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The Wyoming Senate unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit a financial institution operating in the state from requiring the use of a firearms code that distinguishes firearms businesses from other retail businesses.
Titled the Second Amendment Privacy Act, the legislation would prohibit financial institutions from requiring or incentivizing a merchant category code that distinguishes a firearms retailer from other retailers. It would also bar financial institutions or credit card processors from independently assigning the same.
Titled the Firearm Purchaser’s Privacy Act, the proposed law would prohibit a payment card network from requiring a New Hampshire merchant from using a "firearms code" defined as "merchant category code 5723, approved in September 2022 by the International Organization for Standardization, for firearms retailers."
The Utah House passed a bill that would prohibit financial institutions operating in the state from using a credit card merchant code that would enable the tracking of firearm and ammunition purchases.
Titled the Firearm Purchaser’s Privacy Act, the proposed law would prohibit a payment card network from requiring a New Hampshire merchant from using a "firearms code" defined as "merchant category code 5723, approved in September 2022 by the International Organization for Standardization, for firearms retailers."