Wyoming GRANITE Act (HB 70 / 27LSO-0009)
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Became Law
HB 70 died in the Senate, March 2026; a narrower committee draft (27LSO-0009) for 2027 was approved by the committee in September, minutes pending
Would bar Wyoming courts and state and local agencies from enforcing or assisting foreign judgments, extradition requests and evidence demands that target speech protected by the First Amendment.
Latest update
Select Committee considered revised draft 27LSO-0009 v0.7 at its September 28-29 meeting in Laramie
The bill
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- Where
- Wyoming, United States
- Bill number
- HB 70 (2026, died) / committee draft 27LSO-0009 (2027)
- Status
- Draft
- Introduced
- February 10, 2026
- Threat
- Low
- Last update
- September 28, 2026
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What it does
The current version is committee draft 27LSO-0009 (working draft 0.7), sponsored by the Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology for the 2027 session. It would bar Wyoming state courts from recognizing, enforcing or giving effect to a foreign judgment that imposes liability or compels action where protected expression is a “substantial factor” in, or a necessary element of, that liability. A “foreign judgment” covers judgments, orders, convictions, subpoenas, administrative actions, fines and penalties issued by a foreign state or an international organization, including supranational bodies with binding regulatory power. Except where federal law requires it, the state and its local governments could not help collect or enforce such a judgment, arrest or surrender a person on a foreign extradition request or international warrant for a speech offense, assist a foreign investigation or prosecution of protected expression, or execute mutual legal assistance treaty or letters rogatory requests tied to such a proceeding. Protected expression is defined by the First Amendment and Article 1, Sections 20 and 21 of the Wyoming constitution. Courts could sever and enforce the rest of a foreign judgment. The state and local governments are immune for good faith acts under the law, including reliance on an opinion from the attorney general or, for local governments, the district attorney. A targeted person could sue the state, local governments or their employees acting in their official duties for a declaratory judgment or an injunction, with no damages, costs or attorney fees. The draft would take effect July 1, 2027. The 2026 bill, HB 70, went much further: it let Wyoming residents, Wyoming businesses and US persons hosting speech on Wyoming servers sue foreign states, international organizations and their officials over threats to enforce a foreign censorship law, presumed such laws unconstitutional, and awarded statutory damages of $1,000,000 per violation or 10% of the defendant's US related revenue, whichever was greater. It also set a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation for officials who knowingly helped enforce such a judgment.
What’s at stake
Foreign regulators such as the UK's Ofcom now send fines and demands straight to American platforms, and they have tried to get US officials to collect them. This draft closes the Wyoming courthouse and Wyoming government offices to that work, including extradition and treaty-based evidence requests in speech cases. It is narrower than HB 70. It gives targets no money claim against foreign censors, and it binds only Wyoming's own courts and agencies, so it does nothing about a company that chooses to comply with a foreign order.
Our take
HB 70 passed the Wyoming House 46-12 and then died in the Senate without a floor vote. The new draft drops HB 70's $1,000,000 damages claim against foreign governments, a claim that was limited by federal sovereign immunity law in any case. What remains still matters: except where federal law requires it, no Wyoming court, sheriff or state office could be used to enforce another country's speech rules against Americans. The narrower draft is still worth passing.
Timeline
Select Committee considered revised draft 27LSO-0009 v0.7 at its September 28-29 meeting in LaramieLatest
Select Committee on Blockchain reviewed narrowed draft 27LSO-0009 v0.5 and held it for its September meeting
Senate did not take it up in Committee of the Whole; HB 70 died with the 2026 session
Referred to Senate Appropriations, which recommended do pass 4-1; placed on General File
Introduced in the Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary
Passed the House on third reading 46-12 (4 excused)
Passed House second reading
House Judiciary recommended do pass 6-2-1
Passed House Committee of the Whole
HB 70 introduced in the House 57-5 and referred to House Judiciary
HB 70 bill number assigned
The record
Sponsors
Daniel Singh (R-H61), HB 70 primary sponsor, Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology (sponsor of 27LSO-0009)
Cosponsors (3)
Joel Guggenmos (R-H55), Scott Heiner (R-H18), Robert Wharff (R-H49)
Committee
House Judiciary Committee, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Appropriations Committee, Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology
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