretary of State to initiate action if a business gives false information to the registered agent - verified through record examinations or agent notifications - deeming it against the public interest. This creates a specific enforcement pathway to address misleading filings, rather than requiring proof of harm. The bill is currently in committee review with a "Do Pass" recommendation.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 14, 2025
Signed Feb 28, 2025
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MINOR
This bill adds a new ground for administrative dissolution, revocation, and forfeiture across multiple Wyoming business entity types (corporations, LLCs, and statutory foundations). The change allows the Secretary of State to take action against entities that provide false or fraudulent information to their registered agent, as determined during record examinations or after notification by the agent.
Scope change
The bill expands enforcement authority to include registered agents as recipients of false information, in addition to filings directly with the Secretary of State. This applies to domestic corporations, foreign corporations, limited liability companies, and statutory foundations.
ENFORCEMENT
New provision allowing administrative dissolution, revocation, or forfeiture when an entity provides false or fraudulent information to its registered agent, as determined by the Secretary of State during record examinations or following agent notification.
Reorganized statutory subsections to create new subparagraph (D) in some sections and new subparagraph (C) in others, consolidating the false information grounds with the Secretary of State examination authority.
REQUIREMENT
Updated statutory language for W.S. 17-16-1420, 17-16-1530, 17-19-1420, 17-19-1530, 17-29-705, and 17-30-904 to include the new registered agent false information ground alongside existing filing-related false information provisions.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 23, 2025 · House Feb 26, 2025
How they voted
30–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 31
Jan 23, 2025
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican29
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Feb 28, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed SEA No. 0049
legislature
Feb 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
S Concur:Passed 30-1-0-0-0
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-0-3-0-0
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
H07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-1-0-0
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
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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