Crypto Law Profile
Wyoming bars state agencies from requiring CBDC payment for state services, taxes, or fees and from using public funds to assist CBDC testing, adoption, or implementation.
Wyoming’s Central Bank Digital Currency Prohibition is an effective state law codified at W.S. 9-14-601. Enacted through 2025 House Bill 264 and assigned Chapter 47 of the 2025 Wyoming Session Laws, the measure limits how Wyoming state agencies may interact with a central bank digital currency, or CBDC. The operative text does not regulate private crypto activity or stablecoin issuance. Instead, it focuses on state-agency payment practices and state use of public funds.
As of June 9, 2026, the statute provides that no Wyoming state agency may require payment in the form of a CBDC for a government service, tax, or fee. It also provides that no state agency may use public funds to assist in any manner in testing, adopting, or implementing a CBDC. The act became effective immediately after completion of the constitutional steps required for a bill to become law, and the session law states that it was approved on February 27, 2025.
The core payment provision bars Wyoming state agencies from requiring CBDC payment for government services or for taxes and fees. This is narrower than a general ban on digital assets. The enacted language addresses compelled use by state agencies and does not state that private businesses, consumers, banks, or local payment providers are prohibited from accepting other forms of digital value.
The law also prohibits state agencies from using public funds to assist in testing, adopting, or implementing a CBDC. This provision is framed around state resources, not federal monetary authority. It is relevant for agency procurement, pilot participation, technical support, and similar state-funded activity connected to a federal CBDC project, if one were proposed.
For purposes of W.S. 9-14-601, a CBDC is defined as a digital medium of exchange, token, or monetary unit of account issued directly by the United States Federal Reserve System or an analogous federal agency. “State agency” is defined broadly to include the state of Wyoming and its branches, agencies, departments, boards, instrumentalities, and institutions.
HB0264 originated in the Wyoming House during the 2025 General Session. The enrolled act is titled “Central bank digital currencies-prohibitions” and was designated Enrolled Act No. 25, House of Representatives. Legislative tracking records show that the bill moved through House Appropriations, passed the House on third reading, was referred to the Senate Minerals committee, passed the Senate, and returned to the House for concurrence before the Governor signed it on February 27, 2025.
An editor should note that the introduced bill was broader than the final law. The introduced version would have barred state agencies from accepting or requiring CBDC payment and included legislative findings urging Congress to prohibit a CBDC. The enrolled and codified text removed the “accept” language and omitted those findings, leaving the narrower payment-requirement and public-funds provisions. This profile therefore follows the enrolled act and current codified statute.
Wyoming’s CBDC prohibition sits within Title 9, Chapter 14 of the Wyoming Statutes, under “Protection of Constitutional Rights.” It should be read as a state-government restriction rather than a comprehensive digital-asset framework. The law does not establish a license, create a crypto tax rule, define custody requirements, or regulate market intermediaries. It also does not itself create or authorize a Wyoming digital asset.
For CryptoSlate readers tracking U.S. state crypto policy, the law is notable because it places CBDC policy inside Wyoming’s broader digital-asset and financial-privacy posture while leaving separate crypto statutes untouched. The most durable compliance takeaway is descriptive: Wyoming state agencies cannot require CBDC payment for state services, taxes, or fees, and cannot spend public funds to help test, adopt, or implement a CBDC, according to the enacted and codified text.
Wyoming state agencies may not require payment in CBDC form for any government service or for state taxes or fees.
State agencies may not use public funds to assist in testing, adopting, or implementing a central bank digital currency.
CBDC means a digital medium, token, or unit of account issued directly by the Federal Reserve System or analogous federal agency.
State agency includes Wyoming and its branches, agencies, departments, boards, instrumentalities, and institutions.
HB0264 was assigned during Wyoming’s 2025 General Session.
The bill was introduced and referred to House Appropriations.
The House passed HB0264 on third reading.
The Senate passed the bill on third reading; the House later concurred.
Governor signed HEA No. 0025 and the measure was assigned Chapter 47.
Federal Reserve, Governor of Wyoming, Wyoming Legislature, Wyoming state agencies
CBDC, Digital fiat
Profile follows the enrolled act and codified statute. The introduced bill included broader “accept or require” language and legislative findings; those provisions are not in the enrolled text.
