2025 bills / H.B. 230
H.B. 230 Blockchain and Digital Innovation Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill bars state and local governments from restricting people from accepting or holding digital assets, and gives people the right to run blockchain nodes, write software, transfer digital assets, and stake them. It also exempts certain blockchain and digital asset activities from money transmitter licensing and limits local sound limits and zoning rules on crypto mining businesses in industrial zones.
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Official description
- defines terms
- prohibits state and local governmental entities from restricting the acceptance or custody of digital assets
- establishes the right to operate nodes, develop software, transfer digital assets, and participate in staking on blockchain protocols
- creates exemptions from money transmitter licensing requirements for certain blockchain and digital asset activities
- restricts the ability of political subdivisions to impose sound limitations or zoning restrictions on digital asset mining businesses in industrial zones
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 9 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: vote to change the bill · Jan 28, 2025Who voted how
- 8 yes, 1 no, 1 absentHouse Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 28, 2025Who voted how
- 38 yes, 34 no, 3 absentFinal House vote · Feb 6, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 2 no, 1 absentSenate Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 20, 2025Who voted how
- 19 yes, 7 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how
- 52 yes, 19 no, 4 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how