SF 95 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

Special purpose depository institution-amendments.

This bill allows special purpose depository institutions (SPDIs) in Wyoming to convert into public trust companies. It removes restrictions requiring SPDIs to serve only legal entities and lowers the minimum deposit requirement from $5,000 to $1,000. The bill also repeals a supervision fee for banks offering digital asset custodial services and creates a formal application process for conversion, including shareholder approval and detailed asset/liability plans. SPDIs converting under this law must adopt a new business name and operate as public trust companies without using terms like "bank" or "special purpose depository institution."
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 17, 2025 Signed Mar 17, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Enrolled · 6 edits · Mar 17, 2025
MODERATE
This bill converts special purpose depository institutions into public trust companies, updates capital and deposit requirements, and repeals restrictions on who can deposit funds. It also removes a supervision fee for digital asset custodial services and sets a July 1, 2025 deadline for rulemaking.
Scope change
The bill expands the regulatory framework for special purpose depository institutions by allowing their conversion to public trust companies and removing certain depositor restrictions.
REQUIREMENT

New section 13-5-523 establishes a formal conversion process for special purpose depository institutions to become public trust companies, requiring shareholder approval and comprehensive conversion plans.

Capital startup requirements for special purpose depository institutions were amended to include a paid-up surplus fund of at least 20% of authorized capital stock.

ELIGIBILITY

Repealed requirements that limited depositors of special purpose depository institutions to legal entities, allowing broader participation.

FISCAL

Eliminated a supervision fee for banks providing digital asset custodial services.

TIMELINE

Set a July 1, 2025 deadline for the banking commissioner to adopt rules implementing the new provisions.

DEFINITION

Clarified that converted public trust companies are deemed to have existed for the same period as the original special purpose depository institution.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 27, 2025 · House Mar 4, 2025

How they voted

283
Passed
Total votes 31
Jan 27, 2025
D Democratic2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican29
26 Yea 3 Nay
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Mar 17, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed SEA No. 0093
legislature
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-2-0-0
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 28-3-0-0-0
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
S09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation
upper
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors

Sponsors