2021 21LSO-0028
STATE OF WYOMING
SENATE FILE NO. SF0105
Disclosure of private cryptographic keys.
Sponsored by: Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to digital assets; specifying disclosure
2 obligations applicable to private cryptographic keys; and
3 providing for an effective date.
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5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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7 Section 1. W.S. 34-29-107 is created to read:
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9 34-29-107. Production of private keys; prohibition.
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11 No person shall be compelled to produce a private key or
12 make a private key known to any other person in any civil,
13 administrative, legislative or other proceeding in this
14 state that relates to a digital asset, other interest or
15 right to which the private key provides access unless a
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1 public key is unavailable or unable to disclose the
2 requisite information with respect to the digital asset,
3 other interest or right. This paragraph shall not be
4 interpreted to prohibit any lawful proceeding that compels
5 a person to produce or disclose a digital asset, other
6 interest or right to which a private key provides access,
7 or to disclose information about the digital asset, other
8 interest or right, provided that the proceeding does not
9 require production or disclosure of the private key.
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11 Section 2. W.S. 34-29-101(a) by creating a new
12 paragraph (v) is amended to read:
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14 34-29-101. Definitions.
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16 (a) As used in this chapter:
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18 (v) "Private key" means as defined by W.S.
19 34-29-103(e)(iii).
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21 Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2021.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 34-29-101