Wyoming legislation · 2026 Budget Session
Wyoming HB160: Digital Taxonomy Act.
Status: Failed, March 3, 2026
AN ACT relating to distributed ledger digital assets and sealed tokens; establishing the classification of digital assets as specified; creating a sealed scope hierarchy and multi-aspect analytical framework for digital assets; establishing jurisdictional nexus and lex situs requirements for keyholders and digital assets; providing for the characterization of digital assets; providing definitions; providing legislative findings; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
What the bill says
An act relating to distributed ledger digital assets and sealed tokens; establishing the classification of digital assets as specified; creating a sealed scope hierarchy and multi-aspect analytical framework for digital assets; establishing jurisdictional nexus and lex situs requirements for keyholders and digital assets; providing for the characterization of digital assets; providing definitions; providing legislative findings; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
From the introduced text, February 10, 2026:
AN ACT relating to distributed ledger digital assets and sealed tokens; establishing the classification of digital assets as specified; creating a sealed scope hierarchy and multi-aspect analytical framework for digital assets; establishing jurisdictional nexus and lex situs requirements for keyholders and digital assets; providing for the characterization of digital assets; providing definitions; providing legislative findings; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1. W.S. 43-1-101 through 43-3-201 are created to read: TITLE HB0160 2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0488 DISTRIBUTED LEDGER DIGITAL ASSETS AND SEALED TOKENS CHAPTER GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF DEFINITIONS 43-1-101. Definitions. (a) As used in this title: (i) "Analytically prior" means a state where the legal or technical characterization of one (1) object or event logically precedes and constitutes a necessary condition for the characterization of a subsequent object or event; (ii) "Associated sealed token" means a token that does not constitute a sealed token but is connected to a sealed token through a distributed ledger transaction designated through a distributed ledger protocol or another protocol; HB0160 2026 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0488 (iii) "Computational corpus" means the collection of distributed ledger records and distributed ledger protocol parameters representing the legal characterization that computational indicia may evidence with respect to a digital asset …
Sponsors
- Singh, Daniel (R, H61) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
- : H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
- : H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals 50-11-1-0-0
- : H Received for Introduction
- : Bill Number Assigned
Votes
- H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals 50-11-1-0-0 (February 13, 2026): 50 yea, 11 nay, passed
Subjects: Digital Taxonomy Act.
Common questions
- What is HB160?
- HB160 is a bill in the Wyoming Legislature (2026 Budget Session): Digital Taxonomy Act.
- What does HB160 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to distributed ledger digital assets and sealed tokens; establishing the classification of digital assets as specified; creating a sealed scope hierarchy and multi-aspect analytical framework for digital assets; establishing jurisdictional nexus and lex situs requirements for keyholders and digital assets; providing for the characterization of digital assets; providing definitions; providing legislative findings; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
- What is the status of HB160?
- Failed as of March 3, 2026. Latest action: H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 (March 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB160?
- Singh, Daniel (R, H61).
- Where is the official record for HB160?
- On the Wyoming Legislature website: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2026/HB0160
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