HB 69 Wyoming House · 2025 Regular Session

Foreign adversary ownership or control of business entities.

Wyoming's HB 69 adds foreign adversary ownership or control as a specific reason for state action against businesses. It directly affects corporations, LLCs, and foreign entities owned or controlled by individuals or entities designated as "foreign adversaries" under U.S. Commerce Department regulations (15 C.F.R. 791.4(a)), unless approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS). The bill amends state laws to allow the Secretary of State to administratively dissolve or revoke a business's authority to operate if it meets this definition, without requiring a court order. This applies to businesses that fail to correct false information or cannot be served, but includes an exception for entities with CFIUS approval.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Signed Feb 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Enrolled · 3 edits · Feb 24, 2025
MINOR
This bill adds a new provision to Wyoming state law allowing the Secretary of State to dissolve corporations, revoke foreign corporation authority, and forfeit limited liability company or statutory foundation authority if the entity is owned or controlled by a foreign adversary designated by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. The change expands administrative enforcement powers to address national security concerns related to foreign ownership.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of administrative dissolution and forfeiture powers to include entities owned or controlled by foreign adversaries, applying to domestic corporations, foreign corporations, limited liability companies, and statutory foundations.
ENFORCEMENT

Added new grounds for administrative dissolution, revocation, and forfeiture based on foreign adversary ownership or control as defined by 15 C.F.R. 791.4(a).

ELIGIBILITY

Modified existing dissolution and forfeiture provisions across multiple state statutes (17-16-1420, 17-16-1530, 17-19-1420, 17-19-1530, 17-29-705, 17-30-904) to include the new foreign adversary ownership criterion.

REQUIREMENT

Added an exception allowing ownership or control if approved by the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House Jan 27, 2025

How they voted

310
Passed
Total votes 31
Feb 18, 2025
D Democratic2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican29
29 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Feb 24, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed HEA No. 0009
legislature
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
S COW:Passed
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
S07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
H COW:Passed
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
H07 - Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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